13-160-070 Obstructions prohibited.

   For purposes of this section and Section 13-96-135 only: the term “small building” shall mean a residential building that is both less than four stories high and contains fewer than four residential units; and the term “large building” shall mean a residential building that is four or more stories high, or contains four or more residential units, or both.

   There shall be no obstruction in any exitway that may hamper travel and evacuation. This section does not prohibit the locking of a gate in a fence that secures a residential building:

   (a)   from either or both faces of the gate in the case of a small building, or

   (b)   from the exterior face of the gate in the case of a large building

so long as the locked gate does not prevent egress from the building to the exterior.

(Prior code § 67-5.1; Amend Coun. J. 1-12-94, p. 44841; Amend Coun. J. 3-14-12, p. 23145, § 1)