Each keeper of a hotel in this state shall provide and keep constantly in each room of the hotel, above the second floor, a knotted rope, wire ladder or other proper fire escape of sufficient strength and length, strongly attached or fastened to some outside window in said room, by which any person or persons in any of the rooms in such buildings may escape from the windows in case of fire: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any hotel that has a regular and proper fire escape, connected with each hall in said hotel.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants
§16-6-3. Hotel and Restaurant Defined; Hotels and Restaurants Not Subject to Provisions of Article
§16-6-5. Form and Content of Application for Inspection; Payment of Fee
§16-6-6. Contents of Certificate and Permit; Posting
§16-6-7. Certificate or Permit Prerequisite to License
§16-6-8. Annual Inspection of Hotels and Restaurants; Powers and Duties of Director of Health
§16-6-9. Alterations and Changes by Owner; Penalty for Refusal or Failure to Make
§16-6-10. Notices by Director of Health
§16-6-11. Lighting; Plumbing; Ventilation
§16-6-15. Beds and Floor Coverings
§16-6-17. Employment of Person Having Communicable Disease
§16-6-18. Disinfection of Rooms and Beds; Penalty
§16-6-19. Hallways; Fire Escapes
§16-6-20. Knotted Rope or Other Fire Escape in Rooms; Exception
§16-6-22. Liability of Hotel or Restaurant Keeper for Loss of Property; Deposit of Valuables
§16-6-22a. Sulfite Use Warning
§16-6-22b. Hotels and Restaurants to Secure Covers of Grease Traps