Minnesota Administrative Rules

1305.1023 SECTION 1023, EXIT PASSAGEWAYS.

IBC section 1023.6 is amended to read as follows:

1023.6 Penetrations. Penetrations into and openings through an exit passageway are prohibited except for required exit doors, equipment, and ductwork necessary for independent pressurization, sprinkler piping, standpipes, electrical raceway for fire department communication, and electrical raceway serving the exit passageway and terminating at a steel box not exceeding 16 square inches (0.010 m²). Such penetrations shall be protected in accordance with Section 714. There shall be no penetrations or communicating openings, whether protected or not, between any other exit passageway.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 326B.02; 326B.101; 326B.106

History:

39 SR 1605

Published Electronically:

June 19, 2015