Automatic car wash

[Mr. Inspector]

My first car wash plan review. 2015 IBC and IEBC. 2 4'x17' additions. Should this be a S-2 occupancy?
They are extending 4' on each end of the existing 17' wide automatic car wash . They need to make it longer so new equipment can fit. It now has overhead garage on each end and no swinging door at all. Built before we had codes here. It will have new overhead garage doors on both new 4' extended ends. No workers in building and the public are not allowed to get out of their cars. Owner said doors will open automatically if power goes off. Does this need a swinging exit door and emergency lighting? and does this building need to be accessible? There are no parking spaces or restrooms.

 

[cda]

Overthinking it

 

[cda]

Sorry

Business Group B occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts. Business occupancies shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Airport traffic control towers
• Ambulatory care facilities
• Animal hospitals, kennels and pounds
• Banks
• Barber and beauty shops
• Car wash

 

[cda]

Sounds like no to the rest of your questions

So to clarify

Person drives up

Puts their nickel in

Drives or gets pull thru???

No Attendants/ dryers ??!

 

[e hilton]

I’m thinking it needs a swinging pedestrian door. Scenario: winter, nasty weather, maintenance person inside the wash tunnel, power fails. Overhead door unlocks but does not open, maybe iced shut.

 

[cda]

I’m thinking it needs a swinging pedestrian door. Scenario: winter, nasty weather, maintenance person inside the wash tunnel, power fails. Overhead door unlocks but does not open, maybe iced shut.

10 or less rule??

Sorry cannot design for Zombie apocalypse or global warming.

 

[e hilton]

That would be the ZBC 2022 edition.

 

[TheCommish]

The on in my town has breakaway fabrick roll up doors, just push thrugh and reset

 

[cda]

I’m thinking it needs a swinging pedestrian door. Scenario: winter, nasty weather, maintenance person inside the wash tunnel, power fails. Overhead door unlocks but does not open, maybe iced shut.

That is one quick moving ice storm!!!

Must be a Zombie Ice Storm???

 

[ICE]

I agree with e hilton....not because of an ice event....but just because who knows what can happen. I see automatic car wash structures that can hardly be referred to as a tunnel....the car drives in and stops while the machine scrubs the car.....then there's tunnels that the car moves through slowly...the tunnel decribed in this thread is getting 34 feet added to it. That is a building that needs a man door....and don't forget the light.

 

[e hilton]

That is one quick moving ice storm!!!

Maybe he is taking a nap out of the weather. Maybe his girlfriend is keeping him warm.

 

[cda]

Maybe he is taking a nap out of the weather. Maybe his girlfriend is keeping him warm.

Someone needs to be on Zombie Weather watch!!!

 

[my250r11]

The ones we have the designer had an exit door with panic hardware and emergence light in the middle. No handle on the the outside for more security.