TITLE 46 - SHIPPING

CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SUBCHAPTER K - SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS CARRYING MORE THAN 150 PASSENGERS OR WITH OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MORE THAN 49 PASSENGERS

PART 116 - CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT

subpart h - PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS

116.820 - Seating.

  (a) A seat must be provided for each passenger permitted in a space for which the fixed seating criterion in 115.113(b)(3) of this subchapter has been used to determine the number of passengers permitted.

  (b) A seat must be constructed to minimize the possibility of injury and avoid trapping occupants.

  (c) Installation of seats must provide for ready escape.

  (d) Seats, including fixed, temporary, or portable seats, must be arranged as follows: (1) An aisle of not more than 3.8 meters (15 feet) in overall length must be not less than 610 millimeters (24 inches) in width.

  (2) An aisle of more than 3.8 meters (15 feet) in overall length must be not less than 760 millimeters (30 inches) in width.

  (3) Where seats are in rows, the distance from seat front to seat front must be not less than 760 millimeters (30 inches) and the seats must be secured to a deck or bulkhead.

  (4) Seats used to determined the number of passengers permitted, in accordance with 115.113(b)(3) of this subchapter, must be secured to the deck, bulkhead, or bulwark.

[CGD 85080, 61 FR 900, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97057, 62 FR 51047, Sept. 30, 1997]