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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0 place of assembly and the revolving doors and there is an exit door'of the swinging type adjacent to each revolving door. Such place of refuge may consist of hallways, stairways, or other areas which are separated from the place of assembly by fire walls or fire partitions, (c). Revolving doors shall be used in exit ways only at points of egress from the first story above grade, (d), All revolving doors in exit ways shall be of a type approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. The Chief of.the•Fire Dept. shall approve no revolving door unless it is so made as to collapse under pressure and only the width of one leaf shall be considered in figuring exit requirements. The owner or occupant of a building using such re- volving doors shall instruct every employee in the method of collapsing said revolving doors and said doors shall be tested by coal.apsing at least once each month. (e). During any period when any person or persons occupy any place of assembly no exit door shall be locked, bolted, or otherwi$e fastened so that said door cannot be opened from the inside by the use of the ordinary door knob or by pressure upon the door or upon a panic release device. In all places of assembly with an approved capa- city in excess of 500, the exit door shall be provided with approved panic bar release device. Section 11, MARKING OF EXITS. (a). In rooms accommodating more than 75 persons, required exit doorways, other than those normally used for entrance, shall be plainly marked by exit signs approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. Such exit signs shall be sufficiently illuminated at all times when any one or more persons are within the room, so that they may be readily distinguished. The determination of sufficient lighting shall be made by observation and the finding of the Chief of the Fire Department shall be conclusive. (b). In the event the Chief of the Fire Department shall find that directional signs are reasonably necessary in order to obtain full, safe use of exit doorways, then such signs shall be placed on walls or otherwise, as required, and in conspicuous locations, to direct occupants to the exits. 6.