Minnesota Administrative Rules

1305.0407 SECTION 407, GROUP I-2.

Subpart 1.

IBC section 407.2.1.

IBC section 407.2.1 is amended to read as follows:

407.2.1 Spaces open to the corridor. Spaces constructed as required for corridors shall be permitted to be open to a corridor, only when all the following criteria are met:

1. the spaces are not occupied as care recipient sleeping rooms, treatment rooms, or incidental uses in accordance with Section 509 or hazardous uses;

2. the open space is protected by an automatic smoke detection system installed in accordance with Section 907;

3. the corridors onto which the spaces open, in the same smoke compartment, are protected by an automatic smoke detection system installed in accordance with Section 907, or the smoke compartment in which the spaces are located is equipped throughout with quick response sprinklers in accordance with Section 903.3.2; and

4. the space is arranged so as not to obstruct access to the required exits.

Subp. 2.

IBC section 407.4.4.5.1.

IBC section 407.4.4.5.1 is amended to read as follows:

407.4.4.5.1 Area. Care suites containing sleeping rooms shall be not greater than 7,500 square feet (696 m²) in area.

Exception: Care suites containing sleeping rooms shall be permitted to be not greater than 10,000 square feet (929 m²) in area where both of the following criteria are met:

1. an automatic smoke detection system is provided throughout the care suite and is installed in accordance with NFPA 72; and

2. the arrangement of sleeping rooms within the care suite allows for continuous visual supervision by care providers. Glass walls and cubical curtains shall be permitted for visual supervision.

Subp. 3.

IBC section 407.4.4.5.2.

IBC section 407.4.4.5.2 is amended to read as follows:

407.4.4.5.2 Exit access. Any sleeping room, or any care suite that contains sleeping rooms, of more than 1,000 square feet (929 m²) shall have not fewer than two exit access doors from the care suite located in accordance with Section 1007.

407.4.4.5.2.1 Two means of egress. For suites requiring two means of egress, one means of egress from the suite shall be directly into a corridor or exit.

407.4.4.5.2.2 Travel distance. Travel distance within a sleeping suite to an exit access door shall not exceed 100 feet. Travel distance within a sleeping suite to an exit shall not exceed 200 feet.

Subp. 4.

IBC section 407.4.4.6.1.

IBC section 407.4.4.6.1 is amended to read as follows:

407.4.4.6.1 Area. Care suites of rooms, other than sleeping rooms, shall have an area not greater than 10,000 square feet.

Subp. 5.

IBC section 407.4.4.6.2.

IBC section 407.4.4.6.2 is amended to read as follows:

407.4.4.6.2 Exit access. Care suites, other than sleeping rooms, with an area of more than 2,500 square feet (232 m²) shall have not fewer than two exit access doors from the care suite located in accordance with Section 1007. At least one exit access shall be directly to a corridor or exit.

407.4.4.6.2.1 Travel distance. Travel distance within a non-sleeping suite to an exit access door shall not exceed 100 feet. Travel distance shall not exceed 200 feet from any point in a non-sleeping suite to an exit.

Subp. 6.

IBC section 407.5.1.

IBC section 407.5.1 is amended by deleting both exceptions.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 16B.37; 16B.59 to 16B.76; 326B.02; 326B.101 to 326B.194

History:

27 SR 1474; 32 SR 7; L 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4; L 2008 c 337 s 64; 39 SR 1605; 44 SR 609

Published Electronically:

March 31, 2020