Interpretation #7127

Published March 08, 2013

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Original Request

Code Version
2010
Code
BUILDING
Code Description
Building
Chapter
4
Section
454.1.3.1.9
Topic
Exit doors to a pool

Question

Are doors from public rooms such as lobbies and

clubhouses or hallways that open to the deck

area of a swimming pool the equivalent of gates,

provided they are not a required means of egress

and meet the requirements of 454.1.3.1.9 with

the exception that they open outwards towards

the pool?

Answer Published 03/08/2013 at 4:43 PM

Assuming the question relates to 424.1.3.1.9, no, doors may
not be treated as gates.

Commentary

None.