Originally Posted by
Markus Keller
Any challenges you make have to be to Chicago code or such challenges will not have traction.
Markus,
That would only apply to "code" challenges, not to "safety" or "common sense" challenges.
Any builder not installing a second way out (which includes those safety features) can be challenged for creating an unsafe condition, whether or not it meets code. All codes, even the Chicago code, are "minimum standards" ... i.e. the crappiest they are legally allowed to build, *not* "good", "better", or "best" building practices.
If DCAP (whatever that is) requires a people door, that is good. You could even have a people door within the overhead door (overhead doors with people doors in them are available - they are commercial doors, not residential doors, so they *cost more*). Installing an overhead door with a people door within it solves a lot of problems, such as 'there is only one wall which does not have something on the other side of it' (like in many townhouses or 'townhouse like condos').
(I did a search on the internet and could not find one to link to, but I've seen them installed years ago.)