N.M. Admin. Code § 14.7.2.18

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 14.7.2.18 - CHAPTER 10 - MEANS OF EGRESS

See this chapter of the IBC except as provided below.

A.Section 1004 - Occupant Load. See this section of the IBC except as provided below. Table 1004.5 - Maximum floor area allowances per occupant. See this table of the IBC and amend as follows: under the function of space column, in the institutional areas block, below sleeping areas add: "correctional facilities and detention centers: 60 square feet gross floor area per occupant".

B.Section 1010 - Doors, Gates, and Turnstiles. See this section of the IBC except as provided below.

(1)Section 1010.1.2 - Egress door types. See this section of the IBC except delete exception #9.

(2)Section 1010.1.2.1 - Direction of swing. See this section of the IBC and add the following to the end: a double-acting door shall be provided with a view panel of not less than 200 square inches (0.129 m2): double-acting doors shall not be used as exits where any of the following conditions exist:

(a) 1. the occupant load served by the door is 100 or more,

(b) 2. the door is part of a fire assembly,

(c) 3. the door is part of a smoke- and draft-control assembly,

(d) 4. panic hardware is required or provided on the door.

(3)Section 1010.2.14 - Controlled egress doors in Groups I-1 and I-2. See this section of the IBC and add the words "when approved by the building official" at the beginning of the section.

(4)Section 1010.2.13 - Delayed egress. See this section of the IBC and add the words "when approved by the building official" at the beginning of the section.

C.Section 1019 - Exit Access Stairways and Ramps. See this section of the IBC except as provided below. Add the following to the end of the section: Section 1019.5 - Occupancies other than H and I. In other than Group H and I occupancies, the following are required:

(1) A maximum of fifty percent of egress stairways serving one adjacent floor are not required to be enclosed, provided at least two means of egress are provided from both floors served by the unenclosed stairways. Any two such interconnected floors shall not be open to other floors. Unenclosed exit stairways shall be remotely located as required in Section 1015.2 and complies with Section 1017.1 for travel distance locations.

(2) Interior egress stairways serving only the first and second stories of a building equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 are not required to be enclosed, provided at least two means of egress are provided from both floors served by the unenclosed stairways. Such inter-connected stories shall not be open to other stories. Unenclosed exit stairways shall be remotely located as required in Section 1015.2 and complies with Section 1017.1 for travel distance locations.

N.M. Admin. Code § 14.7.2.18

14.7.2.18 NMAC - Rp, 14.7.2.18 NMAC, 1-28-11, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 21, November 15, 2016, eff. 11/15/2016, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11, June 13, 2023, eff. 7/14/2023