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5. Every room constituting a place of assembly and not having fixed
seats shall have the occupant load of the room posted in a
conspicuous place near the main exit from the room. Approved signs
shall be maintained in legible manner. Signs shall be durable and shall
indicate the number of occupants permitted for each room.
6. In theaters and similar places of assembly where person are admitted
to the building at times when seats are not available for them and are
allowed to wait in a lobby or similar space until seats are available,
such use of lobby or similar spaces shall not encroach upon the
required clear width of exits. Such waiting spaces shall be restricted to
areas other than the required means of egress. Exits shall be provided
for such waiting spaces on the basis of one person for each one-fourth
(0.25) square meters of waiting space area. Such exits shall be in
addition to the exits specified for the main auditorium area and shall
conform in construction and arrangement to the general rules for exits
given in this division.
7. In areas not in excess of nine hundred thirty square meters (930 m 2 ),
the occupant load shall not exceed one person in forty-six tenths
square meters (0.46 m 2 ); in areas in excess of nine hundred thirty
square meters (930 m 2 ), the occupant load shall not exceed one
person in sixty-five tenths square meters (0.65 m 2 ).
SECTION 10.2.8.2
EXIT DETAILS
A. Capacity of Exits
1. The capacity of means of egress shall be in accordance with Section
10.2.5.2 paragraph C or shall be in accordance with succeeding
paragraph for means of egress serving theater-type seating or similar
seating arranged in rows.
2. Minimum clear width of aisles and other means of egress serving
theater-type seating, or similar seating arranged in rows, shall be in
accordance with Table 11 below.
Table 11: CAPACITY FACTORS FOR THEATER TYPE SEATING
No. of seats
Unlimited
Clear width per seat served (in mm)
Passageways, Ramps, and
Stairs
Doorways
7.6 AB
5.6C
3. The minimum clear widths shown in Table 11 shall be modified in
accordance with all of the following:
a. If risers exceed one hundred seventy-eight millimeters (178 mm) in
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