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Plan Review Notes

Notes

Date	Text
2022-08-18 13:21:22	FIRE REVIEW COMMENT:

	DOOR C, THE REAR PATIO DOOR, THE DOOR LEAF SWING IS
	ENCROACHING INTO THE MEANS OF EGRESS WIDTH.

	7.2.1.4.3* DOOR LEAF ENCROACHMENT.
	7.2.1.4.3.1 DURING ITS SWING, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS
	OF
	EGRESS SHALL LEAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
	REQUIRED WIDTH
	OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY, OR A LANDING
	UNOBSTRUCTED,
	UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
	(1) THE DOOR OPENING PROVIDES ACCESS TO A STAIR IN AN
	EXISTING
	BUILDING.
	(2) THE DOOR OPENING MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF
	7.2.1.4.3.2.
	7.2.1.4.3.2 WHEN FULLY OPEN, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS
	OF
	EGRESS SHALL NOT PROJECT MORE THAN 7 IN. (180 MM) INTO
	THE
	REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY,
	OR A LANDING,
	UNLESS THE DOOR LEAF IS EQUIPPED WITH AN APPROVED
	SELF-CLOSING
	DEVICE AND IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF
	7.2.1.4.2
	TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL.
	7.2.1.4.3.3 SURFACE-MOUNTED LATCH RELEASE HARDWARE ON
	THE
	DOOR LEAF SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM BEING INCLUDED IN THE
	MAXIMUM
	7 IN. (180 MM) PROJECTION REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.4.3.1,
	PROVIDED THAT BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
	(1) THE HARDWARE IS MOUNTED TO THE SIDE OF THE DOOR
	LEAF THAT
	FACES THE AISLE, CORRIDOR, PASSAGEWAY, OR LANDING WHEN
	THE
	DOOR LEAF IS IN THE OPEN POSITION.
	(2) THE HARDWARE IS MOUNTED NOT LESS THAN 34 IN. (865
	MM),
	AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE FLOOR.

	C. WALKER

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