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FIGURE 11A-8I THRESHOLDS <br />SL <br />O <br />P <br />E <br />. <br />MA <br />X <br />. <br />1/ <br />4 <br />" <br />. <br />MA <br />X <br />. <br />1/ <br />2 <br />" <br />. <br />2 <br />1 <br />(B) <br />DOORS AT OPPOSITE WALLS <br />FIGURE 11A-8H <br />VESTIBULES <br />(serving other than a required exit stairway) <br />(A) <br />DOORS AT ADJACENT WALLS <br />48" MIN. <br />18 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />18 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />48" <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />FIGURE 11A-8G <br />VESTIBULES <br />(serving other than a required exit stairway) <br />(B) <br />BOTH DOORS OPEN OUT <br />(A) <br />DOORS IN SERIES <br />* PROVIDE THIS ADDITIONAL <br />SPACE IF DOOR IS <br />EQUIPPED WITH BOTH A <br />LATCH AND A CLOSER <br />MI <br />N <br />. <br />18 <br />" <br />. <br />MI <br />N <br />. <br />12 <br />" <br />. <br />48" MIN. <br />12 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />12 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />48" MIN. <br />**** <br />42 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />24" MIN. <br />(A) <br />FRONT APPROACH <br />FIGURE 11A-8B <br />MANEUVERING CLEARANCE AT DOORWAYS, SLIDING <br />DOORS, AND FOLDING DOORS <br />42 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />48 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />42 <br />" <br /> <br />M <br />I <br />N <br />. <br />22" MIN. <br />(B) <br />POCKET OR HINGE <br />SIDE APPROACH <br />(C) <br />STOP OR LATCH <br />SIDE APPROACH <br />(D) <br />SIDE APPROACH - DOORWAYS <br />WITHOUT DOORS / GATES <br />al <br />l <br /> <br />i <br />d <br />e <br />a <br />s <br />, <br /> <br />d <br />e <br />s <br />i <br />g <br />n <br />s <br /> <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />p <br />l <br />a <br />n <br />s <br /> <br />r <br />e <br />p <br />r <br />e <br />s <br />e <br />n <br />t <br />e <br />d <br /> <br />b <br />y <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />i <br />s <br /> <br />d <br />r <br />aw <br />i <br />n <br />g <br /> <br />a <br />r <br />e <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />e <br /> <br />e <br />x <br />c <br />l <br />u <br />s <br />i <br />v <br />e <br /> <br />p <br />r <br />o <br />p <br />e <br />r <br />t <br />y <br /> <br />o <br />f <br /> <br />bs <br />b <br /> <br />d <br />e <br />s <br />i <br />g <br />n <br />, <br /> <br />i <br />n <br />c <br />. <br /> <br />an <br />d <br /> <br />s <br />h <br />a <br />l <br />l <br /> <br />n <br />o <br />t <br /> <br />b <br />e <br /> <br />r <br />e <br />p <br />r <br />o <br />d <br />u <br />c <br />e <br />d <br /> <br />i <br />n <br /> <br />w <br />h <br />o <br />l <br />e <br /> <br />o <br />r <br /> <br />i <br />n <br /> <br />p <br />a <br />r <br />t <br /> <br />w <br />i <br />t <br />ho <br />u <br />t <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />e <br /> <br />e <br />x <br />p <br />r <br />e <br />s <br />s <br /> <br />p <br />r <br />i <br />o <br />r <br /> <br />w <br />r <br />i <br />t <br />t <br />e <br />n <br /> <br />p <br />e <br />r <br />m <br />i <br />s <br />s <br />i <br />o <br />n <br /> <br />o <br />f <br /> <br />s <br />a <br />i <br />d <br /> <br />a <br />rc <br />h <br />i <br />t <br />e <br />c <br />t <br />s <br />, <br /> <br />a <br />n <br />y <br /> <br />u <br />n <br />a <br />u <br />t <br />h <br />o <br />r <br />iz <br />e <br />d <br /> <br />r <br />e <br />u <br />s <br />e <br /> <br />o <br />f <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />e <br />s <br />e <br /> <br />p <br />l <br />a <br />n <br />s <br /> <br />o <br />t <br />h <br />e <br />r <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />a <br />n <br /> <br />f <br />o <br />r <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />e <br /> <br />p <br />r <br />o <br />j <br />e <br />c <br />t <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />l <br />o <br />c <br />a <br />t <br />i <br />o <br />n <br /> <br />s <br />h <br />o <br />w <br />n <br /> <br />i <br />s <br /> <br />p <br />r <br />o <br />h <br />i <br />b <br />i <br />t <br />e <br />d <br />. <br />JOB NO. <br />SUBMITTAL <br />DATE <br />SHEET TITLE <br />SHEET NO. <br />CLIENT: <br />Plot Date:File: <br />REVISION <br />DATE <br />21 <br />3 <br />0 <br /> <br />E <br /> <br />4 <br />T <br />H <br /> <br />S <br />T <br /> <br /># <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />SA <br />N <br />T <br />A <br /> <br />A <br />N <br />A <br />, <br /> <br />C <br />A <br /> <br />9 <br />2 <br />7 <br />0 <br />5 <br />1ST PLAN CHECK SUBMITTAL 08/20/2024 <br />970 W. 190TH ST., STE 250, TORRANCE CA 90502 <br />O: 310.217.8885 <br />BSBDESIGN.COM <br />D E S I G N <br />BSB <br />4TH P.C. 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III BUILDING <br />FEATURES <br />OL <br />I <br />V <br />E <br /> <br />C <br />R <br />E <br />S <br />T <br /> <br />R <br />E <br />S <br />I <br />D <br />E <br />N <br />T <br />I <br />A <br />L <br />21 <br />5 <br />0 <br /> <br />E <br />. <br /> <br />F <br />O <br />U <br />R <br />T <br />H <br /> <br />S <br />T <br />. <br /> <br />& <br /> <br />2 <br />1 <br />6 <br />0 <br /> <br />E <br />. <br /> <br />F <br />O <br />U <br />R <br />T <br />H <br /> <br />S <br />T <br />. <br />SA <br />N <br />T <br />A <br /> <br />A <br />N <br />A <br /> <br />C <br />A <br /> <br />9 <br />2 <br />7 <br />0 <br />5 <br />OL <br />I <br />V <br />E <br /> <br />C <br />R <br />E <br />S <br />T <br />CHAPTER 11A DIVISION III <br />SECTION 1125A HAZARDS ON ACCESSIBLE ROUTES <br />1125A.1 WARNING CURBS.ABRUPT CHANGES IN LEVEL EXCEEDING 4 INCHES IN VERTICAL DIMENSION, <br />SUCH AS CHANGES IN LEVEL AT PLANTERS OR FOUNTAINS LOCATED IN OR ADJACENT TO WALKS, <br />HALLS, CORRIDORS, PASSAGEWAYS, AISLES, PEDESTRIAN WAYS AND OTHER CIRCULATION SPACES <br />SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY CURBS PROJECTING AT LEAST 6 INCHES IN HEIGHT ABOVE THE WALK OR <br />SIDEWALK SURFACE TO WARN THE BLIND OF A POTENTIAL DROP-OFF <br />EXCEPTION: WHEN A GUARDRAIL OR HANDRAIL IS PROVIDED WITH EDGE PROTECTION IN <br />ACCORDANCE WITH CBC SECTION 1010.10.1. <br />1125A.2 HEADROOM CLEARANCE.WALKS, HALLS, CORRIDORS, PASSAGEWAYS, AISLES, PEDESTRIAN <br />WAYS AND OTHER CIRCULATION SPACES WHICH ARE PART OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS SYSTEM <br />SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM CLEAR HEADROOM AS REQUIRED IN CBC SECTION 1003.2. OTHER WALKS, <br />PEDESTRIAN WAYS AND CIRCULATION SPACES SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM CLEAR HEADROOM OF 80 <br />INCHES. IF THE VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF AN AREA ADJOINING AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE IS REDUCED <br />TO LESS THAN 80 INCHES NOMINAL DIMENSION, A GUARDRAIL OR OTHER BARRIER HAVING ITS <br />LEADING EDGE AT OR BELOW 27 INCHES ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR SHALL BE PROVIDED. <br />EXCEPTION: DOORWAYS AND ARCHWAYS LESS THAN 24 INCHES IN DEPTH MAY HAVE A MINIMUM <br />CLEAR HEADROOM OF 80 INCHES NOMINAL. (SEE SECTION 1126A FOR DOOR REQUIREMENTS). <br />1125A.3 OVERHANGING OBSTRUCTIONS.ANY OBSTRUCTION THAT OVERHANGS A PEDESTRIAN WAY <br />SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 80 INCHES ABOVE THE WALKING SURFACE AS MEASURED FROM THE <br />BOTTOM OF THE OBSTRUCTION. (SEE FIGURE 11A-1B.) WHERE A GUY SUPPORT IS USED PARALLEL TO <br />A PATH OF TRAVEL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SIDEWALKS, A GUY BRACE, SIDEWALK GUY OR <br />SIMILAR DEVICE SHALL BE USED TO PREVENT AN OVERHANGING OBSTRUCTION (SEE SECTION 1125A.2 <br />FOR REQUIRED HEADROOM CLEARANCE). <br />1125A.4 FREE-STANDING SIGNS.WHEREVER SIGNS MOUNTED ON POSTS OR PYLONS PROTRUDE <br />FROM THE POSTS OR PYLONS AND THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE SIGN IS LESS THAN 80 INCHES (2032 <br />MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR OR GROUND LEVEL, THE EDGES OF SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE <br />ROUNDED OR EASED AND THE CORNERS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM RADIUS OF 0.125 INCHES. (SEE <br />SECTION 1125A.2 FOR REQUIRED HEADROOM CLEARANCE). <br />SECTION 1126A DOORS, GATES AND WINDOWS <br />1126A.1 WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF DOORS.DOORWAYS WHICH PROVIDE ACCESS TO COMMON USE <br />AREAS OR COVERED MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING: <br />1. PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF A DOOR NOT LESS THAN 36 INCHES IN WIDTH, NOT LESS <br />THAN 80 INCHES IN HEIGHT, AND PROVIDE A CLEAR OPENING OF NOT LESS THAN 32 <br />INCHES, MEASURED WITH THE DOOR POSITIONED AT AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES FROM ITS <br />CLOSED POSITION. <br />2. DOORS OR GATES SHALL BE CAPABLE OF OPENING AT LEAST 90 DEGREES. <br />3. A PAIR OF DOORS OR GATES, MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC, SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE LEAF <br />WHICH PROVIDES A CLEAR WIDTH OF NOT LESS THAN 32 INCHES, MEASURED WITH THE <br />DOOR OR GATE POSITIONED AT AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES FROM ITS CLOSED POSITION. <br />4. THE WIDTH OF ANY COMPONENT IN THE EGRESS SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE <br />MINIMUM WIDTH REQUIRED BY SECTION 1005. <br />5. REVOLVING DOORS OR GATES SHALL NOT BE USED AS REQUIRED ENTRANCES FOR <br />PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND SHALL NOT BE PART OF AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. <br />1126A.2 LEVEL FLOOR OR LANDING. THE FLOOR OR LANDING ON EACH SIDE OF AN EXIT DOOR OR <br />GATE SHALL BE LEVEL. (SEE CBC CHAPTER 10). <br />1126A.2.1 THRESHOLDS AND CHANGES IN ELEVATION.THE FLOOR OR LANDING SHALL NOT BE <br />MORE THAN 1/2 INCH LOWER THAN THE TOP OF THE THRESHOLD OF THE DOORWAY. (SEE <br />FIGURE 11A-8I). <br />CHANGES IN LEVEL BETWEEN 1/4 INCH AND 1/2 INCH SHALL BE BEVELED WITH A SLOPE NO <br />GREATER THAN 1 UNIT VERTICAL IN 2 UNITS HORIZONTAL (50-PERCENT SLOPE). CHANGES IN <br />LEVEL GREATER THAN 1/2 INCH SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY MEANS OF A RAMP. (SECTION <br />1122A). <br />1126A.3 MANEUVERING CLEARANCES. <br />1126A.3.1 GENERAL. THE MINIMUM MANEUVERING CLEARANCE AT DOORS OR GATES SHALL <br />COMPLY WITH SECTIONS 1126A.3.2, 1126A.3.3, AND 1126A.3.4. THE FLOOR OR LANDING AREA <br />WITHIN THE REQUIRED MANEUVERING CLEARANCE SHALL BE LEVEL AND CLEAR. THE REQUIRED <br />LENGTH SHALL BE MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLANE OF THE DOOR OR GATE IN ITS <br />CLOSED POSITION. MANEUVERING CLEARANCE SHALL EXTEND THE FULL WIDTH OF THE <br />DOORWAY AND THE REQUIRED LATCH SIDE OR HINGE SIDE CLEARANCES (STRIKE EDGE <br />MANEUVERING CLEARANCES). <br />-- <br />1126A.3.3 SPACE BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE DOORS OR GATES. THE MINIMUM SPACE BETWEEN <br />TWO HINGED OR PIVOTED DOORS OR GATES IN SERIES, SERVING OTHER THAN A REQUIRED <br />EXIT STAIRWAY, SHALL PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 48 INCHES PLUS THE WIDTH OF THE DOOR OR <br />GATE SWINGING INTO THE SPACE. DOORS OR GATES IN A SERIES SHALL SWING EITHER IN THE <br />SAME DIRECTION OR AWAY FROM THE SPACE BETWEEN THE DOORS OR GATES. (SEE FIGURES <br />11A-8G AND 11A-8H). <br />WHERE THE DOOR OR GATE OPENS INTO A STAIR OR SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURE, THE LANDING <br />NEED NOT HAVE A MINIMUM LENGTH OF 60 INCHES. (SEE FIGURE 11A-8H). <br />1126A.3.4 DOORWAYS WITHOUT DOORS OR GATES. DOORWAYS LESS THAN 36 INCHES WIDE <br />WITHOUT DOORS OR GATES, SLIDING DOORS, OR FOLDING DOOR SHALL HAVE MANEUVERING <br />CLEARANCE COMPLYING WITH THIS SECTION. <br />1126A.3.4.1 FRONT APPROACH. THE LEVEL FLOOR OR LANDING SHALL EXTEND AT LEAST 48 <br />INCHES ON EACH SIDE, PERPENDICULAR TO THE DOORWAY. STRIKE EDGE MANEUVERING <br />CLEARANCE FOR FRONT APPROACH IS NOT REQUIRED. (SEE FIGURE 11A-8B(a)). <br />1126A.3.4.2 SIDE APPROACH. DOORWAYS WITHOUT DOORS OR GATES, AND SIDE <br />APPROACH, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH LEVEL FLOOR OR LANDING EXTENDING 42 INCHES <br />MINIMUM ON EACH SIDE, PERPENDICULAR TO THE DOORWAY. STRIKE EDGE <br />MANEUVERING CLEARANCE IS NOT REQUIRED. (SEE FIGURE 11A-8B(b)). <br />1126A.3.4.3 POCKET / HINGE SIDE APPROACH. DOORS WITH POCKET OR HINGE APPROACH <br />SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A LEVEL FLOOR OR LANDING NOT LESS THAN 42 INCHES IN <br />DEPTH. THE LEVEL FLOOR OR LANDING SHALL EXTEND A MINIMUM OF 22 INCHES BEYOND <br />THE POCKET/HINGE SIDE. (SEE FIGURE 11A-8B(b)). <br />1126A.3.4.4 STOP / LATCH SIDE APPROACH. DOORS WITH STOP OR LATCH APPROACH <br />SHALL HAVE A LEVEL FLOOR OR LANDING NOT LESS THAN 42 INCHES IN DEPTH. THE LEVEL <br />FLOOR OR LANDING SHALL EXTEND A MINIMUM OF 24 INCHES BEYOND THE STOP/LATCH <br />SIDE. (SEE FIGURE 11A-8B(c)). <br />1126A.3.4.5 RECESSED DOORS OR GATES. MANEUVERING CLEARANCES FOR FORWARD <br />APPROACH SHALL BE PROVIDED WHEN ANY OBSTRUCTION WITHIN 18 INCHES OF THE <br />LATCH SIDE OF AN INTERIOR DOORWAY, OR WITHIN 24 INCHES OF THE LATCH SIDE OF AN <br />EXTERIOR DOORWAY, PROJECTS MORE THAN 8 INCHES BEYOND THE FACE OF THE DOOR <br />OR GATE, MEASURED PERPENDICULAR TO THE FACE OF THE DOOR OR GATE. (SEE FIGURE <br />11A-8C). <br />- <br />1126A.4 CLOSER-EFFORT TO OPERATE DOORS OR GATES. MAXIMUM EFFORT TO OPERATE DOORS OR <br />GATES SHALL NOT EXCEED 8 1/2 POUNDS FOR EXTERIOR DOORS OR GATES AND 5 POUNDS FOR <br />INTERIOR DOORS OR GATES, SUCH PULL OR PUSH EFFORT BEING APPLIED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO <br />HINGED DOORS AND AT THE CENTER PLANE OF SLIDING OR FOLDING DOORS. COMPENSATING <br />DEVICES OR AUTOMATIC DOOR OR GATE OPERATORS MAY BE UTILIZED TO MEET THESE STANDARDS. <br />WHEN FIRE DOORS ARE REQUIRED, THE MAXIMUM EFFORT TO OPERATE THE DOOR MAY BE <br />INCREASED TO THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE BY THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, NOT TO <br />EXCEED 15 POUNDS. <br />1126A.4.1 DOOR OR GATE CLOSER.IF THE DOOR HAS A CLOSER, THEN THE SWEEP PERIOD OF <br />THE CLOSER SHALL BE ADJUSTED SO THAT FROM AN OPEN POSITION OF 90 DEGREES, THE <br />DOOR OR GATE WILL TAKE AT LEAST 5 SECONDS TO MOVE TO A POINT 12 DEGREES FROM THE <br />LATCH. <br />1126A.4.2 SPRING HINGES. SPRING HINGES SHALL BE ADJUSTED SO THAT FROM THE OPEN <br />POSITION OF 70 DEGREES, THE DOOR OR GATE SHALL MOVE TO THE CLOSED POSITION IN 1.5 <br />SECONDS MINIMUM. <br />1126A.5 TYPE OF LOCK OR LATCH.THE TYPE OF LATCH AND LOCK REQUIRED FOR ALL DOORS OR <br />GATES SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1126A.6 AND CBC CHAPTER 10, SECTION 1008. <br />1126A.7 SMOOTH SURFACE. SWINGING DOOR OR GATE SURFACES WITHIN 10 INCHES OF THE FINISH <br />FLOOR OR GROUND MEASURED VERTICALLY SHALL HAVE A SMOOTH SURFACE ON THE PUSH SIDE <br />EXTENDING THE FULL WIDTH OF THE DOOR OR GATE. PARTS CREATING HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL <br />JOINTS IN THESE SURFACES SHALL BE WITHIN 1/16 INCH OF THE SAME PLANE AS THE OTHER AND BE <br />FREE OF SHARP OR ABRASIVE EDGES. CAVITIES CREATED BY ADDED KICK PLATES SHALL BE CAPPED. <br />EXCEPTIONS: <br />1. AUTOMATIC DOORS OR GATES. <br />2. TEMPERED GLASS DOORS WITHOUT STILES AND HAVING A BOTTOM RAIL OR SHOE <br />WITH THE TOP LEADING EDGE TAPERED AT 60 DEGREES MINIMUM FROM THE <br />HORIZONTAL. <br />3. DOORS OR GATES THAT DO NOT EXTEND TO WITHIN 10 INCHES OF THE FINISH FLOOR <br />OR GROUND. <br />1126A.8 WINDOWS. WHERE GLAZED OPENINGS ARE PROVIDED IN ACCESSIBLE ROOMS OR SPACES <br />FOR OPERATION BY OCCUPANTS, AT LEAST ONE OPENING SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 1138A.4. <br />EACH GLAZED OPENING REQUIRED BY THE ENFORCING AGENCY TO BE OPERABLE SHALL <br />COMPLY WITH SECTION 1138A.4.