{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-bc-1002","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § BC 1002","heading":"Section BC 1002: Definitions","body":"1002.1 Definitions.\n\nThis section contains terms defined elsewhere in the code, and terms with definitions that are specific to this section.\n\n1002.1.1 Terms defined elsewhere in this code.\n\nThe following terms are defined in Chapter 2:\n\nACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS.\n\nAISLE.\n\nAISLE ACCESSWAY.\n\nALTERNATING TREAD DEVICE.\n\nAREA OF RESCUE ASSISTANCE.\n\nASSEMBLY SPACE.\n\nASSISTED RESCUE PATH.\n\nBLEACHERS.\n\nBREAKOUT.\n\nCOMMON PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL.\n\nCORRIDOR.\n\nCORRIDOR, INTERIOR.\n\nCORRIDOR, PUBLIC.\n\nCROSS AISLE.\n\nDEAD END.\n\nDOOR, BALANCED.\n\nEGRESS COURT.\n\nEMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING.\n\nEXIT.\n\nEXIT ACCESS.\n\nEXIT ACCESS DOORWAY.\n\nEXIT ACCESS RAMP.\n\nEXIT ACCESS STAIRWAY.\n\nEXIT DISCHARGE.\n\nEXIT DISCHARGE, LEVEL OF.\n\nEXIT, HORIZONTAL.\n\nEXIT PASSAGEWAY.\n\nEXTERIOR EXIT RAMP.\n\nEXTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY.\n\nFIRE EXIT HARDWARE.\n\nFIXED SEATING.\n\nFLIGHT.\n\nFLOOR AREA, GROSS.\n\nFLOOR AREA, NET.\n\nFOLDING AND TELESCOPIC SEATING.\n\nGRANDSTAND.\n\nGUARD.\n\nHANDRAIL.\n\nINTERIOR EXIT RAMP.\n\nINTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY.\n\nLOW ENERGY POWER-OPERATED DOOR.\n\nMEANS OF EGRESS.\n\nMERCHANDISE PAD.\n\nNOSING.\n\nOCCUPANT LOAD.\n\nOCCUPANT SENSOR.\n\nOPEN-ENDED CORRIDOR.\n\nPANIC HARDWARE.\n\nPHOTOSENSOR.\n\nPOWER-ASSISTED DOOR.\n\nPOWER-OPERATED DOOR.\n\nPUBLIC WAY.\n\nRAMP.\n\nREFUGE AREA.\n\nSCISSOR STAIRWAY.\n\nSELF-LUMINOUS.\n\nSMOKE-PROTECTED ASSEMBLY SEATING.\n\nSTAIR.\n\nSTAIRWAY.\n\nSTAIRWAY, SPIRAL.\n\nWINDER.\n\n1002.1.2 Definitions specific to this chapter.\n\nThe following terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings shown herein:\n\nCOLLECTING SAFE AREA. A safe area that receives occupants from the assembly space it serves, as well as from other safe areas.\n\nOPEN EXTERIOR SPACE. A street or other public space; or a yard, court, or plaza open on one or more sides and unroofed or open on all sides, which provides egress to a street or public space.\n\nSAFE AREA. An interior or exterior space that serves as a means of egress by providing a transitional area from, and that also serves as a normal means of entry to, an assembly space.\n\nSEATING SECTION. An area of seating bounded on all sides by aisles, cross aisles, walls or partitions.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 28","Chapter 7: New York City Building Code"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"afd9c6251448ae876b59eb3deb3ac7076dc48cc0c31729c09c12886e701a8770","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-bc-1001","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-bc-1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}