Re: gutter ball
312.6a is correct however it sounds like you have an angle pull in which case you need to go to 314.28(A) (2) where it tells you the minmum size of the gutter must be 6 times the diameter of the largest raceway which I assume will be 3"? that calculates to 18 " however the code article says that is the distance between raceways. so you will probably need to go up to a the next standard size which is 24"in order to get 18 " between the pipes.