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Detached houses, duplexes and townhouses up to 3 stories with their own exits use the IRC; every other building uses the IBC (IBC 101.2).

41 sections matching “IBC 408” for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IRC

  • IBC 408.2

    Other occupancies

    • Parts of I-3 facilities may be other occupancies if occupants can always be released; egress through other uses meets I-3 rules, except horizontal exits into non-H uses.

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  • IBC 408.3

    Means of egress

    • Chapter 10 applies except as modified.

    Works withIBC Chapter 10

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  • IBC 408.4

    Locks

    • Egress doors may lock per the use condition; refuge-to-outside doors may be keyed with keys always available.

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  • IBC 408.6

    Smoke barrier

    • Sleeping stories and stories with 50+ occupants split into two smoke compartments, unless spaces exit directly to safety.

    Works withIBC 709

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  • IBC 408.7

    Security glazing

    • Security glazing in 1-hour barriers, partitions and smoke barriers is allowed with 1,296 sq in panels and sprinkler protection.

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  • IBC 408.8

    Subdivision of resident housing areas

    • Housing areas are separated per 408.8.1 to 408.8.4.

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  • IBC 408.3.3

    Guard tower doors

    • A 16 sq ft floor hatch at least 2 ft each way may serve guard towers.

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  • IBC 408.3.6

    Exit discharge

    • Exits may discharge to a fenced yard 50 ft from the building with 15 sq ft per person.

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  • IBC 408.3.7

    Sallyports

    • Sallyports allowed if they let people through continuously in an emergency.

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  • IBC 408.3.8

    Interior exit stairway and ramp construction

    • One exit stair serving up to four floors may have sprinkler-protected glazing (5,000 sq in per floor, 1,296 per panel) with ¾-hour doors.

    Works withIBC 716

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  • IBC 408.4.1

    Remote release

    • Remote release unlocks all required doors within 2 minutes in Conditions 3 and 4; up to 10 manual locks in 3 minutes with two keys allowed.

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  • IBC 408.4.2

    Power-operated doors and locks

    • Power doors and locks have manual release at the door and emergency power.

    Works withIBC 2702

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  • IBC 408.4.3

    Redundant operation

    • Remote-release doors have a manual release at each door or a redundant remote control.

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  • IBC 408.4.4

    Relock capability

    • Remotely unlocked doors don't relock unless enabled from the remote location.

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  • IBC 408.5.1

    Floor openings

    • Housing-unit floor openings are allowed if open for supervision, with tiers no more than 23 ft apart and one extra level of travel.

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  • IBC 408.5.2

    Shaft openings in communicating floor levels

    • Plumbing chases for stacked cells needn't be enclosed.

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  • IBC 408.6.1

    Smoke compartments

    • Up to 200 residents per compartment; travel to a smoke barrier door 150 ft from room doors, 200 ft from any point.

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  • IBC 408.6.3

    Independent egress

    • Each compartment has egress without returning through the origin compartment.

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  • IBC 408.8.1

    Occupancy Conditions 3 and 4

    • Sleeping areas get smoke-tight partitions where travel through common space exceeds 50 ft.

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  • IBC 408.8.2

    Occupancy Condition 5

    • Condition 5 sleeping areas and common spaces are separated by smoke-tight partitions.

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  • IBC 408.8.3

    Openings in room face

    • Openings in solid room faces total 120 sq in or less and sit 36 in or less above the floor.

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  • IBC 408.8.4

    Smoke-tight doors

    • Smoke-tight doors resist smoke; cell doors need no latch or closer.

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  • IBC 308.4

    Institutional Group I-3

    • I-3: more than five people held under restraint or security, such as jails, prisons and detention centers; Conditions 1 to 5 and Section 408.

    Works withIBC 408

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Searches all 4,276 IRC 2024 sections, 5,532 IBC 2024 sections and defined terms (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 so far) and each city's local rules as they are added. Section numbers and titles from the International Residential Code and International Building Code, 2024 editions, copyrighted by the International Code Council; the IRC's electrical chapters (34 to 43) follow NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code. Requirements are summarized in our words (IRC Chapters 3 to 43, IBC Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33); read the full text at the link on each result. Local values come from each city's published documents.

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