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509.1-4509.3 1994 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE EXCEPTION: Guardrails need not to provided at the following locations: s 1. On the loading side of loading docks. •' 2. On the auditorium side of a stage, raised platforms and other mised floor areas such as runways, ramps used for entertainment or presentation. Along the side of an elevated walking surface when and side stages used for the normal functioning of special lighting or foraccess and use of other special equipment. Atvenical I openings in the performance area of stages. 3. Along vehicle service pits not accessible to the public. 501 Height. The top of guardrails shall not be less than 42 inches (1067 mm) in height. ' EXCEPTIONS: 1. The top of guardrails for Group R, Division 3 and Group M, Division I Occupancies individual dwelling units, Group R. Division 3 congregate residences and guest and interior guardrails within rooms of Group R. Division 1 occupancies may be 36 inches (914 mm) in height. 2. The top of guardrails on a balcony immediately in front of the first row of fixed seats and which are not at the end of an aisle may be 26 inches (660 ram) in height. 3. The top of guardrails for stairways, exclusive of their landings, may have a height az specified in Section 1006.9 for handrails. 509.3 Openings. Open guardrails shall have intermediate rails or an omamentalpattern such that a sphere 4 inches (102 mm) in diameter cannot pass through. EXCEPTIONS: 1. The open space between the intermediate mils or omamertal pattern of guardrails in are not accessible to the public may be such that mess of commercial and industrial -type occupancies which 12 inches (305 mm) in diameter cannot pass through. a sphere 2. The triangular openings formed by the riser, tread and bottom element of a guardrail at the open side of that a sphere 6 inches (152 mm) in diameter cannot pass through. a stairway may be of such size For guardrail requirements at grandstands, bleachers or other elevated seating facilities, see Sec- tion 1021.5.7. 1-90