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Hello,
I am new to the forum and need some help.
We have a 100 Year old two story Historic Home, on the National Register, which the owners will now be using as an “Event Facility” for weddings, special events, etc.... No one has lived in the house for over twenty years. Code would put this as an Assembly Occupancy and Use(A-2 or A-3). NFPA 101 (Life and Safety Code) and NFPA 914 both require lighted exit signs and emergency egress lighting (an exception is 11.3.2.9.3 Structures occupied only during daylight hours, with windows arranged to provide the required level of illumination of all portions of the means of egress during such hours, shall be exempt from emergency lighting requirements where approved by the authority having jurisdiction.) This one will be used day and/or night, so that exception is out.
One of the owners has told me about the McDaniel-Tichenor House in Monroe, GA. She said "this place was not required to have anything of this nature". My thoughts are: unless this property was opened to the public for events many, many years ago(before the jurisdiction adopted building codes); I can’t find any reason why they didn’t/don't have to comply.
Do you know of any exemptions which would allow them to function without lighted exit signs and emergency egress lighting?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
I am new to the forum and need some help.
We have a 100 Year old two story Historic Home, on the National Register, which the owners will now be using as an “Event Facility” for weddings, special events, etc.... No one has lived in the house for over twenty years. Code would put this as an Assembly Occupancy and Use(A-2 or A-3). NFPA 101 (Life and Safety Code) and NFPA 914 both require lighted exit signs and emergency egress lighting (an exception is 11.3.2.9.3 Structures occupied only during daylight hours, with windows arranged to provide the required level of illumination of all portions of the means of egress during such hours, shall be exempt from emergency lighting requirements where approved by the authority having jurisdiction.) This one will be used day and/or night, so that exception is out.
One of the owners has told me about the McDaniel-Tichenor House in Monroe, GA. She said "this place was not required to have anything of this nature". My thoughts are: unless this property was opened to the public for events many, many years ago(before the jurisdiction adopted building codes); I can’t find any reason why they didn’t/don't have to comply.
Do you know of any exemptions which would allow them to function without lighted exit signs and emergency egress lighting?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.