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  1. sutefamily

    Playground Egresses in a School Courtyard

    I am interested in finding out about the egress code for a school playground that is in a courtyard, surrounded on three sides by the school and the 4th side by a 6 foot high fence. We recently had our policy changed so that all of the doors that exit from the playground back into the school...
  2. N

    Daycare Restroom Accessibility Compliance

    Working in MN, we have one child restroom accessed directly from each preschool/toddler room (2 toilets/2 sinks in each restroom). The restrooms are not currently ADA compliant. My coworker was saying that a long time ago he contacted the state, and they informed him that as long as the staff...
    • nsuchy
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    • Forum: Accessibility Codes
  3. A

    Accessory Occupancy Question

    I have an existing building with use group A-3 (community center). The client wants to make an area for day care within this building. The new day care area is less than 10% of the building first floor area (it also has a partial basement, and the building is only one level above grade)...
  4. N

    Should a daycare be considered an I-4 or an Education use

    I have a daycare, they serve children 3 month to kindergarten as well as school age children for before and after care. I classified the space as I4 due to the age of the younger children. I was issued the permit with no comments. The space is in the first floor of a three story office...
  5. J

    Daycare Enclosed Playground

    Hi and thanks for your help and time with this. I have an operational daycare center in NJ with an enclosed fenced in courtyard which I am trying to use as the designated "playground" for the childcare center. I was told the area needed to have a direct path to the street in order to be...
  6. K

    Daycare toilets, IBC 2902.1

    In 2015 IBC table 2902.1, it requires 1:15 toilets in a daycare and 1:50 in educational. So if a daycare is classified as an E, would they follow the 1:50? Our local rules allow the kids under 2.5yrs to be left out of the toilet fixture counts.
  7. K

    Group E daycare

    2015 IBC Chp 308.6.1, “A child day are facility that provides care for more than five but not more than 100 children 2 ½ years or less of age, where rooms in which the children are cared for are located on a level of exit discharge serving such rooms and each of these child care rooms has an...
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