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. -, I- , . e - 17 - 3. ACCESS TO ROOMS AND WATERCLOSETS. (a) In mu.ltifamily houses hereafter erected or cil. tered access shall ~Je had to living rooms, ldtchens, and bedrooms without passing through a bedroom. (b) Access without passing through a bedroom shall also be provided to at least one water closet, unless every bedroom has direct cOILl'lection with a water closet or a bathroom having '\Vater closet accommodation. 4. V1INOOJS. (a) The aggregate glass area of windows required by this seation shall not be less than 1/10 of the floor area of the room served by them; pro- vided that in habitable rooms such glass area shall be not les~ than 10 square feet, and in bathrooms it shall be not less than 3 square feet. (b) Windows or other openings required for ventilation shall have an aggregate openable area of at least 50 per cent or the glass area required for lighting. 5. COURTS. Every c ourl or yard if light and ventilation are depen- dent on such, required by this section to serve habitable rooms, shall have a width, B:t m.y given level, of not less than 1/3 of the heights of such court, but not 1 ess than 6 feet. SECTION 18. MEANS OF IDRESS. 1. APPLICATION OF SECTION. Buildings hereafter erected, except dwellings, shall be provided .with ex it facilities in accordance with the requirements of this section. No building shall be altered so as to reduce the nlPnber or capacity of exits to less than required for JEW buildings. 2. EXIT WAY DEFINED. (a) IlExit waylt means the exit doorway or doorways, or such doorways together with cormecting hallways or stairways, either interior or exterior, or fire escapes, by means of which persons may pr oceed safely from a room or space to a street or to an open space 'Which provides safe access to a street. EJd..t ways from any room may lead through other rooms of the same tenancy. (b) Two or lDlOre separate exit ways may us e the sane COITidor or hall- way; provided that such COITidor or hallways is enclosed by and separated from exit stairways and other parts of the building by partitions having a fire resis- tance rating of not less than one hour. 3. NIDLlBEROF OCCUPANTS. (a) The dimensions and capacity ~f exit w~s shall be proportioned to the number of persons to be accommodated. (b) lXqen the number of persons to be accoIn.'llodated by the exit ...vay is not stated in the application for a permit or is not otherwise fixed, it shall