VLADIMIR LEVIN
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Existing historic building converted to 3 story mixed use building. M occupancy on ground level, R2 (apartments) on 2nd and 3rd floor. 13 apartments total of which 4 are 2 story (with entrance on 2nd floor). Plan attached
Please check my code analysis, below.
In the 2 story apartments the living space and entry is on 1st floor, and bedrooms on 2nd floor.
1006.2 says "rooms, areas, or spaces within a story shall be provided with the number of exits or access to exits in accordance with this section"
The apartment occupant load is less than 20, and the common path of egress travel from the bedroom level down (via stair) to the apartment exit door is less then 125'.
And, 1006.3.2 says " the path of egress travel shall not pass through more than one adjacent story"
Conclusion: 1 exit is required per Table 1006.2.1, and egress travel from bedroom level to lower level to exist door is permitted.
Moving on, the 2nd floor has 2 exits from that story required per Table 1006.3
The 2 story apartments do not have EERO's and are not required to per Section 1030 which requires EERO's in "R-2 occupancies located in stories with only one exit or access to only one exit". These 2 story apartments have access to 2 exits on the 2nd floor.
Now, returning back to the 3rd story.
Of the 8 total apartment, 4 of them are the 2nd floors of the 2 story apartments which exit on the story below.
The remaining 4 apartments exit on the 3rd story which has only one exit which is allowed by Table 1006.3.3(1) meeting the following requirements:
- 3rd story, 4 dwelling units, <125' common path of egress travel, sprinklered, and provided with EERO's
Please check my code analysis, below.
In the 2 story apartments the living space and entry is on 1st floor, and bedrooms on 2nd floor.
1006.2 says "rooms, areas, or spaces within a story shall be provided with the number of exits or access to exits in accordance with this section"
The apartment occupant load is less than 20, and the common path of egress travel from the bedroom level down (via stair) to the apartment exit door is less then 125'.
And, 1006.3.2 says " the path of egress travel shall not pass through more than one adjacent story"
Conclusion: 1 exit is required per Table 1006.2.1, and egress travel from bedroom level to lower level to exist door is permitted.
Moving on, the 2nd floor has 2 exits from that story required per Table 1006.3
The 2 story apartments do not have EERO's and are not required to per Section 1030 which requires EERO's in "R-2 occupancies located in stories with only one exit or access to only one exit". These 2 story apartments have access to 2 exits on the 2nd floor.
Now, returning back to the 3rd story.
Of the 8 total apartment, 4 of them are the 2nd floors of the 2 story apartments which exit on the story below.
The remaining 4 apartments exit on the 3rd story which has only one exit which is allowed by Table 1006.3.3(1) meeting the following requirements:
- 3rd story, 4 dwelling units, <125' common path of egress travel, sprinklered, and provided with EERO's
