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  1. eyan50495

    Single Exit from Basement (Commercial - M)

    Hi All So the Building Dept has reviewed our Life Safety drawings and determined that we need a second means of egress from a basement. This is a Mercantile Occ. with a floor plate of 10,000 SF. The basement in question has 2 stairs, picture a box with one on the midpoint of the left side and...
  2. T

    Single egress in a R-2

    I have a four story R-2 that has only two dwelling units on the basement, first, second, and third floors. The fourth floor is areas and spaces tha are part of the dwelling units that are on the third floor. (the top two floors contain two story dwelling unit, whose entries are on the third...
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