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Existing office building non sprinkled.
Lower level offices all have a second exit directly to the exterior
All lower level offices customers access the offices served by a common corridor from a common elevator and open stairs.
There are 2 vertical exit enclosures serving the lower level each exit enclosure has an area of refuge within the lower level of the enclosure.
The building owner would like to place a few vending machines in this space which would be accessed from within the enclosure.
I do not believe this is possible.
1. I don't believe the code permits vending machines within an exit enclosure.
2. I don't believe the code permits the elimination of an exit enclosure.
The building was constructed under the 1991 UBC and I do not have a copy.
Am I correct in my assumptions and does someone have a code section to back it up with.
Note there is a smoke detection system and mag holders on the door. The owner is willing to install a drop down door that will operate with the smoke detection system but I am still concerned about eliminating and area of refuge in a non sprinkled building.
Lower level offices all have a second exit directly to the exterior
All lower level offices customers access the offices served by a common corridor from a common elevator and open stairs.
There are 2 vertical exit enclosures serving the lower level each exit enclosure has an area of refuge within the lower level of the enclosure.
The building owner would like to place a few vending machines in this space which would be accessed from within the enclosure.
I do not believe this is possible.
1. I don't believe the code permits vending machines within an exit enclosure.
2. I don't believe the code permits the elimination of an exit enclosure.
The building was constructed under the 1991 UBC and I do not have a copy.
Am I correct in my assumptions and does someone have a code section to back it up with.
Note there is a smoke detection system and mag holders on the door. The owner is willing to install a drop down door that will operate with the smoke detection system but I am still concerned about eliminating and area of refuge in a non sprinkled building.
