IBC 2009 - door block another doorway

[syarn]

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8MIb4l-3dteZTdiMmIwZjQtYjhlOS00ZWMzLTliODgtNGQ1MjNiM2JmOTRk&hl=en

the plan above shows an office door when open blocking another doorway into a kitchen.

the blocked kitchen door is NOT a designed egress....

is there another part of the IBC 2009 code besides door encroachment 1005.2 which would PREVENT such a design / door arangement - chapter & verse please to show others?

 

[Examiner]

Any and all doors can be used as a means of egress. Just because they do not put an EXIT sign over the door does not mean it cannot be used as a means of egress. You do not have control over which doors or egress routes people will use to move about in a building. I would site the door on egress encroachment.

 

[mark handler]

Syarn

Concider moving the rear exit door and incorporate the office into kitchen, eliminating the conflict

 

[Inspector 102]

Mirror the existing plan for the office which should put the door far enough away to avoid conflict.

 

[permitguy]

1005.2 refers specifically to "required" egress width, which this is not.

I agree there are simple options available to avoid the situation. I might say this current design is lazy, but I don't see how it is non-compliant. It's more of a convenience issue for the kitchen staff than it is a life safety issue.

 

[TJacobs]

Maybe put a closer on it.

 

[peach]

put a wall there.. plenty of ways to get out of the kitchen