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State of Tamilnadu - Section

Section 12 in Multi-Storeyed and Public Buildings Rules, 1973

12. Means of access and circulation.

(1)
(a)There shall be provided from the street to the entrance door or doors of every building in the site a clear way of not less than 5 metres in width as a means of access to such building which shall be maintained free from any obstruction or any overhang or projection from the building.
(b)The space so set apart as means of access shall be separately distinguished from any house, gully or open space for amenity requirement prescribed under the rules.
(c)Every such means of access shall be made drained and lighted to the satisfaction of the Engineer and manhole covers or other drainage, water or any other fittings laid in such means of access shall be flush with the finished surface level so as not to obstruct safe travel over the same.
(d)Any person who undertakes construction work on building shall not reduce the access to any building previously existing below the minimum width prescribed under these rules.
(2)Exits and means of egress. -(a) Every building meant for human occupation shall be provided with exits sufficient to permit safe escape of occupants in case of fire or other emergency.
(b)An exit may be a doorway, corridor, passageway to an internal staircase or external staircase or to a verandah or roofs or terrace having access to the street.
(c)Exits shall be so arranged as to provide continuous means to egress to the exterior of a building or an exterior open space leading to a street, without passing through any occupied unit.
(d)Exits shall be so located that the travel distance on the floor shall not exceed 22.5 metres in the case of residential and public buildings and 30 metres in the case of commercial, industrial and other buildings. There shall be at least two exits serving every floor and at least one of them shall be stairway.
Notes. - Travel distance means the distance from any point in the floor area to any exit measured along the path of egress travel except that when floor areas are sub-divided into rooms used singly or suites or room and served by corridors or passages, the travel distance may be measured from the corridor entrance of such rooms or suites to the nearest exit.
(e)Width of any exit shall not be less than 100 cm. and shall be determined for the total number of occupants as specified in the following Table. The unit of exit width for measuring the capacity of exits shall be 50 cm. A clear width of 25 cm. shall be at an additional half unit and clear width less than 25 cm. shall not be covered for exit width.
SI. No. Occupancy Number of occupants
    Stairways Door
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Resident 25 75
2. Business 50 75
3. Educational 25 75
4. Other public buildings 60 90
5. Industrial 50 75