IBC Chapter Ten - Means of Egress
1014.5 Refrigerated rooms and spaces
Code Excerpt:
1014.5 Refrigerated rooms and spaces
Rooms or spaces having a floor area of 1,000 square feet (92 m2) or more, containing a refrigeration evaporator and maintained at a temperature below 68 F (20 C), shall have access to not less than two exits or exit access doors.
Travel distance shall be determined as specified in Section 1015.1, but all portions of a refrigerated room or space shall be within 150 (45 720 mm) of an exit or exit access door where such rooms are not protected by an approved automatic sprinkler system. Egress is allowed through adjoining refrigerated rooms or spaces.
Exception:
Where using refrigerants in quantities limited to the amounts based on the volume set forth in the International Mechanical code
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