The following rules relative to passageways, stairs and fire exits shall be applicable to all public buildings, places of assembly, commercial and business buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, lodging houses, tourist homes and all other buildings, except private dwellings, and except as otherwise expressly limited herein to a particular type of building.
(A) No fire escape, stairway, balcony or ladder on any building shall be obstructed, out of repair or maintained in a hazardous condition. Doors and windows leading to any fire escapes shall open easily from the inside.
(B) No combustible material shall be stored, placed or kept under or upon any passageway, stairs or elevator shaft; nor shall any material be stored, placed or kept in any other part of any building in a position as to obstruct or render hazardous egress therefrom.
(C) All doors, hallways and stairways shall be unobstructed at all times.
(D) In all theaters, churches, schools and other places of public assembly, no door, aisle or passageway shall be obstructed with any furniture or article; nor shall any person sit or stand, or be permitted to sit or stand, in any aisle or in any exit or passageway and all exits and the sidewalks leading therefrom shall be unobstructed while the places of public assembly are in use.
(E) No person shall do any act which causes any violation of any of the rules set forth in this section, nor shall any person owning any building, or in charge thereof as agent, employee or otherwise, permit any of the rules to be violated.
(1988 Code, § 9.9607) (Ord. passed 4-3-1978; Ord. passed 1-18-1988)