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8. Balcony Exits

    Exits from a balcony shall be as specified for the main-floor exits except as follows:

9. Exit Doors

All doors in the path of egress, normally closed and latched, shall be equipped with full sets of panic hardware.  No single
door shall be more than 3'8" in width and no double doorways shall be less than 3'9" in width.

10. Marking of Exit Doors

Above every exit door there shall be a lighted sign marked EXIT in letters at least 4" high lit normally by an electric bulb and
in addition fitted with an emergency battery or power source to give light in the event of power failure.  The letters shall be green and the background white.  Doors which may be confused as leading to exits, shall clearly  be marked "PRIVATE".

11. Aisles and Seating

b) Fixed seats shall be securely fastened tot he floor; moveable or folding seats for the floor assembly of five hundred (500)
    persons or more shall be fastened together in banks of six or more.

c) Where seating is at tables as in restaurants, aisles or gangways shall be located so that there is not more than fourteen (14)
   feet between an aisle or gangway and a wall.  At each side exit there shall be a cross aisle or gangway leading to the
   center of the width of the building.

12.  Light and Ventilation

a) General

Light and ventilation should be provided through windows or skylights with an area of not less than one-eighth of the total floor area, one-half of which shall be operable, or shall be provided with electric light and mechanically operated ventilating system as described in Section  11.

Ducts for the mechanical ventilation system shall serve no other Group of Occupancy.

b) Artificial Lightning

Auditorium light shall be as set forth in accordance with the requirements of the Section 11, and emergency lightning shall be
provided in all paths of egress tot he approval of the Director of Planning.

13. Hazards

Registers or vents supplying air back stage or passing through a firewall shall be equipped with automatic closing devices activated by smoke detectors located in the registers or vents, and supplying air fans shall be controlled with a smoke sensing device.

14. Enclosure of Vertical Openings

Vertical openings ...

16. Platforms

a) Platform Construction

The platform shall be constructed entirely of non-combustible materials except where the auditorium floor extends under the
full area of such platform, construction may be of Type 2, omitting the fire-proofing on the beams and the girders.

b) Size of Platform

The platform shall not extend from the rear wall a distance greater than 18 feet, measured to the greatest projection of the platform , nor shall the ceiling over any platform be more than five feet above the screen except that platforms for schools and churches may extend from the rear wall a distance not greater than 25 feet.

c) Accessory Rooms

No dressing or other rooms for human occupancy shall be located on, under or above such platforms unless such rooms
shall be completely separated therefrom by not less than two-hour fire resistive construction.

d) Screen

A clear passageway, not less than 20 inches wide, shall be provided between the screen or sound equipment and the rear wall.

Fire protection and Hazards

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