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Public Act 094-0630
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LRB094 04081 RXD 34101 b |
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Building Egress Act is amended by |
adding Section 1.5 as follows:
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(425 ILCS 55/1.5 new)
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Sec. 1.5. Stairwell door access. |
(a) Stairwell enclosures in buildings greater than 4 |
stories shall comply with one of the following requirements: |
(1) No stairwell enclosure door shall be locked at any |
time in order to provide re-entry from the stair enclosure |
to the interior of the building; or |
(2) Stairwell enclosure doors that are locked shall be |
equipped with an electronic lock release system that is |
activated upon loss of power, manually by a single switch |
accessible to building management or firefighting |
personnel, and automatically by activation of the |
building's fire alarm system. |
A telephone or other two-way communications system |
connected to an approved constantly attended location shall be |
provided on not less than every fifth floor in each stairway |
where the doors to the stairway are locked. If this option is |
selected, the building must comply with these requirements by |
January 1, 2006. |
(b) Regardless of which option is selected under subsection |
(a) of this Section, stairwell enclosure doors at the main |
egress level of the building shall remain unlocked from the |
stairwell enclosure side at all times. |
(c) Building owners that select the option under paragraph |
(2) of subsection (a) of this Section must comply with the |
following requirements during the time necessary to install a |
lock release system and the two-way communication system: |
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(1) Re-entry into the building interior shall be |
possible at all times on the highest story or second |
highest story, whichever allows access to another exit |
stair; |
(2) There shall not be more than 4 stories intervening |
between stairwell enclosure doors that provides access to |
another exit stair; |
(3) Doors allowing re-entry shall be identified as such |
on the stair side of the door; |
(4) Doors not allowing re-entry shall be provided with |
a sign on the stair side indicating the location of the |
nearest exit, in each direction of travel that allows |
re-entry; and |
(5) The information required to be posted on the door |
under paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection (c), shall |
be posted at eye level and at the bottom of the door. |
(d) Nothing in this Section applies to any stairwell |
enclosure door that opens directly into a dwelling unit, |
provided the dwelling unit door has a self-closer, latch, and |
no self-locking hardware. Where all doors in the stairwell meet |
these criteria, the stairwell shall be provided with either a |
two-way communication system or readily operable windows on |
each landing or intermediate landing. |
(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a home |
rule unit may not regulate stairwell door access in a manner |
less restrictive than the regulation by the State of stairwell |
door access under this Act. This subsection (e) is a limitation |
under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the |
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule |
units of powers and functions exercised by the State. |
(e) This Section does not apply in a home rule municipality |
that, on or before January 1, 2005, has passed an ordinance |
regulating building access from stairwell enclosures in |
buildings that are more than 4 stories in height.
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