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F. Types of Exits
1. Exits of the specified number and width shall be of one or more of the
following types, in accordance with the provisions of Division 5 of this
Rule.
a. Doors of the swinging type leading directly outside or through a
lobby or passageway leading to the outside of the building.
b. Horizontal exits
c. Smokeproof enclosures
d. Stairs
e. Ramps
2. Turnstiles
No turnstiles or other devices to restrict the movement of persons shall
be installed in any place of assembly in such a manner as to interfere
in any way with required exit facilities. (See Division 5 of this Chapter for
further requirements for turnstiles).
G. Panic Hardware
An exit door from an assembly occupancy shall not be provided with a
latch or lock unless it is panic hardware.
H. Seating, Aisles and Railings
1. Seating
a. The spacing of rows of seats from back to back shall be not less
than eighty three centimeters (83 cm), nor less than sixty eight
centimeters (68 cm) plus the sum of the thickness of the back and
inclination of the back. There shall be a space of not less than thirty
centimeters (30 cm) from the back of one seat and the front of the
seat immediately behind it as measured between plumb lines.
b. Rows of seats between aisles shall have not more than fourteen
(14) seats.
c. Rows of seats opening onto an aisle at one side only shall have not
more than seven (7) seats.
d. Seats without dividing arms shall have their capacity determined
by allowing sixty centimeters (60 cm) per person.
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