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Is a catwalk a "floor"?

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Section 3002.4 of the 2012 IBC requires at least one elevator car to accommodate an ambulance stretcher where the building has 4 or more stories. The car is required to have access to all "floors". I have a project that exceeds 4 stories and has full height catwalk levels between floors. The elevator stops at some of the catwalk levels but not at all of them. Would you consider a catwalk level to be a floor and require the elevator to have access?

GPE.
 
A sentence from IBC2012 410.3.2 "These areas shall not be considered to be floors, stories, mezzanines or levels in applying this code".
 
The index sends you to section 410 for catwalks but you may have to make a determination if it's a catwalk, platform or floor IMO.
 
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