Section 675IAC15-2-23. Exits

   (a) Mobile System─Commercial Structures shall conform to the Indiana Building Code (675 IAC 13-2 [675 IAC 13-2 was repealed filed Feb 15, 1989, 5:00 p.m.: 12 IR 1552, eff Apr 3, 1989.]) for exiting, and to the Indiana Handicapped Accessibility Code (675 IAC 13-4 [675 IAC 13-4 was repealed filed Dec 15, 1989, 5:05 p.m.: 13 IR 896.]).

  (b) Mobile homes shall have a minimum of two exterior doors located remote from each other and so arranged as to provide a means of unobstructed travel to the outside of the mobile structure.

  (c) Exterior doors shall be constructed for exterior use and in no case provide less than a twenty-eight inch (28") wide clear opening. Each swinging exterior door shall have a key-operated lock that has a deadlocking latch. A deadlock with a passage set installed below the deadlock may be used as an acceptable alternate for each exterior door. The locking mechanism of the lock shall be engaged or disengaged by the use of a lever, knob, button, handle, or other device from which egress is to be made when the mobile structure is occupied. Locks shall not require the use of a key for operation from the inside.

  (d) Interior Privacy. Each mobile structure interior door, when provided with a privacy lock, shall have a privacy lock that has an emergency release on the outside to permit entry when lock has been locked by a locking knob, button, or other locking device on the inside.

  (e) Interior Passage. Interior doors having passage hardware without a privacy lock, or with a privacy lock not engaged, shall open from either side by a single movement of the hardware mechanism in any direction. (Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 15-2-23; filed Mar 25, 1986, 1:44 pm: 9 IR 1986, eff Jun 15, 1986; readopted filed Nov 29, 2001, 12:21 p.m.: 25 IR 1306; readopted filed Sep 21, 2007, 9:20 a.m.: 20071010-IR-675070388RFA; readopted filed Oct 10, 2007, 9:16 a.m: 20071031-IR-675070388RFA; readopted filed Aug 4, 2011, 8:35 a.m.: 20110831-IR-675110254RFA)