14X-5-505.9.7.2 Reentry information.

Information showing which floors have re-entry locations must be posted adjacent to every door to an exit stairway, on the occupancy side.

14X-5-505.9.8 Stairway discharge identification.

An interior exit stairway or ramp that continues below its level of exit discharge must be arranged and marked to make the direction of egress to a public way readily identifiable.

Exception: Stairways that continue one-half story beyond their levels of exit discharge do not require barriers where the exit discharge is obvious.

14X-5-505.9.9 Stairway reentry.

Emergency stairway reentry features must be provided in accordance with Sections 14X-5-505.9.9.1 through 14X-5-505.9.9.2.

14X-5-505.9.9.1 Stairways connecting more than four stories.

In any building that is not a high-rise building, doors in exit stairways that connect more than four stories must comply with one of the following options:

1.   Stairway enclosure doors must not be locked from the stairway side at any time, allowing reentry from the stairway enclosure to the building at all levels.

2.   Stairway enclosure doors must be equipped with a fail-safe electronic lock release system that is activated both manually, by a single switch available to building management and firefighting personnel, and automatically, either by smoke detectors or sprinkler waterflow devices, connected to an annunciator panel. A telephone or other two-way communications system connected to a constantly attended location or 24/7 monitoring service must be provided at not less than every fifth floor in each stairway where the doors from the stairway are locked.

3.   Where all the doors in a stairway enclosure open directly into a dwelling unit, and each dwelling unit door has a self-closing device and a latch and does not have self-locking hardware, the stairway must be provided with a telephone or other two-way communications system connected to a constantly attended location or 24/7 monitoring service at not less than every fifth floor or an operable window on each landing or intermediate landing.

(Amend Coun. J. 2-19-20, p. 14473, Art. V, § 30; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-20, p. 21791, Art. V, § 9)

14X-5-505.9.9.2 High-rise buildings.

In high-rise buildings, all exit stairway doors which are locked from the stairway side must have electrically-controlled locking devices which can be automatically unlocked upon a signal from the fire command center. A stairway door at the level of exit discharge may not be locked from the stairway side.

Exception: Stairways complying with Section 14X-5-505.9.9.1, option 3.

(Amend Coun. J. 10-7-20, p. 21791, Art. V, § 10)

14X-5-505.10 Ramps.

Ramps must comply with Sections 14X-5-505.10.1 through 14X-5-505.10.2.

14X-5-505.10.1 Slope of ramps.