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We have a dining facility (Assembly use) that is fully sprinklered. NFPA 101 is applicable life safety code. When exiting the kitchen through the pair of double swing doors there is an opening straight ahead to the dining area and serving areas at each side. Each serving area has a framed door opening but no door and are about 28'-5" feet long by 10' 5" wide. One long wall is counter height with the tray ledge on it. This plan is based on the owner's prototype dining facility plan and has been built in the same area as the new facility.
One life safety engineers on the project regards these serving areas as dead end corridors since they are more than 20'. Adding a latching door and/or single swing door would be a problem from for the traffic (people carrying items and carts) in and out between the serving area and the kitchen. A double swing door would not work because it would obstruct the main path from the kitchen to the dining area. I have looked for the official definition of a dead end corridor but did not find it. Would this be considered a dead end corridor? If yes, would reducing length and/or increasing width so length is more than 2 1/2 times the width make it OK? Or is a door needed? Thanks
One life safety engineers on the project regards these serving areas as dead end corridors since they are more than 20'. Adding a latching door and/or single swing door would be a problem from for the traffic (people carrying items and carts) in and out between the serving area and the kitchen. A double swing door would not work because it would obstruct the main path from the kitchen to the dining area. I have looked for the official definition of a dead end corridor but did not find it. Would this be considered a dead end corridor? If yes, would reducing length and/or increasing width so length is more than 2 1/2 times the width make it OK? Or is a door needed? Thanks