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24 CFR 3280.106: Exit facilities; egress windows and devices.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 24—Housing and Urban Development
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development
- CHAPTER XX—OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- PART 3280—MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS
- Subpart B—Planning Considerations
(a) Every room designed expressly for sleeping purposes, unless it has an exit door (see § 3280.105), shall have at least one outside window or approved exit device which meets the requirements of § 3280.404, the “Standard for Egress Windows and Devices for Use in Manufactured Homes.”
(b) The bottom of the window opening shall not be more than 36 inches above the floor.
(c) Locks, latches, operating handles, tabs, and any other window screen or storm window devices which need to be operated in order to permit exiting, shall not be located in excess of 54 inches from the finished floor.
(d) Integral rolled-in screens shall not be permitted in an egress window unless the window is of the hinged-type.
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