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Providing for the Establishment of Bureau of Fire Prevention, Prescribing Regulations for the Fire Prevention and Life Safety
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4/24/1950
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..g- <br />No tent exceeding one hundred twenty (120) square feet in floor <br />area shall be erected, maintained, operated or used except under a license <br />from the Director of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, which license shall <br />not be issued for a period exceeding thirty 0O)dAIX and shall be re- <br />vocable for cause. When deemed necessary by the Director of the Bureau <br />of Fire Prevention application for said license shall include plans drawn <br />to scale, showing exits, aisles and seating arrangements and details of <br />structural support of tent, seats, platforms, etc. No license shall be <br />issued until the provisions of this ordinance have been complied with, <br />and approval has been obtained from the Board of Public Works and Safety, <br />the Police Department, the Fire Department, and, when tents are to be <br />used for two hundred (200) or more persons, from such other department <br />or departments which may have jurisdiction over places of assembly. <br />LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION AND YIATERIAL <br />Tents exceeding 120 square feet in floor area shall not be erected <br />in the fire limits nor within 20 feet of other buildings. <br />All tents shall be constructed and erected to withstand a wind <br />pressure of 10 pounds per square foot.. <br />811 canvas, curtains, cloth, rope, netting and decorative materials <br />shall be rendered flameproof, provided that flameproofing will not be <br />required where tents are open on one side and have standing capacity <br />for not exceeding 20 people. A test for flameproofing shall be made of <br />the tent by the fire department prior to each erection and on the decorative <br />and other materials before they are attached to or -placed therein. In <br />lieu of such tests, the fire department may accept a certificate from <br />the manufacturer that the material has been tested by Underwriterst <br />Laboratories, Inc., or some other recognized laboratory, and found to be <br />permanently flameproofed, provided the material has proper identification <br />markings and is not more than three years old or has not been waterproofed <br />subsequently by a process which increases its flammability. <br />Where tents are used as places of assembly with a capacity of <br />200 or more persons, the seats, chairs, jacks and other appurtenances., if <br />of wood, must be suitably treated to seduce the fire hazard by a suitable <br />application of surface treatment or by impregnation. <br />No tier of seats shall rise to a height exceeding 12 feet. <br />911 lighting shall be by electricity, with lamps properly guarded <br />to prevent ignition by radiation. In places of assembly emergency lighting <br />facilities must be as provided in the building and electrical codes for <br />theatres. <br />
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