Los Angeles County Municipal Code § 1032.4 Exit signs

Except as stated in Sections 1032.4.1 through 1032.4.3, and where indicated elsewhere as retroactive, exit signs shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the building and/or fire code that was in effect at the time of construction and

the applicable provisions in Section 1104. Decorations, furnishings, equipment or adjacent signage that impairs the visibility of exit signs, creates confusion or prevents identification of the exit shall not be allowed.

Elevator signage directing occupants not to use the elevator in case of fire, or other emergency when appropriate, shall be posted in accordance with Section 604.4 and elsewhere as required by the fire code official.

In hotels, motels, lodging houses, and high-rise buildings; in office buildings two or more stories in height; in Group I, Division 1 and 2 occupancies as defined in the California Building Code (except honor farms and conservation camps); and in other buildings or areas determined by the fire code official, a floor plan providing emergency procedures information shall be posted at every stairway landing, at every elevator landing and immediately inside all public entrances to the building, and elsewhere as required by the fire code official. This emergency exiting information shall be printed with a minimum of 3/16- inch (4.8 mm) high nondecorative lettering providing a sharp contrast to the background. Content and location shall be subject to approval by the fire code official. The floor plan and associated information shall be posted so that it describes the represented floor level, and so that the bottom edge of such information is not located more than 4-feet above the floor. It shall provide the following:

Directions to all applicable exits on that floor.

Directions to any refuge areas on that floor.

Location of fire alarm initiating stations, if required.

What the fire alarm, if required, sounds and looks like (audible and visual warning devices).

Fire department emergency telephone number 911.

The prohibition of elevator use during emergencies, if any. See Sections 1032.4.1 and 604.4.

Where special hazards exist, the fire code official shall have the authority to require additional information pertinent to emergency exiting and operations.

The fire code official shall be authorized to require stairway identification signs and elevator lobby identification signs up to the design requirements of Sections 1023.9 through 1023.10.

1103 - FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS