Utah Admin. Code R432-6-19 - General Standards for Details

(1) Placement of drinking fountains, telephone booths, or vending machines shall not restrict corridor traffic or reduce required corridor width.

(2) Doors and windows shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) Rooms which contain bathtubs, showers, or water closets for resident use shall be equipped with doors and hardware which permit emergency access.

(b) Doors, except those to spaces such as small closets not subject to occupancy, shall not swing into corridors in a manner which will obstruct traffic or reduce corridor width. Large walk-in type closets are occupiable spaces.

(c) Windows which open to the exterior shall be equipped with insect screens.

(d) Resident rooms and suites intended for 24-hour occupancy shall have operable windows which open to the exterior of the building or to a court open to the sky.

(e) Doors, sidelights, borrowed lights, and windows glazed to within 18 inches of the floor shall be constructed of safety glass, wired glass, or plastic break-resistant material that creates no dangerous cutting edges when broken.

(f) Safety glass, wired glass, or plastic break-resistant materials shall be used for wall openings in recreation rooms, exercise rooms, and other activity areas unless prohibited in the International Building Code.

(g) Doors used for shower and bath enclosures shall be made of safety glass or plastic glazing materials.

(3) Trash chutes, laundry chutes, dumbwaiters, elevator shafts, and other similar systems shall not allow movement of contaminated air into clean areas.

(4) Thresholds and expansion joint covers shall be flush with the floor surface to facilitate use of wheelchairs and carts.

(5) All lavatories must be equipped with hand drying facilities.

(a) Lavatories that are expected to serve more than one resident shall have single use paper towel dispensing units or cloth towel dispensing units that are enclosed to protect towels from being soiled. Double occupancy units are not required to provide towel dispensing units if occupied by two related persons.

(b) Lavatories shall be anchored to withstand an applied vertical load of not less than 250 pounds on the fixture front.

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Utah Admin. Code R432-6-19