Section 27-361
§ 27-361 Arrangement. All exits and access facilities shall be located
so that they are clearly visible, or their locations clearly indicated,
and they shall be kept readily accessible and unobstructed at all times.
Section 27-362
§ 27-362 Tenant spaces. When more than one tenant occupies a building
or floor area, each tenant shall have direct access to the required
number of exits without passing through premises occupied by other
tenants, except as permitted for balconies in subdivision (g) of section
27-369 of article five of this subchapter.
Section 27-363
§ 27-363 Remote location. (a) When more than one exit is required from
a floor of a building, each such required exit shall be placed as remote
from the others as is practicable. Where this results in a distance
between exits exceeding the maximum travel distances required by section
27-357, additional remote vertical exits shall be provided.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a) of this
section:
(1) For exits serving spaces classified in occupancy groups G or J-2,
in no event shall such exits be less than fifteen feet distant from each
other.
(2) For exits serving spaces classified in other occupancies, in no
event shall such distance be less than thirty feet or one-third the
maximum travel distance required by section 27-357, whichever is
greater.
(c) On any floor containing ten thousand square feet or more in a high
rise building classified in occupancy group E (office space), each exit
that is required to be remote from another exit shall not share any
common walls, floors, ceilings, scissor stair assemblies, or other
enclosures.
Section 27-364
§ 27-364 Exit discharge. All vertical exits shall extend in a
continuous enclosure to discharge directly, or by way of a yard, court,
or exit passageway, to an open exterior space. When vertical exits
serving floors above grade continue in the same enclosure to serve
floors below grade, the portion of such vertical exits above grade shall
be separated from the portion below grade by construction having at
least a one hour fire-resistance rating, with three-quarter hour
self-closing doors opening in the direction of exit travel from the
floors below grade, except that buildings classified in residential
occupancy group J-3 and educational occupancy group G shall be exempt
from this requirement.