Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-08
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shall have been given by said Board Of
Public Works

at least one front on the street, anu ~
such front there shall be suitable means
Of entrance and exit for the audience. IN
addition 10 the aforesaid entrances and
exits on the street, there shall pc re-
served for service, In case Of an emer-
gency. an open court or space on the side
not bordering on the street. where said
building Is located on corner lot, and
on both sides Of said building, where
The width Of such open court or courts
shall be not less than seven feet where
the seating capacity is not over one thou,
sand people. above one thousand and
not more than eighteen hundred people,
eight feet in width and above eighteen
hundred people, ten feet In width. said
open court or courts shall begin on a line
with or near the proscenium wall and
shall extend the length of the auditorium
proper. to or near the wall separating
the same from the entrance lobby or ves-
Thule A separate corridor shall continue
TO the street or alley from each open
court through such superstructure as
may he built on the street side Of the
auditorium, with continuous walls of
brick or fireproof materials on each side
Of the entire length Of said corridor or
corridors. and the ceiling and floors shall
be flreproof Said corridor or corridors
shall not be reduced i'm width TO more
than three feet less than the width of
the open court or courts. and there shall
he no projection In the same. The outer
openings to be provided with doors or
gates opening toward the street. During
the performance the doors or gates In the
COTTluOIS Snail Dc kept open DN proper
fasteuings; at other times they may be
closed and fastened by movable bolts or
locks. The said open courts and corri-
dors shall not tbe used for. storage pur-
poses. or for any purpose whatsoever ex-
cept for exit and entrance from and to
the auditorium and stage, and must be
kept free and clear during performances.
The level of said corridors at the front
entrance to the buildings shall not be
greater than one step above the level
of the sidewalk where they begin at the
street entrance The entrance Of the
main front of the building shall not be on
lower level than the sidewalk, and shall
not be more than twenty-eight inches
above the sidewalk, and gradients shall
be exclusively used in all exits and APP
proaches from first floor levels TO street
or alley unless otherwise approved by the
Board of Public Works.
THEATER EXITS
Sec. 139 Opening from the auditorium
TO the courts, or onto the side street or
alley, there shall be not less than two
exits from. each side of each floor or
gallery. These exits shall be closed by
doors of wood, In wood frame. The ex-
terror of both door and frame shall be
covered with lock-seam tin or pressed
iron, and shall be held shut by some de-
vice which will readily yield to the di-
rect outward pressure of one man. The
width of such doors shall he such as to
allow them to swing outward in one fold
and to clear the rail of the exterior bal
cony three inches. These doors shall be
hung with the hinges on the side toward
the stairs leading downward from said
balcony, unless the exit be so located that
persons issuing from the other exits
would not have to pass 1t to reach the
ground, in which case the hinges shall he
on the opposite side All exits above de-
scribed must open from aisles.
CONSTRUCTION OF BAL
COMES AND STAIRWAYS
Sec. 140. All the aforementioned bal
comics and stairways shall be constructed
of iron throughout, including the floors
and be of ample strength to sustain a
load of eighty. pounds per square foot
one %eh de of Of Sf fSfey If 0pr w6rs
on the street, there shall be bal
comics and stairways of like capacity and
kind. as before mentioned, carried to the
ground. When located on a corner lot,
that portion of the premises bordering on
the street and not required for the use
of the theater may, If such portion be
not more than twenty-five feet in width,
he used for offices, stores or apartments,
provided the walls separating this por-
tion from the theater proper are carried
up solidly to and through the roof. and
that fireproof exit is provided for the
theater on each tier, equal to the COM
bined width of exit openings on opposite
balconies and staircases leading to the
street in the manner provided elsewhere
in this section; said exit passages shall
be entirely cut off by brick walls from
said offices, stores or apartments and the
floors and ceilings in each tier shall be
flreproof.
THEATERS-INTER WALLS
Sec 14. Fireproof walls shall separate
the auditorium from the entrance vesti-
hrle, and from any room or rooms over
lhe same, also from any lobbieS, corridors,
retresnment or other rooms. All stair
cases for the use of the audience shall
be enclosed with walls of masonry, or of
IlFeproof materials approved by the Board
of Public Works. The openings to said
stalrcases from each tier shall be full
width of said staircases. No door shall
open immediately upon a flight of stairs,
but a landing at least the width of the
door shall be provided between such
stairs and such door. All such stairway
landings shall be constructed to bear one
hundred pounds per square foot with fac
tor of safety of four, and shall be of
freproof construction.
s-PROSCENIUM WALL
Sec. 142. A fire wall, built of masonry
shall separate the auditorium from the
stage, and the same shall extend at least
1otn teet above the stage roof, or the
auditorium roof if the latter be the higher
and shall be coped Above the proscenium
opening there shall be an iron grder of
sunlcient strength to safely support the
load above, and the same shall be covered
with fireproof materials to protect it from
neat. Should there be constructed an or
Chestra over the stage, over the prosenium
opening. the said orchestra shall be placed
on the auditorium side of the proscenium
IRE wall, and shall be entered only from
the auditorium side of said wall. The
moulded frame around the proscenium
opening shall be formed entirely of fire
plOOl ildleIldlS. II metal is used, said
metal shall be filled in solid with nom
com mbustible material and securely an
chored to the wall with iron. The pros
eenium opening shall be provided with a
treproof curtain of asbestos or other fire
proof material approved by the Board of
Public Works, sliding a each end within
iron grooves, securely fastened to the
brick wall and extending into such iron
grooves to depth of not less than six
inches on each side of the opening Said
fireproof curtain shall be raised at the
commencement of each performance and
lowered at the close of said performance
and be operated by approved machinery
for that purpose. The proscenum cur
tains shall be placed at least three feet
distant from the footlights at the nearest
point. No doorway or opening through
the proscenium wall, from the auditorium
shall be allowed above the level of the
first floor, and such first floor openings
shall have flreproof doors on each face
of the walls and the doors shall be hung
SO. as to be opened from either side al
all times.
EATERS-ORDINARY EXITS
Sec. l43. Every theater shall have al
least two exits; when accommodating five
hundred persons. at least three exits shall
be provided these exits not referring tC
nor including the exits to the open court
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