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PART 3 — FIRE PROTECTION, OCCUPANT SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITYUpdated for the 2024 Ontario Building Code

3.8.3.17.Platforms

(1) A tactile attention indicator conforming to Article 3.8.3.18. shall be installed along any edge of a platform that is (a) not protected by a guard, and (b) higher than 250 mm above the finished floor or ground or sloped steeper than 1 in 3. (2) Sentence (1) does not apply to the front edges of stages.
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