The Detroit times., 1910-12-07

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3 Exit Sign there shall be placed :
0 sixteen UcD candle power red
light. which shall remain lighted
2 until the audience shall have left
the pssa he's allowed 70 IN G ths Au rse
Sec. rs. FIRE ESCAPES 10 BE
. LIGHTED-WHEN? Every outside
5 Balcony and Fire Escape shall be
provided with and kept we'll light
{ I'd by electric lights. OF not less
S than 80 candle power, during the
: performance. except the outside ex-
! It's during performance before
2 sunset.
Sec. "a WORKSHOPS AND
= PROPERTY ROOMS. No Work
q shop, Carpenter Shop, Paint shop.
General Property or Storage Room.
6 or rooms shall be allowed above
or below the Auditorium or Stage.
Said shops or rooms must be sep
3 arated from each other and from
9 the stage by fire walls. and floors
D and all openings shall have stand
ard Automs III oP ptrs peSrs Audi.
2 forums Structures OF any kind
; and for any purpose whatsoever
4 erected above the ceiling or any
Auditorium. containing a combined
5000 or more people. shall be en-
Sec. Is. STORES. ETC, IN THE
ATRE BUILDINGS. Nothing In TINS
Ordinance shall be SSns na9t Of
Theatre building for stores. Omces
or Hotel purposes. provided INA,
the parts so used shall be buiit
with the exits TO the street entirety
distinct from the Theatre part OF
the building. and shall be separat-
ed from the Auditorium. Foyer.
stage and all other parts OF the
Theatre by fireproof walls without
Sec. a. sKYLiGHTs AND VEN
TILATING SHAFTS. Skylights
and ventiiating Shafts of COM
bined area equal 20 one-ten.h
G-iol OF the stage area shall pc
installed in the roof above the
stage.
In case OF there being rooms over
the stage OF existing theaters one
or more windows OF equal capacity
for the skyiight. II located In the
walls OF the stage near ceiling.
The openings In every such ven-
ilator shall be closed by valves or
shutters so counter-b balanced as 10
open automatically and which shall
be kept closed when not In use by
fusible links and cords. Such
cords shall be OF combustible ma
terial and so arranged that II the
same are severed the ventilators
shall be arranged so as to be OPEN
ed at will by the cords which shall
be continued down TO the stage
level.
skylight coverings for ventiiat-
ors shall have sheet metal frames
set with double thick glass. each
pane thereof measuring not less
than one hundred u00O square
inches. suitable wire netting
shall be placed immediately De-
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tilator opening. NO wire glass
shall be used in the construction
OF such skylights.
Sec. IS Stage FLOOR: The
working scenery. traps or other
mechanical apparatus. may be OF
wood, and no flooring used thereon
shall be less than one and one
eighth Gis) inches In thickness,
All other parts OF door finish, !
back of the proscenium walls. shall
be OF fireproof material.
Sec % DECORATIONS. All
relief decorations shall be OF In
combustible material Metal frames
cure the same TO the body OF the
Sec. so SEATS IN AUDITOR
IUM All seats in the Auditorium.
shall be spaced not less than thirty |
(30) inches from back TO back.
measured I'm n horizontal direction.
and shall be nrmly secured TO the
floor. No seat in the Auditorium
shall have more than six CD seats
and an aisle on either side
COMES ana Gaiier, t shall S not or have
greater rise than twenty-one CID
inches. nor be. less than thirty 900
inches from riser TO riser.
Sec. 81. AISLES. All aisles on
tho raQnarffVo floors NJ tho Auditor Y
rum. having seats on both sides
OF the same. shall be not less than
two. and one-ha tah) feet wide
at the point OF beginning. and shall
be increased In width towards the
exits in the ratio OF one "a inch
10 each Ave CD running feet. Aisles
having seats on one D side only
shall be not less than two CD feet
wide at the point OF beginning. and
shall increase In width the same as
the aisles having seats on both
sides.
No aisle, passageway. court or
other means OF exit shall be re-
duced in width at any place be
tween the point OF beginning and
the See exit S. TO cRoss 1T A Isle TO
PROVIDED There shall be pro-
vided cross aisle. not less than
two CD feet six Co inches wide, In
directly to the emergency exits,
aSd extending across the full width
OF such Balcony or Gallery: and
should cross aisle contain row
OF seats then such cross aisle shall |
be not less than three CD feet ten
U0l inches wide.
II any Balcony or Gallery con-
tains a. seating capacity exceeding |
shall be provided additional cross
ais Sees ssi'' A eRa sssii To BIZ KEPT
CLEAR The aisies, passages and
by the provisions of this Ordinance.
now or hereafter erected. shall be
kept clear OF camp stools. chairs
or other seating accommodations.
manner whatsoever.
No person or persons shall be al
lowed 10 stand In or occupy any OF
the aisies or pasageways OF such
service, exhibition, lecture. concert
or public entertainment OF anyl
Sec; 81 RADIATORS. ETC,
or radiator or floor register. shall
be placed In any aisle or passage
way used as an exit. but all such
coils. radiators. etc. shall be placed
partition 70 receive the same.
No boiler, furnace. engine or
heating apparatus. except steam
6;a,o water sba Of nc hot ,a air pipes or ,s
Auditorium or under any passa ge-
way, stairway or exit OF any Thea
tire
Sec. s5, SALE OF TICKETS FOR
STANDING ROOM The sale OF ;
Standing Room tickets shall be
limited 10 the space between the .
backs OF the seats on the Main
Floor OF the Auditorium and the
wall or partition back OF the same.
NO other part OF the Theatre shall
be occupied for Standing Room. or
tickets sold therefor
The number OF tickets to be sold
shall be limited to the extent Of
such moor area. there being sold
one I'D ticket only for each two
CD square feet OF floor area exclu-I
sive or the area OF the aisles ex-
tendlng 20 such wall or partitlon.