EXTERIOR STAIRS

[Nicole Brooks]

If this door is now one of the required mean of egress from this space, these stairs would not meet code, correct? It seems to me that this would be a component of the path of egress to the public way and it does not have a landing and therefore would not meet code. Thoughts? Options to remedy would be extend out and get a full landing or use the curb as the final riser and extend the handrail?

 

[steveray]

Why are they already not an MOE? And therefore existing to remain? What is the work that requires them to be upgraded?

 

[classicT]

Uniformity provisions would preclude you from using the curb as the bottom step.

 

[Nicole Brooks]

Why are they already not an MOE? And therefore existing to remain? What is the work that requires them to be upgraded?

they currently have a sidewalk that leads to a ramp, but the building owner is cutting out all the grade to the right to add more dock positions and therefore losing the compliant path.

 

[Mr. Inspector]

So they are taking out the required accessible route to the entrance?

 

[Nicole Brooks]

So they are taking out the required accessible route to the entrancE

This is actually a back entrance to the warehouse, not a public entrance. The front entrance is accessible.

 

[Mr. Inspector]

If they have money to spend on the new docks, they can spend some to fix the stairway.

 

[steveray]

701.2 Conformance. An existing building or portion thereof
shall not be altered such that the building becomes less safe
than its existing condition.