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Chapter 10 — MEANS OF EGRESS

San Francisco Building Inspection Commission Codes § 1016.2 Add item 7 as follows

San Francisco Building Inspection Commission Codes · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Building Inspection Commission Codes § 1016.2 · Text as of 2026-09-23

  1. For one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses, the means of egress is allowed to pass through rooms and intervening spaces except garages. [CRC R318.1]

1016.3 Add a section as follows:

1016.3 Vertical egress. For habitable levels or basements in R-3 occupancies or townhouses that are located more

than one story above or more than one story below an egress door, the maximum travel distance from any occupied point to a stairway or ramp that provides egress from such habitable level or basement shall not exceed 50 feet (15240 mm). [CRC R318.4]

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