RA 9514 - REV 2019

SECTION 10.2.5.4 STAIRS

Dimensional Criteria

1. Standard stairs shall meet the following criteria:

a. New stairs shall be in accordance with Table 2, Dimensional Criteria for New Stairs and Table
4, New Stair Width.

2. Minimum New Stair Width

a. Where the total occupant load of all storeys served by the stair is fewer than fifty (50), the
minimum width clear of all obstructions, except projections not more than one hundred fourteen
millimeters (114 mm) at or below handrail height on each side, shall be nine hundred fifteen
millimeters (915 mm).

b. Where stairs serve occupant loads exceeding that permitted by para B.2.a of this Section, the
minimum width clear of all obstructions, except projections not more than one hundred fourteen
millimeters (114 mm) at or below handrail height on each side, shall be in accordance with
Table 4, New Stair Width and the requirements of paras B.2.c, 2.d, and 2.e of this Section.
SECTION 10.2.14.3 HOTELS AND DORMITORIES

A. Requirements

1. Any ballroom assembly or exhibition hall, and other space used for purposes of public
assembly shall be in accordance, with Division 8 of this Chapter. Restaurant having a capacity
of fifty (50) or more persons shall be treated as places of assembly.

3. Minimum Corridor Width

Corridors, other than those within individual guest rooms or individual guest suites, shall be of
sufficient width to accommodate the required occupant load and shall not be less than one and
twelve hundredths meters (1.12 m).

4. Number of Exits

Not less than two (2) exits shall be accessible from every floor, including floors below the floor
of exit discharge and occupied for public purposes.

5. Travel Distance to Exits

a. Any exit shall be such that it will not be necessary to travel more than thirty meters (30 m)
from the door of any room to reach the nearest exit.

b. Travel distance within a guest room or guest suite to a corridor door shall not exceed twenty-
three meters (23 m) in buildings not protected by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler
system.

c. Travel distance within a guest room or guest suite to a corridor door shall not exceed thirty-
eight meters (38 m) in buildings protected by an approved, supervised sprinkler system.