524 75TH ST SE 2016-01-01 MF Import

Special Egress Control Devices (Excerpt from the Uniform Building Code, Wazhington State Amendments) Exit doors may be equipped with approved listed special egress-control devices, provided the building is protected throughout by an approved automatic sprinkler system and an approved automadc smoke- detection system. Such devices shall conform to all of the following: 1. Automatically deactivate the egress-control device upon ac[ivation of either the sprinkler system or the detection system. 2. Automatically deactivate the egress-control device upon loss of electrical power to any one of the following: 2.l The egress-control device. 2.2 The smoke-detection system. 2.3 Exit illumination. 3. Be capable of being deactivated by a signal from a switch located in an approved location. 4. Initiate an irreversible process which will deactivate the egress•control device whenever a manual force of not more than IS pounds is applied for two seconds to the panic bar or other door-latching hardware. The egress-control device shall deactivate within an approved time period not to exceed a total of IS seconds. The time delay established for each egress-control device shall not be field adjustable. 5. Actuation of the panic bar or other door-latching hardware shall activate an audible signal at the door. 6. The unlatching shall not require more than one operation. A sign shall be provided on the door located above and within 12 inches of the panic bar or other door-latching hardware reading: KEEP PliSHLYG. THE DOOR WII.,L OPEN IN SECOI�iDS. ALAR.�I WII.L SOUIYD. Sign letter shall be at least 1 inch in height and shall have a stroke of not less than 1/8 inch. Regardless of the means of deactivation, relocking of the egress-control device shall be by manual means oNy at the door. EXCEPTION: Spe�ial units for the care of dementia patienu in nursing homes which are identified and approved by the state agency licensing such uniu, may use special egress- control devices where a panic bar is not part of the egress-convol mechanism. Sec. 1004.5, State Building Code