Let's say a building has an exit door on the exterior of the building. Once someone reaches this exit door, they must travel down a flight of stairs to a landing. This exit is not an accessible means of egress and is not required to be an accessible means of egress.
In my opinion, once they have reached the landing at the bottom of the stairs, they have reached the exit discharge, correct? If they have reached the exit discharge, is there a code requirement for the slope of the walking surface that will then take them to the public way? This landing is in a paved area for the building, which has a path of travel to the public way. The slope of this walking surface is in question. I cannot find anything in the code that notes what slope is required to be once the exit discharge has been reached. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks.
In my opinion, once they have reached the landing at the bottom of the stairs, they have reached the exit discharge, correct? If they have reached the exit discharge, is there a code requirement for the slope of the walking surface that will then take them to the public way? This landing is in a paved area for the building, which has a path of travel to the public way. The slope of this walking surface is in question. I cannot find anything in the code that notes what slope is required to be once the exit discharge has been reached. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks.