Removable coverings over emergency escape and rescue

openings in residences. Any residential occupancy built or retrofitted after November 1, 2005, that have installed bars, grills, covers, screens, or similar devices that are placed over emergency escape and rescue openings, bulkhead enclosures, windows, or window wells, shall be releasable or removable from the inside without the use of a key, tool, or force greater than that which is required for normal operation of the escape and rescue openings, bulkhead enclosures, windows, or window wells. Added by Laws 2005, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.