Add Section PM 702.4.1 Emergency escape to read as follows: PM-702.4.1 Emergency escape. For multi family dwellings and rooming units which do not meet the requirements of Sections PM 701.2.2 or PM 701.2.5 only one exit is required from a basement, first floor, or second floor apartment or rooming unit where such apartment or rooming unit has direct access to a window meeting the following requirements:
(a) Such window shall be openable to provide an unobstructed area of not less than five and seven tenths (5.7) square feet. The minimum net clear opening height dimension shall be twenty four (24) inches. The minimum net clear opening width dimension shall be twenty (20) inches;
(b) The sill of such window shall be not more than forty four (44) inches above the finished floor of the room and the floor level of the room shall be not more than 14 feet above the grade directly below;
(c) Such window shall be openable from the inside without the use of tools and shall be capable of remaining in the open position automatically; and
(d) Bars, grills or screens placed over such window shall be removable from the inside without the use of a key, tool or excessive force.
(Ord. 17-2010. Passed 4-13-10.)