Washington Administrative Code › Title 51 - Enterprise Services, Department of (Building Code Council) › Chapter 51-50 - State Building Code adoption and amendment of the 2021 edition of the International Building Code › Section 51-50-1009 - Section 1009-Accessible means of egress

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
1009.1
Accessible
			 means of egress required.
Accessible means of egress
shall comply with this section.
Accessible
spaces shall be
			 provided with not less than one
accessible means of egress
.
			 Where more than one
means of egress
is required by Section
			 1006.2 or 1006.3 from any
accessible
space, each
accessible
portion of the space shall be served by not less
			 than two
accessible means of egress
.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
Accessible means of egress
are not
						  required to be provided in existing buildings.
2. One accessible
means of egress
is
						  required from an
accessible mezzanine
level in accordance with
						  Section 1009.3, 1009.4 or 1009.5.
3. In assembly areas with ramped
aisles
or stepped
aisles
, one accessible
means of egress
is permitted where the
common path of
						  egress travel
is
accessible
and meets the
						  requirements in Section 1030.8.
4. In parking garages, accessible means of egress are
						  not required to serve parking areas that do not contain accessible parking
						  spaces.
1009.8
Two-way communication.
A two-way communication system complying
			 with Sections 1009.8.1 and 1009.8.2 shall be provided at the landing serving
			 each elevator or bank of elevators on each
accessible
floor
			 that is one or more stories above or below the
level of exit
			 discharge
.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. Two-way communication systems are not required at
						  the landing serving each elevator or bank of elevators where the two-way
						  communication system is provided within
areas of refuge
in
						  accordance with Section 1009.6.5.
2. Two-way communication systems are not required on
						  floors provided with
ramps
that provide a direct path of
						  egress travel to grade or the level of exit discharge conforming to the
						  provisions of Section 1012.
3. Two-way communication systems are not required at
						  the landings serving only service elevators that are not designated as part of
						  the accessible
means of egress
or serve as part of the
						  required
accessible route
into a facility.
4. Two-way communication systems are not required at
						  the landings serving only freight elevators.
5. Two-way communication systems are not required at
						  the landing serving a private residence elevator.
6. Two-way communication systems are not required in
						  Group I-2 or I-3 facilities.
1009.8.1
System requirements.
Two-way communication systems shall provide
			 communication between each required location and the
fire command
			 center
or a central control point location
approved
by the fire department. Where the central control point is not a
constantly attended location
, a two-way communication system
			 shall have a timed automatic telephone dial-out capability that provides
			 two-way communication with an approved supervising station. The two-way
			 communication system shall include both audible and visible signals. The
			 two-way communication system shall have a battery backup or an approved
			 alternate source of power that is capable of 90 minutes use upon failure of the
			 normal power source.