Building Code›Chapter 36 — CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE (CRC)
San Francisco County Municipal Code § 2.5 Access to fire escapes
San Francisco County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Francisco County
Cite as: San Francisco County Municipal Code § 2.5 · Text as of 2026-10-04
2.5.1 Access shall be from a public hallway or corridor except for R-3 occupancies…¶
2.5.2 The opening to the fire escape shall be of a size as to permit the installation…¶
inches in height; the door shall be equipped with panic hardware and open outward. EXCEPTION: In buildings housing Group R Occupancies, where access to the fire escape balcony is from a single apartment or room, access may be provided by a window which, when open, provides clear dimensions of not less than 29 inches in width and not less than 59 inches in height. The sill of such window opening shall be not more than 24 inches above the floor.
2.5.3 Exit doors and windows shall be openable from the inside without the use of a key…¶
2.5.4 Manually operated edge- or surface-mounted flush bolts and surface bolts are prohibited.¶
2.5.5 No sash, shutter, door or window shall be so fitted into the wall that its…¶
vertical clearance of landing runway, platform, ladder or stairs of a fire escape.
2.5.6 In existing buildings, door openings to fire escapes shall be cut as near to the…¶
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