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First story above grade plane

sergoodo

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First story above grade plane = 2nd floor
First story below grade plane = basement

Logical?
 
Depending on site grading, the second storey could have grade level exiting as well. We have horizontal exits in our code as well.

Hard to make it simple...
 
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