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e '. , ,,=,,, t e . - 18- be decided on the qasi8 of the gross area of tho space devoted to a particular . purpose and shall be asswned to be as follows: OCCUPANCY GROSS .AREA. PER PERSrn Dance hall" lodge room" or place of assembly ------------ 15 Sq. Ft. store - street floor and sales basement --------------------- 30 Sq. Ft. other floor s --------..----------------------- 60 Sq. :Ft. Space used for occupancies not listed above: Public -- ~~---------- ------------ uO Sq. Ft. Institutional -~ ----------------------- 150 Sq. Ft. Residence -------------------------------------------- 125 Sq. Ft. Business ------------------------------------~------- 100 Sq. Ft. storage -----------~---------------------------------- 300 Sq. Ft. 4. NUM:BJ:R OF EXITS. (a) FROM ROOMS. Every room having an area exceeding 1,,000 square feet or occupied btJ more than 100 persons shall have at least two exit ways. (b) FROM srC/fl.IES" Every story shall have at least one exit way and every story that exceeds 2,,500 square feet in area shall have at least tl'TO separate ax:it ways. (c) APAR'llmNm: In multifamily houses exceeding two stories above the basements" and in every two-story multifamily house having more than 6 apartments using a common e:x:i.. t way" every apartment that has not direct exit to a street or to a court opening on a street" shall have access to at least one additional exit wa~ separated from and independent of the primary interior stairvray or fire tower. 5. LOC.\TI:ON OF EXIT DOORWAYS. Exi.t doorways shall be so located . that no point in a floor area, room or space served by them is more than 100 feet distant from an exit doorway, measured along the line of travel; excap~ that when a floor area is subdivided into smaller areas" such as rooms in hotels, multifamily houses" and office buildings" the distance from the door of any room, aloDg an unobstructed hallway, to an exit doorway" shall be not more than 125 feet" except that hallways above .the first artory shall not extend beyond an exit as a dead end more than 50 feet. Where the building is fireproof oonstruction or semi- tirepr~of construotion, ,m. the building is sprinklered" the above distances may be increased 50 per cent.