Newmarket : Règlement no 2017-62, art. 18.3 — Guard s shall be installed securely in accordance with the requirements of the Ontario Building Code and maintained in good repair. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing

Guard s shall be installed securely in accordance with the requirements of the Ontario Building Code and maintained in good repair. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

• 1) all open sides of interior and exterior stairs of multiple residential buildings shall be protected by a Guard in accordance with the Building Code; 2) all landings, balconies, galleries, mezzanines, porches, decks, floor openings and roofs to which access is provided for other than maintenance purposes of a multiple residential building shall be protected by a non-climbable Guard in accordance with the Building Code; 3) Guard s around exterior balconies of a multiple residential building shall be designed so that no member, attachment or opening located between 100 mm (4") and 900 mm (35") above the balcony floor will facilitate climbing; 4) openings through a Guard on interior and exterior balconies, stairs, landings, galleries, mezzanines, porches, decks, floor openings and roofs to which access is provided for other than maintenance purposes of a multiple residential building shall be such as to prevent the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 mm (4"); 5) all exterior landings, porches, decks, raised walkways, balconies and roofs to which access is provided for other than maintenance purposes serving not more than one Dwelling Unit shall be protected by a Guard having a minimum height of 1070 mm (42") except that Property Standards By-law 2017-62 Guard s for porches, decks, landings and balconies serving not more than one Dwelling Unit and which are not more than 1.8m (5'-11") above the finish ground level may be a minimum of 900 mm (35") high; 6) Guard s on all exterior stairs serving not more than one Dwelling Unit shall be not less than 900 mm (35”) high measured vertically above a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosing; 7) all open sides of interior stairs within a Dwelling Unit shall be protected by a Guard not less than 900 mm (350 ") high measured vertically above a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosing; 8) Guard s on all interior landings, balconies and on all open sides where the difference in elevation between adjacent levels exceeds 600 mm (24") within a Dwelling Unit shall be not less than 900 mm (35") high; 9) openings through a Guard on a balcony, stair, landing and the floor level around a stairwell serving not more than one Dwelling Unit shall be of a size so as to prevent the passage of a spherical object having

a diameter of 100 mm (4"); 10) Guard s around porches, decks, and exterior balconies of a Dwelling Unit shall be designed so that no member, attachment or opening located between 100 mm (4") and 900 mm (35") above the balcony floor will facilitate climbing; 11) all open sides of interior and exterior stairs of a non-residential building shall be protected by a Guard having a minimum height of 900 mm (35") measured vertically above a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosing; 12) all interior and exterior balconies, landings, galleries, mezzanines, decks, porches, floor openings and roofs to which access is provided for other than maintenance purposes of a non-residential building shall be protected by a Guard having a minimum height of 1070 mm (42"); 13) openings through a Guard on all stairs, balconies, landings, galleries, mezzanines, decks, porches, floor openings and roofs to which access is provided for other than maintenance purposes shall be of a size so as to prevent the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 mm (4") in residential occupancies, day care centres, nurseries or other similar occupancies where children may be present and 200 mm (8") in other non-residential buildings; 14) except as provided in 18.3 (5), all retaining walls and other locations where the vertical distance to the surface or horizontal plane below exceeds 600 mm (24") shall be protected by a Guard in accordance with the Building Code;