Ord 45-30De It Ordained by the Counail ~ ..,~e ~z~y of
~iorida as ~ozlows ·
o~?I~ 1. ~ the term "Pi~tmr~ ~a~kine" as
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~ f~ ..... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ machine or devi~
operated by cr wit]~ aid oi' eie~trieity, ~ai?i~! iij~zt or
· n ........ '=.nd adapted or used to projoet upon a
sareen or o~...,~:. ~.~'~aee, pictorial ~o~sentation in
'~ ¢iims are ~ed.
ordinance) no '~ ~ . u ....
o~ersted or Iz~ensed, e~ceept when i~t conformity '"'~" t
pTo~:isions of this ordinan~o.
OEC~I~27 Z. Every pi~tu~e ma~hine inst lled or
ope~ated, shall le e~losed in s booth of fir~-proof ~on-
' ~u~o ~nd reguisti, cns of
s'truetion aa ::~..<:~r~v::d by the ~-~ '-
~outheaster~ ..de~,writ~ ~':~ ~:~oa~
(a) 2h.e entre, nee door i~'~tc~ ~'~ booti: '~'~::
larger ~h~,n o z~ by 6 feet, of *: ~
the booth, a~d so arr~ged ~s to ~los~. ::~o~
~ attaoim~ent, ~'":' by sp:'in~' of surf-
metal rope and wei ' ~
(b) ihe orifiee or openi.%_: ~f th~ operator's ~ew,
~nro~;L vJhi,~h ,,.~,~ pi~t~*,~ is 'tkrovm, on~ll- not
~"~,,~, 12 inches. .. by 12 in~s, s.:~ sna~ oe orovided.
door shall be keld ~pen by fuaibie iink~ piaeed in serifa
with fine ~ords, so ~rran~ed -~ ........... ' ~' ~ ~ .....
pend~d d~e~tu''~ ~ ~,. ov~ the film ',:?~en in ~ne ~iide of the ~pps. r-
a. vus, o~" ~ ioor shall be so arranged ss o .... be normally
closed ~:~.d held open by press~'e oa the operator's foot.
{e} Ail stiel~es, furniture and fixt,ires v;tthin die
looth shall be ~ons~ ' ~
· ~ru~ed. oll i~iaom~,~stible material,
......... ii b~ jer-
~o ~om~ustibl~ m,~teriai~, of ~.j~'- sort "~.n~ever~ ,~ '~
.... , except ~,he fib!is
~a~.: boo must have an openi~i~ w'Zti~ a~n area
not l~ss t~,~n th?~ of a circle twelve zne~cs in di~er,
for ventilation, wi~ieh must be flanged to carry standard
,.,n~ hot air generated in
~onduetor pipe for exhausting
l~ ~ m should
operatiiig the mse)ii~. Oonne-~'
,~ ~!on for v~nfi ~'
vent a ~himney or Jutside of buildir~, in order to ~ar~ off
hot air or eiiplo~ive gases.
....... shall be eq~pped
o~wTI0l~ 4'. ~l p,.~tu're ~.~ Ii, lies
wi th
l~l~omo~tible~ maoazines~ roi.~ ~ eeeiving and ~e~ ~ TM ivering
the z iims d~in~ thc operation of t..,= machine. A shutter
m~:~:t be provided and plaeed in froiit ~f thc ~ondciioor of the
machine, so arranged that same can be instantly closed by
the operator. Films zi~t in thc maehi~ shall bc k~pt within
tlm booth enclosing the maeiiine in metal boxes, with ti~t-
fitting ~overs. ilot carbons taken from thc l~ps tall be
deposited in a metal reeeptaele
S~CTION 5. Portable cords shall ~iot b~ ~lowed
withi~i the booth mlless the z~0me is pertinent to a proper
aoi-lneation to ti= lantern itself, ~nd in all other respects
tli: el~ ~,2 t~
~.~-a~ wirJ. iig and ~Jiuipm~it must be il-i
with the rules and requirements embodied in the z~aticnal
Electrical Code ~a~h l~p ~.o~=i~ted with a picture maeh~e
must be orovided with a separate switch lJ~.~.~ed within thc
booth. ~ ......
~zic.~e shsll also be two switches eozitrozl~n~ the
liehts in the exhibition room, one of which shall b~ oper-
ated from ~ booth and the otiier so placed that It is within
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the reach of the ticket taker or othor pe.rson stationed at
the entrance door. '~her~ shall be pro~~ided a separate system
of lzgn~zn6, ~ontrolled by switches loaated with,/th~ reach of
the ticket taker operating red signal l~ps, and there sl~ll
be one ~ue~ lamp placed at each exit The lo~ation of tkese
Dep ~ rtment.
SECTION 6. No picture machine sh~l be inst~led,
maintained or operated in ~y building that ~es n~t abut
directly upon a street, and in no ease ~nal~ the main floor
of such exhibition room be more than fo~ feet :~bove or belm'~
the adjoinin~:; street level. To over~ome any difference
level on tho ground floor, gradients shall be employed off not
over one foot in ten feet; no stepso~.~.~l be ~rmit~ed.
Exit doors must be at the level of th~ sidewalk. No room to
be used as an e~ibition room m~less it has at least one
~eparate and distinct exit in addition to the front e::it.
All ~xits ~d entrances ,~hall open ~reetly from the
exhibition room upon tl:~ street ~ alley or into the vesti-
bule or lobby ~'~"
open~no immediately into the street
Z~o exit in exhibition halls for pi.,ture,- maenzn~'" eo'~ shall bo less
~n 5 f wide ~-~nd ~i exit doors ~:~ml be arrangod to
~eet of ~eh ts oL~= be
~,~. ~ne aooreo~.te width in ~' s
not less than cae foot to eaek twenty-persons to be ae~o~o-
~+~ thereby. ~i1 e. isies -hall ~ o
~ ~ ~e~d ~ree~ ~ to exits and all
~.~.~l be direetlj accessible ~o aisles, z~o aisles s]all
be less than t~ee feet in width.
Ail seats in a~ e~ibiti,~ hall for pi~t~e
machines ~hall be ~eeurely ~ * ~' ~o~ and ~hall
be so arranged that tkcro will not ~ ~ ....
botween an aisle ~d ~ wall ~nd n~t ~::or~o ~.~an 13 sests %etween
~wo aisles.
of this ordinance, r::'~,ide<~, however, bafoPe .....
and sno?'.., if.oossible, ~,a. use why. .... ~ s~,me shos~c] LiC~
re,~,~L,e~nt.s herein n~ed so far
as installation of movin~ piet~'e de~iee snd t~ ....
and !o,y:,tio~: o~ booth are eon~ernea sha.z._.
o~l~/~es, sonO0~ azld f,'& ,llo halls
to comply ~,~t~ the gems thereof, s~ll be fined
~,:~.~ twenty-five dollsrs
five dollars (~5.00) nor more
~onditions sh:~il constitute a separate ~i'ense.
SECTIOJ 12. All ~dinanees or parts of ordinances
in ~onfli~t x:5 th the fo-~.e~:,'oing are hereby repealed
be in force from and after it~ passage.
z.aoo~u and ados?ted /anuary !~th, 1930.