The owner, agent, occupant or person charged with the custody of any public building, auditorium, hotel, theater, lodge hall, or church, and in the case of schools, the President of the Board of Education or the person in charge thereof or owning the same, shall be held liable for the equipment and maintenance of such apparatus as is required in this article for the maintenance and safety of all exits, stairs, doors, windows or passageways.
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Safety or his assistants to inspect all apparatus to be installed, and their location, and to make or cause to be made periodic inspections concerning the operation and accessibility of regular and emergency exits in all such public places.
The location and number of fire appliances shall be as follows (unless another location shall be more accessible and convenient for protection against fires):
(A) 
Theaters:
(1) 
Stage, two one-quart chemical hand extinguishers, one on each side of the stage; one two-and-one-half gallon chemical hand extinguisher, readily accessible; one five-gallon hand pump; one fire axe.
(2) 
Foyer: two one-quart chemical hand extinguishers, one at each end; manager's office, one two-gallon chemical hand extinguisher or five-gallon hand pump.
(B) 
Public buildings, auditoriums, lodge halls and hotels: five-gallon hand pump and fire axe at or near the main entrance on the ground floor; five-gallon hand pump at or near the foot of all basement stairways; two pails in boiler room unless oil burner is used, then two-and-one-half gallon special chemical hand extinguisher just outside boiler room door; one-quart chemical hand extinguisher on stage, and one-quart chemical hand extinguisher in lobby.
(C) 
Churches: one five-gallon pump at or near main entrances on ground floor; one five-gallon hand pump and fire axe in boiler room.
(D) 
Schools: one five-gallon hand pump and fire axe at or near main entrance on ground floor; same at head of each stairway; same in boiler room.
It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of the pupils in every school in the City to establish and maintain a good and efficient fire drill, which shall be practiced at least twice a year during the time the building is used for school purposes. A written report shall be made by the principal or person in charge of such building of each fire drill held, and of the time elapsed from the first fire signal until the last person was out.
It shall be unlawful to remove from its proper place any fire apparatus or appliances except for inspection or in case of emergency.
All public buildings which may be or are used for church, school, opera performance, theater, lecture room, hotel, public meeting or similar purposes, or which may be or are used for the collection of people for worship, amusement or instruction, and all buildings used for stores to which the public is invited, shall be so built that all doors leading from the main hall or place of assembly shall open outward; and all means of egress for persons within such buildings shall be by means of doors which shall open outward from the main hall and from the building.
In all theaters and public meeting halls a light illuminating the word "Exit" shall be kept burning over each regular and emergency exit while the theater or hall is occupied by an audience or by patrons.
All plans for new construction and for the substantial rehabilitation of an existing structure shall be certified as complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Illinois Accessibility Code (71 Ill. Adm. Code 400), the White Cane Law (775 ILCS 30/1 et seq.) and any other relevant federal or state laws.