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ORDINANCE NO. 1030
AN ORDINANCE amending Section 43 of Ordinance No. 898, being an Ord-
2 inaance regulating the construction, alteration or repair of buildings, fixing
3 , the fire limits and building districts, creating the office of building inspector,
4 'regulating dangerous buildings, regulating and providing for the equL:pment of
5 G certain buildings with fire escapes and other aids in the protection of life and
6 'property from fire, etc., and declaring an emergency.
7 THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. That Section 43 of Ordinance No. 898 be and the same is
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10 Section 43. Theatre and Assembly Halls.
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11 , The main entrance or entrances shall not be at a higher level than three
12 steps at six inches each, above the sidewalk at that point. The floor level at
13 Ithe highest row of seats on the main floor, shall not be more than three feet
14 jabove the sidewalk level at the main entrance and the floor level at the lowest
15 grow of seats, on said floor shall not be more than six feet below the level of the
16 lsidewalk at the main entrance.
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In all theatres hereafter erected in this city of Port Angeles any
18 balcony or gallery shall be of fireproof construction and shall be supported by
19 fireproof walls, columns and girders.
20 ! No balcony or gallery will be permitted in a theatre which accommodates
21 Bless than three hundred persons on the main floor.
22 1 Every theatre or assembly hall built in connection with or as part of a
23 building used for other purposes, shall be separated from such other parts of the
24 building by fireproof walls. In all theatres where a moving or motion picture
25 machine is used, the machine shall be protected by the National Board of Fire
26 Underwriters Standard Fireproof booth.
27 The capacity of a theatre or assembly hall shall be established by the
28 actual number of permanently fixed seats, plus an allowance of one person for every,
29 three square feet when standing room is provided. The capacity shall be establish-1
30 .ed by allowing fifteen square feet of clear floor space per person in halls used
31 as dining or dance halls only, or six square feet per person in all other halls.
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No greater number of persons than the number thus established shall be
permitted in any theatre or assembly hall. All theatres or buildings hereafter
erected or used for theatre purposes shall have, in addition to the main or
street entrance, not less than one exit in the rear of such theatre or building.
Such exit shall lead directly to a street or alley other than the street on which
Ithe main entrance is located, or to a vacant lot level with said exit which
shall open into a street or alley other than the street on which said main ent-
rance is located. When in the judgment "of the Chief of the Fire Department the
safety of the public requires additional exits, then the owner or persons
having charge of such theatre or building shall place additional exits as required.'
The word EXIT shall be placed in letters not less than six inches high
and lighted as to be readily seen from any part of the auditorium.
All theatres or assembly halls, in existence or hereafter erected,
shall have all halls, doors, stairways, seats, and aisles so arranged as to
facilitate egress in case of fire or accident as the Chief of the Fire or Police
Departments may deem necessary for the protection of the public. All aisles and
passages in such buildings shall be kept free from obstruction and it shall be
the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to enforce this provision.
There shall be at least one aisle for every row of ten seats. The
minimum width of aisle shall be three feet. Every aisle shall lead directly to
an exit. No seat shall be allowed nearer than six feet to any entrance or exit.
Bicycles, baby carts or any other obstruction shall not be allowed in the lobby
or any part of the building during a performance. No person will be allowed to
stand in any part of the auditorium during a performance.
No public building hereafter erected in the City of Port Angeles shall
be opened to the public until the same has been approved by the Building Inspector
and it shall be the duty of the mayor to prevent the opening of said building
until the said inspector has issued a formal permit for such opening.
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department or the Chief of the Police
Department shall deem it necessary for public safety to limit the number of persons
that shall be allowed to occupy the interior of any building the said officers or
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1 either of them, may and shall have authority to give orders in this connection.
2 If the owner or manager of any such building neglects or refuses to comply with
3 any such order or requirement of said officers or either of them in relation there- '
4 to, the mayor is hereby authorized to take possession and close such building, or
5 lrperform such other acts in the premises as shall prevent the improper occupation
6 lof the same and the liability of accident or injury to the public.
7 Section 2. That there is urgent necessity and emergency for the passage
8 and adoption and taking effect of this ordinance for the immediate preservation of
9 the public peace, health and safety, which urgency and emergency is now hereby
10 stated and declared. Therefore this ordinance shall take effect and be in full
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11 {force and effect from and after and immediately upon its passage, approval and
12 (lawful publication.
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Passed first reading by the City Commission August 12, 1936.
Passed second reading by the City Commission August 12, 1936.
Passed third reading and adopted by the City Commission August 19, 1936.
Approved and signed by the Mayor this 19th day of Augur 1936.
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City Attorney
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