Providing the Safety of Persons & Property and Providing Issuance of Permits for Inspection for Rules & Regulations Governing all Places of Assembly

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the occupants and ease and accessibility of exit. The size and shape of the room or space, the accessibility of streets and open spaces, the a'ility to use horizontal exits, and the desirability of good separation of exit doorways shall be considered. Section 9, EXIT WAYS, Every room, gallery, balcony, tier, or other space, having a capacity of more than 200 persons shall have at least two exit ways. Where the capacity is more than 600 persons, at least three exit ways, and where the capacity is more than 1,000 persons, at least four exit ways. Such required exit ways may use communicating hallways, corridors, or passageways and exit ways from two or more separate places of assembly may use common interior stairways, but the required exit ways for any one place of assembly shall not use a common interior stairway. Section 10. EXIT DOORS (a). All exit doors in rooms to be occupied by 50 or more persons and all exit doors in exit ways from places of assembly shall be hung to swing in the direction of exit travel, provided that this requirement shall not be construed to prohibit doors which swing both inwards and outwards, (b) Revolving doors shall not be used in required exit ways except under one or morg of the following conditions; 1. If the place of assembly is in a building of fireproof construe- tion, with no hangings, draperies or decorations of cloth or paper, or other combustible material, other than flameproo£ed curtains. 2, If the place of assembly and the remainder of the building con- taining the place of assembly are protected by an automatic sprinkling system, 3, if the place of assembly has a capacity of not over 200 persons and has no hangings, draperies, or decorations of cloth or paper, or other combustible material, other than flameproofed curtains, and there is an exit door of the swinging type adjacent to each revolving door. 4. If a place of refuge is provided for all occupants of the place of assembly in portions of the building between the exit doors of the 5.