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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-815" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Elevator Safety">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each passenger elevator in a permanent installation used by the public shall have a sign that reads “Warning - Elevators shall not be used in event of fire - Use marked exit stairways”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The sign described in subsection (a) of this section shall be posted:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at the entrance to the elevator shaft on each floor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>directly above the call button.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A sign similar to the sign described in subsection (a) of this section shall be posted within the elevator car.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The top of each sign may not be more than 6 feet above the floor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The lettering in the word “warning” shall be at least three-eighths inch high and the rest of the lettering shall be at least one-fourth inch high.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
