Los Angeles Municipal Code § 57.1032 Maintenance of the Means of Egress

Section 1032 of the CFC is hereby adopted in its entirety with the following exceptions, modifications, and additions.

Violation of Section 57.1032.2 shall be subject to penalties and minimum fines as prescribed in Section 57.110.4 and Table 57.110.4.

No part of a stairway, whether interior or exterior, nor of a smoke-proof enclosure, hallway, corridor, vestibule, balcony, or bridge leading to a stairway or exit of any kind, shall be used in any way that will obstruct its use as an exit or that will present a fire hazard.

No person shall wedge, block, obstruct, or otherwise cause or allow the impairment of the operation of a fire assembly.

Any person in charge or control of a building shall remove any block, wedge, or other device which is known by such person to be causing a self-closing fire assembly door to remain in an open position.

Violation of Sections 57.1032.3 through 57.1032.3.4 shall be subject to penalties and minimum fines as prescribed in Section 57.110.4 and Table 57.110.4.