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Guards shall be required at every point of danger including the following:
(a) At all edges of every floor, balcony, mezzanine or other space used or intended for human occupancy which is at a height of more than two feet above the floor, ground or pavement directly below, except that loading platforms and similar uses need not be equipped with guards;
(b) At all windows or doorways having a sill two feet or less above the floor of a room or space, unless such window or doorway opens directly upon the ground, pavement or guarded space, the level of which is less than two feet below the sill of such opening or unless the construction of the window serves the same purpose;
(c) At all sides of every open areaway exceeding three feet in depth except the side providing access to a stairway.
(Prior code § 75-1.1; Amend Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 4.8)