Providing for the Establishment of Bureau of Fire Prevention, Prescribing Regulations for the Fire Prevention and Life Safety

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or flammable materials be placed or stored or kept in,eny place where ignition or burning would obstruct or render hazardous, egress from a building. No obstruction shall be permitted in hallways of boarding houses, tenement houses or apartment houses. All doors, aisles, and passageways within and leading into or out of places of assembly shall be kept free from easels, signs, standards, campstools, chairs, sofas, benches and any other article that might ob- struct or delay the exit of the audience, congregation or assemblage during the entire time during which any show, performanee, services exhibit lecture, concert, ball or other assemblage may be held. Clear passage from all exits and on sidewalks must at all times be maintained outside of all places of assembly. No aisle, passageway or stairway in any store shall be obstructed with tables, show cases or other obstruction during hours said store is open to the public, It shall be the duty of the Police Department to render assistance to the Bureau in the en- forcement of these provisions. ALL required exit doorways, other than those normally used for entrance shall be plainly marked by approved exit signs suf- ficient illuminated when the floor area is occupied, to be readily distinguished. (b) Directional signs shall be placed on walls, or otherwise displayed in conspicuous locations to direct occupants to exits. (c) Required exits shall be kept adequately lighted at all times that the building thereby served is occupied. (d) ;There the number of persons exceeds seventy -five (75) in any room the artificial lighting of the room and of exit ways therefrom shall be by electricity so arranged and supplied that interruption of supply to any one lighting branch circuit will not result in extinguishment of all the lights in the room or all the lights along any exit way. SECTION 5. IAI SCELL4EOUS No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire, or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained on or in any street, alley, road, or public ground unless written permission so to do shall first have been secured from the Bureau of Fire Prevention. No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire on any private property except within a,wire, metal, concrete or similar non — flammable container or enclosure.