Compliance alternatives for an inadequate number of exits include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Provide connecting fire-exit balconies acceptable to the enforcement authority between buildings;

(2) Provide alternate exit or egress facilities leading to safety outside the building or to a place of safe refuge in the building or an adjoining building as acceptable to the enforcement authority;

(3) Provide an exterior fire escape or escapes as acceptable to the enforcement authority where the providing of enclosed interior or enclosed exterior stairs is not practical; or

(4) Install early fire warning and fire suppression systems.