The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-02-09

have incombustible frames and sash
4 glazed with wire glass; or ordinary
glass may be used, if protected above
and below by galvanized steel wire
screens with q mesh not exceeding
one inch, and the wire not smaller
than No. IL guage. The top screen
snail be installed rs specified in Sec
4 ton 81.
| Section "a. Areaways.-All area
ways shall be guarded with suitable
ratings, or be protected by incom-
bustIbIe covers OF gratings. II graf
ings be used, they shall have . wire
screen Of not more than " inch mesh
securely attached to the underside.
Areaways thus protected shall not
project more than feet beyond the
building line.
| Section IS. Motion Picture Ma
chimes and Booths
/ Definition. the term Picture
Machine a. used in this ordinance il
meant any device used to project up
on . surface moving pictures Of any
character which an audience il per-
mitted to view.
4 Construction Of Booth--Every pic
ture machine shall before being oper-
ated be installed in a booth or room,
either constructed entirely of fire.
proof materials or rendered proof
against fire by having its ceiling and
walls protected with asbestos board
! Y inch thick covered with sheet iron
not less than No. rs B & s guage.
The floor may be Of concrete, but II
of combustible material must be pro-
tected with No. 20. B 4 guage sheet
iron covered with rubber or cork mat
ting.
i The door, shall, if of wood, be at
| least 4 tbs Of an inch in thickness,
clad with at least No. % guage sheet
metal The door shall swing outward
and close automatically, either by
| means Of spring on the outside or
by a metal rope and weight
! Openings for the operators view or
for the projection of the picture shall
/ in no case be larger than 12x12 inches
and shall be provided with gravity
doors of the same material as speci-
| fed for the booth Such doors shall
be held open by fusible links and shall
not be blocked or held open in any
! other manner.
: Each booth or room shall be ven
tilated by metal ventilating pipe not
less than II inches in diameter, ex-
tending outside of the building. In a
private assembly hall when the pic
ture machine is operated only occa-
sionally and for short periods of time
the ventilating pipe may be omitted
Section SO. Electrical installations.
All electrical installations shall be
in accordance with the National Elec-
trical Code, and no installation of
electrical equipment shall be made,
except in conformity thereto.
Section 81. Plumbing and Drain
Requirements.-The plumbing and
drainage of all buildings, both public
and private, shall be performed in ac-
cordance with special regulations of
the Building and Health Departments.
Part g.
Fire Prevention
Section SO. Fire Stops.-At each
floor level, in all buildings hereafter
erected, all stud walls, partitions, fur
rings and spaces between joists where
they rest on division walls or parti-
tons shall be fre-stopped in man
ner to completely cut of communities
ton by fire through concealed spaces
to prevent drafts both vertical and
horizontal. Such fire-stopping shall
extend the full depth of the joist and
at least 4 inches above each floor level
For all walls furred with wood the
masonry between the ends of wooden
beams shall project the thickness of
the Turing beyond the inner face of
the wall for the full depth of the
beams; or q double course of masonry
above and below the beams shall pro-
ject the full thickness of the Turing
beyond the face of the wall. In cases
where floor beams are parallel to the /,
wall furred with wood, there shall be
a space of not less than 2h inches
between such a wall and the nearest
beam. This space shall be filed IN
solid with brickwork, or concrete, for |
the full depth Of the floor beams
Studded-of Space.-Where walls
are studded-oG, the space between the /
inside face of the wall and the stud |
ding at the floor level shall be FIRE
stopped with brickwork or other APP
proved fireproof material. The beams
direvtly over the studded-oH space
shall be deadened with not less than
6 inches of fireproof material, which
shall be laid on boards cut in between
the beams. The under side of such
beams shall be protected by covering
Of metal lath, or plaster board, and
plastered to a total thickness Of y tbs
inch.
When sliding doors are pocketed
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% see that such pockets be completely
At top and bottom
The space between stair carriages
'hall be fire-stopped at least once in
he middle portion of each run, and !,
,hall be fire-stopped by header beam |
It top and bottom. II
Section 49, Wooden Beams Sepa-
ated from Masonry Chimneys--No
wooden beams or joists shall be placed I
within 2 inches of the outside face of {,
chimney or hue, whether the same
,e for smoke, air or any other pur-
rose. II
No wood work shall be within in I
hes of the back wall of any fireplace.
All spaces between the chimney and J
Tooden beams shall be sohdly filled !;
nth refuse mortar. loose cinders, or J
Their incomhustible material.