In every structure used for rooming house purposes, there shall be not less than two stairways for egress from each floor above the first floor. One of the stairways may be an outside stairway or fire escape of steel or wood leading to ground level, constructed according to the requirements listed in the Building Codes. Such outside stairway shall be accessible through a door, unlockable from within, located in a hallway or in a room which is not occupied, directly reaching from a hall through a door without a locking device or bolt of any kind, and shall be located as remotely as possible from the inside stairway. All wells and areaways shall be protected with guardrails.
(Ord. 97-66 AC. Passed 8-4-97.)