Article 1 - GENERAL

Section 27-354

Section 27-354

  §  27-354  Scope.  The provisions of this subchapter shall control the
design, construction, protection, location, arrangement and  maintenance
of  required  exit  facilities  to provide safe means of egress from all
buildings hereafter erected, altered or  changed  in  occupancy,  except
that  exit requirements for special uses and occupancies, as provided in
subchapters seven and eight of this chapter, shall take precedence  over
the  provisions  of this subchapter and except further that buildings in
existence on December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight  shall  comply
with  the  applicable  requirements  of  section 27-356 of this article,
section 27-371 of article five of this subchapter and articles eight and
nine of this subchapter.

Section 27-355

Section 27-355

  § 27-355 Definitions. For definitions to be used in the interpretation
of this subchapter, see subchapter two of this chapter.

Section 27-356

Section 27-356

  §  27-356  Inadequate  exits  for existing structures. Every structure
existing on December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight  which  is  not
provided  with  exit facilities as prescribed in this code, and in which
the exit facilities are, in the opinion of the commissioner,  inadequate
for  the  safety  of the occupants, shall be provided with such means of
egress or fire protection as the commissioner shall direct.