arwat23
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I'm working on a TI project where the building owner wants to put a small storage room on the second floor mezzanine. The building is two stories tall and is mixed use (residential on most of the second floor, restaurants on the first floor). The storage room is only going to be accessed by the owner of the building (not the tenant or the public). No elevator exists in the building, the second floor is less than 3,000 sq.ft. (no elevator should be required because of this I believe, although the ground floor is over 3,000 sq.ft.), and the storage space can only be accessed through the restaurant space we're working on.
Would it be acceptable to not have an accessible route to the storage space? Or does there need to be an accessible route? I'm leaning towards no accessible route being required since it's on a second floor and per California Building Code 11B-206.2.3 Exception 1, but I would like a second opinion in case I'm missing something.
Would it be acceptable to not have an accessible route to the storage space? Or does there need to be an accessible route? I'm leaning towards no accessible route being required since it's on a second floor and per California Building Code 11B-206.2.3 Exception 1, but I would like a second opinion in case I'm missing something.