1016.2.1 Multiple tenants.
BC § 1016.2.1
Where more than one tenant occupies any one floor of a building or structure, each tenant space, dwelling unit and sleeping unit shall be provided with access to the required exits without passing through adjacent tenant spaces, dwelling units and sleeping units. Exception: The means of egress from a smaller tenant space shall not be prohibited from passing through a larger adjoining tenant space where the following conditions are met: 1. Such rooms or spaces of the smaller tenant occupy less than 10 percent of the area of the larger tenant space through which they pass; 2. The larger tenant is a Group M occupancy and the smaller tenant space is of the same or similar occupancy group; 3. A discernible path of egress travel is provided from the smaller tenant space to an exit; 4. The means of egress into the adjoining space is not subject to locking from the egress side of the smaller tenant space; and 5. The smaller tenant space serves the same occupants, customers, or patrons as the larger tenant space.
