Minnesota Administrative Rules

1305.1019

[Renumbered 1305.1000, subp. 5]

1305.1019 NUMBER OF EXITS AND CONTINUITY.

Subpart 1.

IBC Section 1019.1.

IBC Section 1019.1 is amended to read as follows:

1019.1 Minimum number of exits. Occupants within rooms and spaces shall be provided with and have access to the minimum number of approved independent exits as required by Section 1015.1. Occupants on every story, in every basement, and in every building shall be provided with and have access to the minimum number of approved independent exits as required by Table 1019.1, except as modified in Section 1019.2. For the purposes of this chapter, occupied roofs shall be provided with exits as required for stories. The required number of exits from any story, basement, or individual space shall be maintained until arrival at grade or the public way. [Table 1019.1 is unchanged.]

Subp. 2.

IBC Section 1019.1.3.

IBC Section 1019.1 is amended by adding a subsection to read as follows:

1019.1.3 Press box roof access. The means of egress from occupied press box roofs shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. Occupied press box roofs shall be provided with guards in accordance with Section 1013.

Exception: Press box roofs used as camera, video, or security platforms or similar uses having an occupant load of nine or less shall have access to not less than one means of egress. The means of egress is permitted to be by way of a roof hatch or scuttle and ships ladder as required by Section 1209.3.

Subp. 3.

IBC Section 1019.2.

IBC Section 1019.2 is amended to read as follows:

1019.2 Buildings or stories with one exit. Only one exit shall be required in buildings or stories as described below:

1. Buildings or stories described in Table 1019.2, provided that the building has not more than one level below the first story above grade plane.

2. Buildings or stories of a Group R-3 occupancy.

3. Single-level buildings with the occupied space at the level of exit discharge provided that the story or space complies with Section 1015.1 as a space with one means of egress.

Subp. 4.

IBC Table 1019.2.

IBC Table 1019.2 is amended to read as follows:

Table 1019.2

Buildings or Stories with One Exit

Occupancy	Maximum Height of Building Above Grade Plane	Maximum Occupants (or Dwelling Units) per Floor (with One Exit) and Travel Distance
A,Bd,Ee,F,M,U	1 story	49 occupants and 75 feet travel distance
H-2,H-3	1 story	3 occupants and 25 feet travel distance
H-4,H-5,I,R	1 story	10 occupants and 75 feet travel distance
Sa	1 story	29 occupants and 100 feet travel distance
Bb,F,M,Sa	2 stories	30 occupants and 75 feet travel distance
R-2	2 storiesc	4 dwelling units and 50 feet travel distance

[Footnotes unchanged.]

Statutory Authority:

MS s 16B.37; 16B.59 to 16B.76; 326B.101 to 326B.194

History:

32 SR 7; L 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4; L 2008 c 337 s 64

Published Electronically:

February 23, 2009