NEC: 30" of clearance for electrical subpanel?

[5030tinkerer]

I am installing a 100 amp subpanel in my home inside a kitchen pantry (no, nothing will be front of it...). Trouble is, I noticed that code says that I need 30" of side to side working space along with 36" deep of space - the wall where I want to put the subpanel is only 28" long. I am not an artist (and you'll have to ignore the dots - they are placeholders to hopefully help everything line up), but the room looks like:

┌───────┐
│           │
│...........│(subpanel on other side of this wall)
└─ .......─┘

entry ↑

hallway ↓
─────────────────────────

The lower right hand wall stub sticks out about 12" from the wall where the subpanel would be placed. Given that a subpanel user would easily have the required 30" (more like 72") width if you took the hallway width into consideration, am I okay codewise?

 

[Shimon]

That 30" includes the width of the panel so if the panel is 20" wide then you need 5" on either side. So if your wall is only 28" wide then I would say you would not be in compliance with the NEC.