(1) Details
and finishes shall be designed to provide a high degree of safety for the
occupants by minimizing the opportunity for accidents. Hazards such as sharp
corners shall be avoided. (III)
(2)
No door shall swing into the exit corridor except doors to spaces such as small
closets that are not subject to occupancy. Each resident bedroom shall have a
door that is a swing type and swings in, unless the door is fully
recessed.
(3) All doors opening
into corridors shall be swing-type doors, except elevator doors.
(III)
(4) All sinks shall have
towel dispensers that hold non-reusable towels. (III)
(5) Partition, floor, and ceiling
construction in resident areas shall comply with noise reduction criteria in
the following table. The requirements set forth in this table assume
installation methods that will not appreciably reduce the efficiency of the
assembly as tested. Location of electrical receptacles, grills, ductwork, and
other mechanical items, and blocking and sealing of partitions at floors and
ceilings shall not compromise the sound isolation required. (III)
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Table 1
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Airborne Sound Transmission Class (STC)D1
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Partitions
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Floors
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Resident's room to resident's room
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35
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35
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Corridor to resident's room
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35
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35
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Public space to resident's roomD2
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40
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40
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Service areas to resident's roomD3
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50
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50
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(6)
Doors, sidelights, borrowed lights, and windows in which the glazing extends
below 31 inches from the floor shall have a horizontal mullion or railing at 31
to 34 inches above the finished floor and be glazed with safety glass, plastic
glazing material, or wire glass where required by the state fire marshal. All
replacement glass shall meet this code with no exception.
Notes
Iowa Code r.
481-60.7
ARC 7036C, IAB
5/31/23, effective 7/5/23
Amended by
IAB
May 31, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 24, effective
7/5/2023
STC shall be determined by tests in accordance with methods
set forth in ASTM Standard E 90 and ASTM Standard E 413.
Public space includes lobbies, dining rooms, recreation
rooms, treatment rooms, and similar places.
Service areas include kitchens, elevators, elevator machine
rooms, laundries, garages, maintenance rooms, boiler and mechanical equipment
rooms, and similar spaces of high noise. Mechanical equipment located on the
same floor or above residents' rooms, offices, nurses stations, and similar
occupied spaces shall be effectively isolated from the
floor.
