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top gallery shall be entirely enclosed but the stairway to the balcony may be open on one side. Stairways on the stage leading to dressing rooms shall be not less than 3 ft. wide. There shall be at least one stairway separated from the stage by a masonry wall leading from each tier of dressing rooms direct to the vestibuled entry of the stage. There shall be a stair to gridiron continuing to roof of stage. Such stair may be circular and may be thirty inches wide. Section 14. Stage Walls and Curtain
There shall be a solid masonry wall of the same thickness as the main wall of the building separating the stage portion from the auditorium. This wall shall extend at least 4 feet above the stage roof or the auditorium roof if the latter is higher. The proscenium opening shall be covered with a curtain of asbestos, or steel and asbestos, or other fireproof construction. It shall lap at least one foot on each side of the opening and two feet at the top and shall slide at least 6 inches in metal grooves fastened to the brick wall. The curtain shall be in constant use as the regular curtain and act drop. There shall be but four other openings in the proscenium wall, two on the stage level and two below. These openings shall be no greater than 21 sq. ft. each and shall be protected with automatic fire doors. Other openings in the stage walls shall be protected with fire doors or wire glass windows, in metal frames. No iron guards shall be placed on these windows. There shall be least two exits not less than 4 ft. wide on the stage level one on either side of the stage leading to the outside. These must be vestibuled. (See Fig. 1) Every building used for the presentation of motion pictures only as specified in Section 2, shall not have a stage or proscenium opening. The screen for the picture shall be placed not further than 6 inches from the rear wall of the theatre and a platform not exceeding 80 sq. ft. may be placed in front of it. No rooms of any kind shall be placed between the auditorium and the rear wall of the building.
Section 15. Dressing Rooms
Dressing rooms shall not be placed on or under the stage or in or under the auditorium. The dressing room section shall be separated from the stage or auditorium by a masonry wall at least 8 inches thick and all openings to the stage shall be protected with self-closing fire doors. All partitions, doors and fittings of every description shall be of incombustible material. All dressing rooms shall be ventilated by fire windows to street or court not less than 24 sq. ft. in area.
Section 16. Stage Ventilators.
Over the stage there shall be one or more ventilators built of incombustible material having a free opening and sectional area of at least 10 per cent of the area of the stage. This ventilator shall have either a damper or sliding or hinged sash arranged to open in case of fire. The construction of the damper and the operating mechanism shall be massive and the damper or sash shall open by force of gravity sufficient to effectively overcome the effects of
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