Cañon City record., 1904-02-18
ORDINANCE NO. 2.
StRItS 1904.
An Ordiasace Relstias to Public 6ssldiass.


Be !, ordained by the City Council of the City
of Canon City.
SECTION l. Every room or building used
for a theatre. opera house, music hall concert
hail. lodge rooms. public school or church. or
other place of public assemblAge. shall be pro-
vided with doorways equal to five (5) feet in
width for each two hundred and fifty $50 pei
sons which might be seated within such b1ild :
ing IN the part thereof intended for public a.
semblage and with proper and sufficient ways
and passages leading to and from every such
doorway. so that in case of fire or other sud :
den alarm. those who may be within such
buildtng may speedily and safely escape
therefrom.
SECTION ? DooRwAYS-AlI doors pro-
vIded for the door~zys of every such room or
building shall open outwArds, and every per
son using or occupying any such room or
building as a theatre. opera house, concert
ball. lodge rooms, music hall, public school or
church or for like public assemblage shall. dur
ing the whole Of every exhibition, perform
znce or assemhlASe therein. cause all doors
thereuft to be left un.zstened so that any person
may readily and speedily open the same from
the Inside of such room or building and shall
cause all the starways and other ways and
passages leading TO every such door to be
kept open and free from persons seated or
structions.
SECTION 2 FIRE PROOF STAIRwAYS
An rooms used for public assemblages and
not on the frs; floor of such buildings when
ever any such euilding or buildings shall be
hereafter erected shall be provided with t~ O
(2) fire proof s;at~ays of ample dimensions,
sufficient for sudden egress of the assemblies
/ of the same.
SECTION =. FIRE ESCAPES-lt is hereby
made the duty of every keeper OF proprietor ot
every hotel or lodging house in this city. OF
over two t2l stories in height. to provide and
securely tas,en in every lodging room above
the secend story. which has an outside win
dow. and is used for the accommodation OF
guests or employees, a rope or rope ladder for
the escape of the dodgers therein in case of fire
Of at least three -fourths 90 of an inch in di-
ameter. which shall be securely fastened with
/ in the room as near window as practicable
and of sufficient length to reach therefrom to
the ground on the outside of such hotel OF
| lodging house. and made of strong materials
and as secure against becoming intiaIned as
practicable. Such rope or rope ladder shall be
kept in good repair and condition. In lieu of
a rope or rope ladder there may be suhstitut-
ed any appliance that may be deemed of equal
/ or greater utility by the fire department or any
other proper authority that may have control
OF the fire regulations in the city; but such ap.
pliances shall in all cases be so constructed as
/ to be under the control and management OF
any lodger IN such room.
SECTION 5. Any person violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be deem
\ ed guilty of misdemeAnor, and any perso u
convicted thereof shall be punished by a fine
not less thsy fifty (sSol or more than ,hre e
hundred tsSoo) dollars.
/ Approved and adopted this 18th day OF Feb
/ ruary, A II. 1904. T. Il. CoCLTER.
/ Attest; Mayor.
d. y. COOPER.
| City Clerk.
I, ID. n. Cooper. city clerk OF aud
for the City of Canon City, in the state OF
Colorado. hereby certify that the fore
going ordinance NO ~ was introduced
| aud read at a regular meeting OF the city coun :
ell Of said Canon City prescribing its
adoption and was Published In full in the
Canon City Clipper. Canon City Times and
Canon City Record. all newspapers of general
circulation published in said Canon City,
ten (io) days before It's adoption by said City
Council.
Witness my hand and Official seal OF the City