DOORS

Minimum height 2.00 m 2.00 m 2.00 m General: 2.00 m

Bathroom/mezza
nine: 1.80 m
Minimum width .90 m .80 m .71 m Main door: .80 m
Bedroom: 0.70m
Bathroom: 0.60m
Maximum width 1.20 m 1.22 m
Height of door knob .82 1.06 m
(.90 m preferred)

LOCATION ON PROPERTY
Front setback R1: 4.50m 1.50m
Side setback R1: 2.00m 1.50m
Rear setback R1: 2.00m 2.00m
Distance of eaves from property line 0.75m 0.75m
MINIMUM ROOM SIZES
Rooms for human habitation
Kitchen
Bathroom
MINIMUM AIR SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Schools
Offices and factories
Habitable rooms
MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHTS
Ground floor
Second floor
Succeeding floors
Mezzanine
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
Windows for rooms
Windows for bathrooms
Minimum dimension of court
Minimum width of court passageway
STAIRS
Riser
Tread
Minimum width
Minimum headroom maximum vertical
distance between landings

Handrail height
RAMPS
Maximum slope
Maximum cross slope
Minimum width
Minimum landing length
Distance between landings
Handrail height
CORRIDORS

OCCUPANT LOADS (Area per person)
Place of assembly



Educational




Healthcare





Residential


Mercantile





FIREWALL EXTENSIONS
Above roof
From outermost edges (walls)
Under eaves
EXIST
Number of exits required (based on occupant
load)

Minimum width of exits
Maximum travel distance to exit, no sprinkle
Maximum travel distance to exit, w/ sprinkle
Minimum width of exit door
Minimum height of exit door
Change in floor level at doors
Maximum length of deadends
Place of assembly
Educational
Healthcare
Detention/Correctional
Residential (hotels/dormitories)
Residential (apartment buildings)
Business
Business with NFPA 13 sprinkle system
Industrial
ELEVATOR
Various elevator requirement


6.00sqm Minimum dimension of 2.00m 3.00sqm Minimum dimension of 1.50m 1.20sqm Minimum dimension of 0.90m
Schools
3.00 cubic meters (Allot 1.00 sqm per person) Offices and factories 12.00 cubic meters Habitable rooms 14.00 cubic meters
Naturally ventilated: 2.70m Artificially ventilated: 2.70m Naturally ventilated: 2.70m Artificially ventilated: 2.40m Naturally ventilated: 2.70m
Artificially ventilated: 2.10m Mezzanine 1.80m 1.80m
Windows for rooms
10% of floor area, but 1.00sqm minimum
10% of floor area
Windows for bathrooms
5% of floor area, but 240 sq. mm. minimum
5% of floor area Minimum dimension of court 2.00m 2.00m Min. width of court passageway 1.20m 1.20m
Existing stairs: 205mm max. New stairs: 100-180mm Existing stairs: 230mm min. New stairs: 280mm min. Less than 10 OL:0.75m Existing stairs:
915mm 10-50 OL.: 0.90m New stairs, 0-49 OL: 915mm New stairs, 50-1999 OL: 1120mm New stairs, 2000 or more OL: 1420mm Minimum
headroom 2.00m 2.00m 2.00m Maximum vertical distance between landings 3.60m 3.66m 3.60m Handrail height 800-900mm 760-865mm 800-
1200mm
Maximum slope 1 in 12 1 in 12 Maximum cross slope 1 in 48 Minimum width 1.20m 1120mm Minimum landing length 1.50m
Distance between landings
6.00m (horizontal distance bet. landings)
760mm (vertical distance bet. landings)
Handrail height 700mm and 900mm 760-865mm
200mm maximumRiser
Tread
600mm
250mm maximum
200mm minimum
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
STAIRS
RAMPS
CORRIDORS
2.00m2.00m
Ground floor
Second floor
Succeeding floors
Minimum height
2.00m for means of egress
LOCATION ON PROPERTY
Follow NBC
2.00m
Rooms for human habitation
Kitchen
Bathroom
DOORS
MINIMUM ROOM SIZES
MINIMUM AIR SPACE REQUIREMENTS
2.00m
MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHTS
Minimum width
Bathroom/mezzanine: 1.80m
900mm 800mm 710mm
2.00m for walkways
Follow NBC
250mm minimum
Minimum width
Slanted nosing preferred over protruding nosing, provide 300mm-wide tactile strip at top and bottom of stairs.
More than 50 OL:1.10m
No general requirements provided, only for ramps located in reviewing stands, grandstands and bleachers.
1.10m 1.20m
Place of assembly 0.65 sqm Standing room 0.28 sqm Concentrated use 0.65 sqm Less concentrated use 1.40 sqm Educational Classrooms 1.80
sqm 1.90 sqm Shop, laboratories, vocational rooms 4.60 sqm 4.60 sqm Dry nurseries 3.30 sqm Conference rooms, exhibit rooms, gyms 1.40 sqm
Healthcare Sleeping departments 11.00 sqm 11.10 sqm In-patient treatment 22.00 sqm 22.30sqm Hospitals, sanitaria 8.40 sqm Nursing homes
7.40 sqm Children's nurseries 3.25 sqm Residential 18.60 sqm Dwellings 28.00 sqm Hotels, apartments, dormitories 18.60 sqm Mercantile Street
floor or basement used for sale 2.80 sqm 2.80 sqm Upper floors used for sale 5.60 sqm 5.60 sqm Floors not used for sale (office, storage, etc.)
9.30 sqm 9.30 sqm Drinking establishments 1.40 sqm Commercial kitchens 18.60 sqm
Above roof 400mm 300mm For rowhouse: 300mm From outermost edges (walls) 600mm 300mm For rowhouse: 300mm Under eaves 300mm
300mm For rowhouse: 300mm
0-10 OL: 1 exit 10-499 OL: 2 exits 500-999 OL: 3 exits 501-999 OL: 3 exits 1000 or more OL: 4 exits 1000 or more OL: 4 exits Minimum width of
exits 1.10m (corridors) 915mm Maximum travel distance to exit, no sprinkler 45.00m Maximum travel distance to exit, with sprinkler 60.00m
Minimum width of exit door 900mm 800mm (for all doors)
Minimum height of exit door 2.00m 2.00m (For all doors) Change in floor level at doors 50mm 13mm Maximum length of dead ends Place of
assembly 6.10m Educational 6.00m Healthcare 6.00m Detention/correctional 6.00m Residential (hotels/dormitories) 6.00m Residential
(apartment buildings) Not allowed Business 6.00m Business, with NFPA 13 sprinkler system 15.00m Industrial 15.50m
In apartments or condomimiums 5 storeys or higher, at least 1 passenger elevator shall be kept on 24- hour constant service.
Inside dimensions of car: 1.10m wide x 1.40m deep
Required for healthcare occupancies two storeys or higher.
Minimum 600mm-deep pit
Maximum 4 cars per hoistway
Additional note regarding exits: BP 220 specifically refers to Section 3.1007 of PD 1185 (the old Fire Code) for the exit requirements. This is
included in BP 220 as Annex 1 on page 53.
ELEVATORS
Various elevator requirements
Required for multi-family dwellings and condominiums 6 storeys of higher. Follow standards in NBC and BP 344.
Maximum travel distance from building entrance: 30.00m
Provide at least one exit per elevator lobby.
Follow NB