(A) (1) It shall be the duty of the owner of any building operated as a hotel, theater, apartment building, whether so operated by the owner or by another, to provide at least two safe and adequate inside ways of fire escape from the top floor and correcting intervening floors of the building extending to the ground, and to keep the same in proper repair.
(2) It shall further be the duty of the owner to provide an outside fire escape extending from the top floor and connecting intervening floors to the ground on all buildings more than two stories high, and to keep the same in proper repair.
(B) (1) It shall be the duty of the owner of any building used as a public hall, theater or the like, where the public may assemble of right, whether by general invitation or purchase of ticket, to provide at least two safe and adequate exits from different sides of the building, the exits to be not less than five feet wide, with stairways of equal widths extending to the ground, and to keep the same in good repair.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to examine all the buildings at least once each year, and as often as the Chief may deem necessary, and if the exits and escapes are not provided or the buildings not in safe repair, to give notice to the owner to have the same constructed or put in proper repair. If the notice is not observed within 30 days after service, and the exits and escapes erected or put in safe repair, the owner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. passed - -, § 5-9) Penalty, see § 92.99