Arizona republican., 1916-02-17

Gitions or repairs made thereto shall be in full compliance with the pro- visions of this ordinance.
 Sect. ,. Hotels. l. shall be un- lawful for any person, firm, associa- tion or corporation to erect, construct or maintain, OF to cause to be erected constructed or maintained any build ing or structure to be used or de- signed to be used as a hotel. apart ment house, tenement house. or lodg- ing house, of more than three stories in height. unless the same he of class "A, "B' or 'C" construction, or more than four stories in height unless the same be of A or 'B'' construction In buildings or structures of class 'B' construction more than two sto- ries in height to he used or designed 10 be used as hotels, apartment houses, tenement houses or lodging houses, all corridors, railways and the underside of stairways not construct- ed of fireproof material. shall he me tai lathed and plastered
 Sect. 4 Theaters and assembly halls. Every building or structure used as a theater or assembly hall shall he built to conform to the re- quirements of this section. All buildings and structures already built and being used for theatrical purposes or public entertainment, shall conform to the requirement of this ordinance regarding seating. aic ell e-ta nt hpr nf exit and entrance and means of fight ing fire.
 No such building or structure shall be open to the public for theatrical purposes without the written approval of the City Inspector of Buildings, and the Chief of the Fire Department. and | such approval shall be given only when all such requirements shall have been met.
 1 Sect }. HEIGHT AND CLASS OF 1 CONSTRUCTION
 ! Theaters. The main entrance or en- frances shall not be at higher level than the sidewalk at that point. The floor level at the highest row of seats, on the main floor, shall not be more ! than six feet above the sidewalk level /! at the main entrance; and the floor 1 level at the lowest row of seats, on [ said floor, shall not be more than six feet below such sidewalk level. | All theaterS of seating capacity of more than six hundred persons, and all theaters having one or more bal | ccnies shall be of class A or ''B'' construction.
 Sect 6. Assembly Halls. All as sembly halls accommodating more than ore thousand persons, and all assembly halls with one or more bal 1 comics accommodating in the aggre gate more than one hundred and fifty , persons, shall be of class A or 'B" ! construction. All other assembly halls i shall be of class A B" or "C'' construction. except as follows:
 All assembly halls accommodating rot more than seven hundred and fifty persons may be built of class "D' con-
 struction, providing the following con dtions shall be complied with:
 CD There shall be no balcony. @ The highest point of the main
 auditorium floor shall be not more than five feet above or five feet be- low the grade line of the main en- trance.
 (3) The floor area of the entire
 building shall not exceed 6,000 square
 feet.
 (D The building shall be at least
 twenty feet distant from any other building or adjoining lot line. Every assembly hall accommodating more than 750 persons shall have the highest point of the main auditorium floor not more than eight feet above and in no case below. the grade line
 of the main entrance; except in a
 building CT structure of class "A
 construction, when the highest point
 of such auditorium floor shall not be
 more than twenty feet above nor eight feet below the grade
 An assembly hall accommodating
 more than 75O persons and with not
 more than one balcony may be placed
 in the second floor of a building of
 class A and "B" construction. An assembly hall accommodating
 not more than 400 persons and with
 TO balcony may be placed on the sec | ono IIOOf Ol d DtltulHS ol CldSS '
 construction.
 An assembly hall accommodating
 not more than 200 persons and with
 no balcony, may be placed in the third story of a building of class "C"
 or "D' construction. or may be placed
 in any story of a building of class "A' or "B" construction.
 A private assembly hall accommo- 1 dating not more than 800 persons may
 be placed on any floor of a class A
 building
 Sect 7 Exposure and Courts. The
 walls containing the main entrance to any theater or public assembly hall
 shall abutt on street The lobby or passageway leading from the main
 entrance to the main auditorium doors shall not be longer than fifty feet nor more than three times it's width. un- less it be enclosed with unpierced fireproof ceiling and floor and with an
 unpierced division wall on each side. l Every theater or private assembly hall
 seating not more than three hundred
 persons shall also have the rear or
 one side wall abutting on the street,
 alley or open court not less than five
 feet in unobstructed width.
 Every theater seating more than 900 persons shall have at least three walls abutting on streets. alleys or open courts. The width of every such
 open court shall be at least seven feet
 if the total seating capacity is not
 over ,000 persons and shall be in
 creased at the rate one foot per 800 persons additional. But if the audi
 torium be not more than 60 feet long,
 and each aisle leads in a straight line