EXCEPTION: Accessory areas.

which ordinarily are · only used by perso11s who

occupy the main areas of occupancy, shalt be provided with exits as though they
were completely occupied. However, in computing the maximum allowable
occupant load for the floor/building, the occupant load of the accessory area/s shall
be disregarded.

b. Exit Requirements. Exist requirements of a building or portion thereof used for different
purposes shall be determined by the occupant load which giv<Js \he largest number of
persons. · No obstruction shall be placed in the required width of an exit except
projections permitted by the Code. ·

c. Posting of Room Capacity. Any room having an occupant load of more than fifty (50)
where fixed seats are not installed, and which is used for classroom, assembly. or similar
purpose shall have the capacity of the room posted in a conspicuous place near the main
exit from the room.

d. Changes in Elevation. Except in Group A Occupancies, changes in floor elevations of

less than 300 millimeters along any exit serving a tributary occupant load of ten {10} or
more shall be by means of ramp.

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(*In all occupancies. floors above the first (i ) storey having an occupant load of more than ten
(1 0) shall have at least two (2) exits)

Use or Occupancy
Unit Area per Occupant
(sq. meters)
Minimum of Two (2) Exits Other than
Elevators are Required Where Number
I
l

of Occupants is Over

Apartments 18.60 10
Dormitories 18.60 10
Classrooms 1.80 50
Conference Rooms 1.40 50
Exhibit Rooms 1.40 50
Gymnasia 1.40 · 50
School Shops 4.60 50
Vocational Institutions 4.60 50
_ _ _ _ .. ___ __
Hospitals*", Sanitaria"" 8.40 5
Nursing Homes•• 7.40 5
Children's Homes.. 7.40 5
Homes for the Aged"" 7.40 5
(*"Institutional Sleeping
Departments shall be based
on one {1) occup<mt per
11.00 sq. meters of the gross
floor area: In-patient
Institutional Treatment
Departments shall be based
on one (1} occupant per
22.00 sq. meters of gross
floor area)
Nurseries for Children 3.25 6

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 Minimum of Two (2} Exits other than .
Unit Area per Occupant
Use or Occupancy Elevators are Required Where Number
(sq. meters)
of Occupants is Over

Dwellings 28.00 10,.

Stores-Retail Sales Rooms
Basement 2.80 50
Ground Floor 2.80 50
Upper Floors 5.60 10
Offices 9.30 i 30
I
Aircraft Hangars {no repair) 46.50 I 10
.Parking Garages
Drinking Establishments
Kitchens (commercial)
18.60
1.40
18.60
I 30
30
50

Warehouses 28.00 30
Mechanical Equipment Rooms 28.00 30
Garages 930 10
Auditoriums 0.65 I 50
Theaters 065 : 50
Churches and chapels
Dance Floors
Reviewing Stands
0.65
0.65
0.65
I 50
50
50
I
I

Stadia 0.65 50 J
2. Exits

a. Number of Exits. Every building or usable portion ·thereof shall have at least one (1) exit.
In all occupancies, floors above the first storey having an occupant load of more than ten
(10) shall not have less than two (2) exits. Each mezzanine floor used for other than
storage purposes, if greater in area than 185 sq. meters or more than 18.00 meters in
any dimension, shall have at least two (2) stairways to an adjacent floor. Every storey or
portion thereof.' having an occupant load of 500 to 999 shall have at least three (3) exits.
Every storey or portion thereof having an occupant load of one thousand (1000) or more
shall have at least four (4} exits. The number of exits required from any storey of a
building shall be determined by using the occupant loads of floors which exit through the
level under consideration as follows: 50% of the occupant load in the first adjacent storey
above ·(and the first adjacent storey below, when a storey below exits through the level
under consideration) and 25% of the occupant load in the storey immediately beyond the
first adjacent storey. The maximum number of · exits required for any storey shall be
maintained until egress is provided from the structures. For purposes of this Section
basement or cellars and occupied roofs shall be provided with exits as required for
storeys. Floors above the second storey, basements and cellars · used for other than
service of the building shall have not !ess than two (2) exits.

b. Width. The total width of exits in meters shall not be less than t11e total occupant load
served divided by one hundred sixty five (165). Such width of exits shall be divided
approximately equally among the separate exits. The total exit width required from any
storey of a building shall be determined by using the occupant load of that storey plus the
percentage of the occupant loads of floors which exits through the !evel under
consideration as follows: 50% of the otcupant load in the first adjacent storey above
(and the first adjacent storey below when a storey below exits through the level under
con·s ideration) and 25% of the occupant load in the storey immediately beyond the first
adjacent storey.· The maximum exit width from any storey of a building shall be
maintained.

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