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Egress from Balcony back into Building

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Mech

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2 story
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The first floor is a restaurant / pub. I am unsure of second floor use group - not M, R, I, or H. Might be S-2 or B (assembly less than 50 people if the numbers work).

Anyway, the owner wants a second story 6 ft deep balcony. It is 60 feet from one end to the other and the only door onto and off of the balcony is in the middle. Is this two dead-end corridors that are each 30 ft long and therefore not code compliant?
 
It's not a corridor -- it's a balcony. The applicant also needs to tell you what the occupancy classification of the second floor is. Then you look in chapter 10 and determine if the proposed balcony qualifies as a space with a single means of egress, and what the maximum exit access travel distance is for the occupancy classification.
 
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