You must:
• Make sure each exit route is large enough to accommodate the maximum-permitted occupant load for each floor served by the route.
• Make sure the capacity of an exit route does not decrease at any point.
• Make sure an exit route is at least 6 feet 8 inches high at all points.
– Make sure projections from the ceiling do not reach a point less than 6 feet 8 inches from the floor.
• Make sure exit routes are at least 28 inches wide at all points between any handrails.
– If necessary, routes must be wider than 28 inches to accommodate the expected occupant load.
– Make sure objects that stick out into the exit route, such as cabinets on walls, do not reduce the minimum width of the exit route.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 08-18-056, § 296-800-31010, filed 9/2/08, effective 11/2/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010,[49.17].040 , and [49.17].050. 01-23-060, § 296-800-31010, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; 01-11-038, § 296-800-31010, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.]