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The travel distance to exits shall comply with the provisions of Sections 13-160-120 to 13-160-160, inclusive.
(Prior code § 67-6)
Travel distance is defined as the distance from a point in a floor of a building to a vertical exit, a horizontal exit or an outside exit measured along the line of travel, except that in one-story low or moderate hazard industrial and storage units, travel distance may be considered as the distance from any point to an aisle, passage or other exit connection.
(Prior code § 67-6.1)
Travel distance shall be measured from the most remote point in any floor except as follows:
(a) When a floor of a residential or business unit is subdivided and contains a public corridor enclosed by walls providing fire resistance of not less than one hour, travel distance may be measured from a door leading from a room or space to such corridor. In no event, however, shall the travel distance from the most remote point in a floor exceed 150 percent of the maximum distance required in Sections 13-160-140 and 13-160-150.
(Prior code § 67-6.2)
Except as provided in Section 13-160-150, travel distances shall not exceed the following:
In Feet
Residential units 100
Institutional units 100
Assembly units (except open plan schools)
grade floors 150
other floors 150
Exhibition areas 150
Open plan schools (all floors) 100
Open air assembly units 150
Business units 150
Mercantile units 150
Industrial units 150
Storage units 150
Hazardous use units 75
(Prior code § 67-6.3)
(a) In a building equipped throughout with a standard sprinkler system as defined in Chapter 15-16 of this Code, the maximum travel distance in open plan schools, business, mercantile, industrial, exhibition areas, or storage units may be 50 percent greater than that established in Section 13-160-140 of this Code.
(b) When the automatic sprinkler system described in Section 13-160-150(a) of this Code is supervised and provided with a two-source water supply, one of which shall be provided with an emergency power supply, the maximum travel distance in open plan schools, business, mercantile, industrial, assembly (including exhibition areas) and storage units, may be 100 percent greater than that established in Section 13-160-140 of this Code. If travel distance is increased pursuant to this section, an increase in exit capacity under Section 13-160-210(d) shall not be permitted.
(Prior code § 67-6.4; Amend Coun. J. 11-6-85, p. 21656)
The maximum travel distance to an exit from the end of a corridor shall be not more than 50 percent of the travel distance permitted in Sections 13-160-140 and 13-160-150, except that in Type I schools, such distance shall not exceed 20 feet, and in the case of nursing homes and sheltered care facilities as defined in Section 13-4-010 and as further defined by the rules and regulations promulgated by the board of health under the authority, as applicable, of Section 4-6-090 , Section 4-6-100 or Section 4-6-110 , there shall be an exit at the end of each corridor.
(Prior code § 67-6.5; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 176)
Notes
4-6-090 | The hyper-linked material is not part of the Chicago Building Code infobase and therefore is not included herein. The material is included in other provisions of the Chicago Municipal Code. The complete Chicago Municipal Code is available for purchase from American Legal Publishing in both print and Folio® versions. Please click here for the appropriate American Legal order form in printable Adobe® PDF format. For additional information, you may visit American Legal's website by clicking here. |
4-6-100 | The hyper-linked material is not part of the Chicago Building Code infobase and therefore is not included herein. The material is included in other provisions of the Chicago Municipal Code. The complete Chicago Municipal Code is available for purchase from American Legal Publishing in both print and Folio® versions. Please click here for the appropriate American Legal order form in printable Adobe® PDF format. For additional information, you may visit American Legal's website by clicking here. |
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The width of exits shall comply with the provisions of Sections 13-160-180 to 13-160-220, inclusive.
(Prior code § 67-7)
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