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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-03-11 Ordinancee•r J I - ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3302(d) OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE 1976 EDITION AS ADOPTED BY CHAPTER 8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF IOWA CITY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY. SECTION I. PURPOSE. The purpose of the ordinance is to amend the provisions for distance to exits in open parking garages. j SECTION II. AMENDMENT. Section 3302(d) is hereby amended to read as follows: (d) Distance to Exits. The maximum distance of travel from any point to an exterior exit door, horizontal, exit passageway or an enclosed stairway in a building not equipped with an automatic sprinkler system throughout shall not exceed 150 feet or 200 feet in a building equipped with an automatic sprinkler system throughout. These distances may be increased 100 feet when the last 150 feet is within a corridor, complying with Section 3304. In a one-story Group B, Division 4 Occupancy classified as a factory or a warehouse and in one-story airplane hangars the exit travel distance may be increased to 400 feet if the building is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system throughout and provided with smoke and heat ventilation as specified in Section 3206. In an open parking garage, as defined in Section 1109, the exit travel distance may be increased to 250 feet. SECTION III. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such ajudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES i SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE. •This Ordinance shallr' be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication as required by law. Passed and approved this day of , 1980. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK MICROFILMED BY ' JORM MICR+LA6 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES BY The i f