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Door on landing inside apartment - 1011.6

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2019 IBC/CBC 1010.1.5 exception 1.1 for doors serving individual dwelling units in groups R-2 (multifamily apartment development) says:
  • "A door is permitted to open AT the top step of an interior flight of stairs, provided that the door does not swing over the top step."
That means the door is allowed to swing onto the top landing of the stairway, like in the photo below, right?
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But 2019 IBC/CBC 1011.6 says:
  • "Doors opening onto a landing shall not reduce the landing to less than one-half the required width. When fully open, the door shall not project more than 7 inches into a landing."
The photo above appears to show the door swing covering the entire landing, violating the words in red.
In your opinion, does the photo show a stair, door and landing that complies with the code, and if "yes", how do I reconcile this with the wording of 1011.6?
 
Call it a floor if it is a floor.

1011.6 Stairway landings. There shall be a floor or landing at the top and bottom of each stairway.
 
ICE said:
Call it a floor if it is a floor.

1011.6 Stairway landings. There shall be a floor or landing at the top and bottom of each stairway.
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Very clever and appropriate resolution, I like it!

I notice that 202 has no definition of "landing", but this works for me.
 
I believe that 1011.6 is based on a landing in a stair enclosure with stairs going up and down from the landing, so that people coming down from above will not hit the door as it is opening.

Virginia added an exception to clarify this:

"2. A floor or landing is not required at the top of an interior flight of exit access stairs within individual dwelling units and sleeping units of Group R-2 occupancies and dwelling units of Group R-3 occupancies, including stairs in an enclosed private garage serving only an individual dwelling unit, provided that a door does not swing over the stairs."

(I'm not sure how you would have a stair without a floor at the top of it.)
 
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