HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 22-2006 ORDINANCE NO. 22-06
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VI, RENTAL DWELLING UNITS
OF CHAPTER 22, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BROOKINGS AND PERTAINING TO EXITS
WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BROOKINGS THAT ARTICLE VI OF
CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BROOKINGS BE
AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
I.
Division 3. Standards
Sec. 22-433. Exits
Dwellings constructed on and after September 24, 1968, shall meet the exit requirements of
the city's building code at the time of construction. Dwellings existing prior to September 24, 1968,
shall meet the following means of escape requirements:
(1) Every bedroom and living area shall have a primary means of escape which shall
be a door or stairway providing a means of unobstructed travel to the outside of the
dwelling at street or ground level.
(2) Every sleeping room shall have a second means of escape or alternative
protection as follows:
a. A door, stairway, passage or hall providing a way, independent of and
remote from the primary means of escape, of unobstructed travel to the
outside of the dwelling at street or ground level.
b. A passage through adjacent nonlockable spaces independent of and
remote from the primary means of escape to any approved means of escape.
c. One operable window approved for emergency escape or rescue. Escape
or rescue windows shall have a minimum net clear openable area of 24
inches by 20 inches. When windows are provided as a means of escape or
rescue, they shall have a finished sill height no more than 48 inches above the
floor. Such means of escape shall be acceptable if the window is within 20
feet of grade or if the window opens onto an exterior balcony or porch roof.
Escape and rescue windows with a finished sill height below the adjacent
ground elevation shall have a window well that has a dimension, measured at
right angles to the wall, equal to the depth of the window well that is below
grade and shall comply with the following:
1. The minimum clear horizontal dimension of the window well
shall allow the window to be fully opened.
2. Window wells with a vertical depth below grade of more than 48
inches shall be equipped with an approved permanently affixed
ladder or stairs that are accessible with the window in the fully open
position. The ladder or stairs shall not encroach into the required
dimensions of the window well.
Exception: Sleeping rooms in basement dwelling units which existed prior to September 24, 1968,
may have a permanently affixed ladder,platform or equivalent rigid object below one window,
meeting the minimum net clear opening requirements, capable of supporting the occupants and
having a vertical distance from the window sill of not more than 48 inches. The distance from the
ladder,platform or equivalent rigid object to the window sill shall not be less than 36 inches if the
window opens into the room. The ladder,platform or equivalent rigid object shall have a horizontal
surface projection from the wall of not less than seven inches. The length,running parallel with the
wall, shall not be less than 20 inches.
II.
Any or all ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
First Reading: June 13, 2006
Second Reading: June 27, 2006 (Tabled to July 11, 2006)
Second Reading: July 11, 2006 (Tabled to July 25, 2006)
Second Reading: July 25,2006 (Tabled to August 8,2006)
Second Reading: August 8, 2006
Published: August 11, 2006
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