Yes their is a common elevator and staircase that go to the roof via a dog house since al the AC units are on the roof. The building was sold as the only people who should be using the roof are the penthouse owners unless others need to address maintenance issues.
Thanks! Not sure exactly but I would say at least 1/3 of the roof is unfinished approx 2000sq ft and the owners who don’t have rooftop access are hoping to be able to finish it however as a penthouse owner me and the others PH owners have significant concerns due to the security, comfort and also value of our property as we paid significantly more money for our homes due to having private roofs. From a safety standpoint I don’t even think it would be allowed since you need two forms of egress, and I didn’t think an elevator would count and although technically there are 4 staircases to the roof, three of them are accessible only by entering a private apartment(aka breaking a door down to access it)
Thanks! At the moment no (place is only year old) and all the units have been sold. However the president and some other board people have mentioned their interest in turning the roof area that isn’t finished into common area so I’m trying to think of every reason why it shouldn’t be allowed and just from the safety of it I feel like it won’t be able to get passed unless an elevator counts as an egress
Four stories. The SQ footage per floor is approx 8k sq ft
Four stories. The SQ footage per floor is approx 8
Thanks. Want to make sure I am tracking. Are you saying having only one common staircase and elevator would mostly suffice or are you saying the elevator won’t count therefor we don’t have enough egresses
It is accessible by elevator. After doing more research I believe it is not possible to make more of the roof occupied roof since there is only one common elevator and staircase and two egresses are required and an elevator does not count as an egress