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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this ordinance are hereby repealed.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
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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
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