Egress through intervening spaces shall comply with this
section.
1. Exit access through an
enclosed elevator lobby is permitted. Where access to two or more exits or exit
access doorways is required in Section 1006.2.1, access to not less than one of
the required exits shall be provided without travel through the enclosed
elevator lobbies required by Section 3006 of the South Carolina Building Code.
Where the path of exit access travel passes through an enclosed elevator lobby,
the level of protection required for the enclosed elevator lobby is not
required to be extended to the exit unless direct access to an exit is required
by other sections of this code.
2.
Egress from a room or space shall not pass through adjoining or intervening
rooms or areas, except where such adjoining rooms or areas and the area served
are accessory to one or the other, are not a Group H occupancy and provide a
discernible path of egress travel to an exit.
Exception: Means of egress are not prohibited through adjoining
or intervening rooms or spaces in a Group H, S, or F occupancy where the
adjoining or intervening rooms or spaces are the same or a lesser hazard
occupancy group.
3. An exit
access shall not pass through a room that can be locked to prevent
egress.
4. Means of egress from
dwelling units or sleeping areas shall not lead through other sleeping areas,
toilet rooms or bathrooms.
Exception: Dwelling units or sleeping areas in R-1 and R-2
occupancies shall be permitted to egress through other sleeping areas serving
adjoining rooms that are part of the same dwelling unit or guest room.
5. Egress shall not pass through
kitchens, storage rooms, closets, or spaces used for similar purposes.
Exceptions:
1. Means
of egress are not prohibited through a kitchen area serving adjoining rooms
constituting part of the same dwelling unit or sleeping unit.
2. Means of egress are not prohibited through
stockrooms in Group M occupancies where all of the following are met:
2.1 The stock is of the same hazard
classification as that found in the main retail area.
2.2 Not more than 50 percent of the exit
access is through the stockroom.
2.3 The stockroom is not subject to locking
from the egress side.
2.4 There is
a demarcated, minimum 44-inch-wide (1118 mm) aisle defined by a wall not less
than 42 inches high or similar construction that will maintain the required
width and lead directly from the retail area to the exit without
obstructions.
Notes
S.C. Code Regs.
8-917
Added by
State Register Volume 37, Issue No. 6, eff June 28, 2013;
State
Register Volume 43, Issue No. 05, eff.
5/24/2019;
State
Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff.
6/26/2020;
State
Register Volume 46, Issue No. 05, eff.
5/27/2022.