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1'his statemcnt is asininc. Chaptcr 10 o(thc Uf3C includcs all-inclusivc clauscs <br /> rcyuiri�ig all scctions ol'all construction projccts to fall undcr its domain, sec IOU3.2.1.1 <br /> that rcquires thc building ot7icial to definc all portions of a structurc cven if it docs not <br /> rcadily fit a lisled usc, to "cstablish a usc baseJ on a listcd usc thal most ncarly rescmblcs <br /> thc intcndcd use', thereby requiring all scctions of a swcturc bc brought undcr the <br /> rcquiremenlsoPChaptcr 10. <br /> Tony Lec anJ 13ecky I'auvcr have alrcady definccUcstablished the usc of this 30" <br /> scclion of decir as a mcans of cgress as cvident in thcir response (it was thc only mcans�,f <br /> cgress when thc plan was initially approvcd). 7�hat cstablishcd usc has nol changrd: it is <br /> still an individual mcans of cgress in and of itsclf. <br /> U13C 1003.2.3.2 states,"in no case shall the width of an inJividual mcans of <br /> egress componcnt hc Icss than thc minimum rcyuircd li�r such componcnt:' tiimply <br /> adding anothcr cxit docs not suddcnly makc this inadcyuatc cxit cscmpt from all safety <br /> rcyuircmcnts. <br /> In addilion tu its cstablishcd usc as an �xil in and ul�itself. Ihis 30" scction uf dcck <br /> is :dso used as an cgress componcnUnath of cxit travc! cithcr to thc strcct sidc and housc <br /> or to thc ncw cxit in Uic reviscd pl.ms, und as such cannot bc diminishcd in width Icss <br /> than 3G', scc 111113.2.3.3 Maintainin�Width and 10113.2.5 F.xit Conlinuity (notc: all of <br /> thcsc codcs wcrc providcd in our initial complciint). <br /> 1'his substandard scction buth uscd and cstablishcd as a mcans ot'cgress <br /> componcnt has not bccn blockcJ oIT or altcrcd in any way and still poscs a har.lrJ as ci <br /> substandard cxiVmcans ot�cgress and as such not only violatcs thc UI3C but is <br /> additionally in violation of EMC 16.118.190 Inadcyuatc Exits. <br /> l�hc ncwly adoptcd 113C also rcyuires u minimum widlh for all cxits and turthcr <br /> rcyuires cxit widlh and cxit p:�th continuity bc maintaincd at thc minimum width <br /> rcyuircmcnt af at Ic�st 3G". 113C 111115.1 Minimum rcquircd cRress width slates. "'1'hc <br /> mcans ofcgress width shall not Uc Icss than rcyuired by this scctiuii'; INC 1020.2 Width <br /> "I�hc widlh of cxit passagc���ays shall hc dctcrniincd as spcci�icd in ticction 1005.1 but <br /> such width shall not bc Icss Ihan 44 inchcs (I 1 18 mm), c�cepl that csit p,�.tisagc�vays <br /> scrving an occupant load of Icss than 50 shall n�t bc lcss than 36 inchcs (�14mm1 in <br /> width:' Sec also 113C 1003.6 Means of egress continuity a:nd all other s�ctions, nonc of <br /> which statc that a scction uscd as a mcans of cgress component can evcr fall bclow the <br /> mininwm width rcyuircnrent cvcn whcrc thcrc ;ux� multiplc nuuns of cgress. <br /> Whilc thc abuvc rcpcat approval of substandurd cxit conJitians is causc for <br /> conccm atwut lbny Lcc and Uccky Pauvcr's compctcncc, thcir respansc to conccrn ti2 is <br /> also disturbing. 1'hc initial complaint dctailcd thc Jcccptivc building Iactics of Mr. <br /> Rcinertscn to purposcly violatc the marimum hcight rcquiremcnts within thc required <br /> sidc setback ir.duding the construction of a pcdcstal/step/tcrcaced base and then <br /> backfilling thc �vholc arc undcr thc Jcck within thc sctback with gra��cl. <br /> �zo <br />