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9.9.7.5 — Independent Access to Exit

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(1) Required access to exit from suites shall not be through any other dwelling unit, service room or other occupancy.

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access to exit

means that part of a means of egress within a floor area that provides access to an exit serving the floor area.

dwelling unit

means a suite operated as a housekeeping unit, used or intended to be used by one or more persons and usually containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping and sanitary facilities.

exit

means that part of a means of egress, including doorways, that leads from the floor area it serves to a separate building, an open public thoroughfare or an exterior open space protected from fire exposure from the building and having access to an open public thoroughfare.

occupancy

means the use or intended use of a building or part of a building for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.

service room

means a room provided in a building to contain equipment associated with building services.

suite

means a single room or series of rooms of complementary use, operated under a single tenancy, and includes, (a)dwelling units, (b)individual guest rooms in motels, hotels, boarding houses, rooming houses and dormitories, and (c)individual stores and individual or complementary rooms for business and personal services occupancies.

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