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(a) All stairways shall have walls, railings or guards on both sides and shall have handrails on both sides except as follows:
(1) Stairs less than 44 inches wide may have a handrail on one side only.
(2) Intermediate handrails, continuous between landings, shall be provided where required to provide a lateral distance between handrails not exceeding 88 inches.
(b) In assembly units every handrail mounted on a wall shall have its ends returned and joined to the wall.
(c) In nursing homes and sheltered care facilities, all corridors and passages used by patients shall be provided with handrails on both sides.
The height to the top of handrails shall be two feet, ten inches to three feet, two inches above the floor and shall return to the wall.
(Prior code § 67-10.3; Amend Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 4.11)