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What is NYC AC § 27-469?

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This section outlines the exit requirements for open parking structures, specifying the number and type of exits needed for both driver and mechanical parking. It mandates minimum widths for exit stairs and distances from tiers to exits. Applies to building owners of parking facilities.

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§ 27-469 Exits.

AC § 27-469

(a)Driver parking. Open parking structures with driver parking shall be provided with at least two exits from each tier. One of the exits may be a ramp used by motor vehicles, when serving not more than one level below grade. Exit stairs shall have a minimum width of thirty-six inches and may be unenclosed, except that they shall be enclosed in noncombustible construction having at least a two hour fire-resistance rating if the first riser of the stair is more than thirty feet from one of the open exterior walls of the structure. No point on any tier of parking shall be more than one hundred feet from an exit.

(b)Mechanical parking. Open parking structures with mechanical parking equipment shall be provided with at least one exit from each tier of parking. Such exit may be unenclosed, but shall have a minimum width of thirty-six inches. No point on any tier of parking shall be more than two hundred feet from an exit.

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