N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 1506.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 1506.6 - Exit requirements

(a) There shall be provided from every floor of motor vehicle storage facilities in a multiple dwelling or upon the premises thereof at least two means of egress located remote from each other. Such means of egress shall lead directly, or through an exit passageway or an exit stairway in a two-hour fire-resistive enclosure, to a legal open space having access to a street. Exits, exit passageways and exit stairways shall be at least 36 inches wide and six feet six inches high. Ramps used shall have a slope not to exceed one foot in 10 feet and shall be provided with nonslip surfaces. The maximum distance of travel to an exit or exitway shall not exceed 100 feet, except that such distance may be 150 feet when the storage facility is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system. A ramp for vehicles may be considered as one means of egress when such ramp is remote from the main enclosed exit and when it has a terminus at grade within 50 feet of an exit door opening to the exterior.

(b) All exit doors shall be self-closing and swing in the direction of egress. Interior exit doors shall have a fire resistance rating of at least one and one-half hours. Exterior exit doors shall have a fire resistance rating of at least three-quarter hour. Where doors swing into the path of travel from other areas, they shall be so located as not to project into such path of travel. Doors to stairways shall open upon a landing providing a distance from door swing to line of tread of stairs not less than the width of the doors. Louvers are not permitted in interior exit doors.

(c) All doors used as required exits shall be arranged so as to be readily openable from the motor vehicle storage facility side. Locks, if provided on required exits, shall not require a key to be operated from the motor vehicle storage facility side.

(d) Every enclosed stairway shall have at its topmost landing an opening to the exterior at least 24 by 30 inches, provided with a window or door, readily accessible and easily openable from both the interior and exterior of the building.

(e) Stairs shall be constructed of noncombustible materials, shall provide for safe ascent and descent. The use of winders shall not be permitted. Stairs shall be at least three feet in clear width throughout and have a handrail on the open side or, if enclosed, on at least one side, with a clearance of at least one and one-half inches between the handrail and the wall and placed at least 31 inches above the center of the tread; when three feet eight inches or more in width, handrails shall be provided on each side. Treads, exclusive of nosing, shall be not less than nine and one-half inches wide; risers shall not exceed seven and three-quarter inches in height; and the product of the number of inches in width of the tread and the number of inches in the height of the riser shall be at least 70 and at most 75. Minimum headroom shall be six feet six inches measured vertically from the surface of the tread at the nosing.

(f) Well openings and window openings on stairs, ramps or landings shall be guarded by substantial railings at least 33 inches high above the floor or tread level. The openings in such railings shall not exceed six inches in width nor 48 inches in length.

(g) Exitways shall be lighted by natural and, or artificial light of sufficient intensity to allow safe passage at all times.

(h) Every means of egress shall be indicated by a durable sign reading EXIT in red letters at least eight inches high on a white background or vice versa, and such sign shall be clearly visible at all times.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 1506.6