Aurora By-law 6543-23, s. 27.3(a) — Property Standards By-law

an exit, a public corridor, a corridor providing access to exit for the public,

a corridor serving patients or residents in a care and treatment occupancy or care occupancy, a corridor serving classrooms, an electrical equipment room, a transformer vault and a hoistway pit shall be equipped to provide illumination to an average level not less than 50 lux at floor or tread level and at angles and intersections at changes of level where there are stairs or ramps;

• (b) elevator machine rooms shall be equipped to provide illumination to an average level of not less than 100 lux at floor level;
• (c) for parking lots, walkways, stairs, porches, verandas, loading docks, ramps or other similar areas, a minimum level of illumination of 10 lux at ground or tread level and at angles and intersections at changes of level where there are stairs or ramps;
• (d) emergency lighting shall be provided in:
• (i) exits,
• (ii) principal routes providing access to exit in an open floor area and in service rooms,
• (iii) corridors used by the public,
• (iv) corridors serving classrooms,
• (v) underground walkways,
• (vi) public corridors,
• (vii) floor areas or parts of them where the public may congregate in, By-law Number 6543-23
• (viii) floor areas or parts of them in day care centres where persons are cared for,
• (ix) food preparation areas in commercial kitchens,
• (x) principal routes providing access to exit in a floor area that is not subdivided into rooms or suites of rooms served by corridors in

a business and personal services occupancy, a mercantile occupancy or an industrial occupancy,

• (xi) internal corridors or aisles serving as principal routes to exits in

a business and personal services occupancy, a mercantile occupancy or an industrial occupancy that is subdivided into rooms or suites of rooms, and is not served by a public corridor,

• (xii) washrooms with fixtures for public use, and
• (xiii) any other occupancies and corridors as required under the Building Code.