[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 5]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR3280.106]



[Page 115]

 

                 TITLE 24--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--Table 

of Contents

 

                    Subpart B_Planning Considerations

 

Sec.  3280.106  Exit facilities; egress windows and devices.



    (a) Every room designed expressly for sleeping purposes, unless it 

has an exit door (see Sec.  3280.105), shall have at least one outside 

window or approved exit device which meets the requirements of Sec.  

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.



[49 FR 58752, Dec. 18, 1975. Redesignated at 44 FR 20679, Apr. 6, 1979, 

as amended at 49 FR 36086, Sept. 14, 1984; 52 FR 4581, Feb. 12, 1987]