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