Section 99. Additional Requirements

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This section is from the book "The Building Code Of The City Of Boston", by City of Boston Building Department. Also available from Amazon: Building Code of the City of Boston.

Section 99. Additional Requirements

Par. 1. - The commissioner shall have power to require a greater number or capacity of exits than is herein prescribed.

Illuminated Exit Signs

Par. 2. - In every theatre there shall be over every exit, on the inside, and over every opening to a fire-escape, on the inside, an illuminated sign, bearing the word "exit" or "fire-escape," respectively, in letters not less than four inches high. The lights for the exit signs, passages, stairs, lobbies, auditoriums, rear of auditoriums, balconies, galleries, and for the balconies and stairs outside the building, shall be so arranged that they can be turned on or off independently of the means provided on the stage or in any part of the building in the rear of the proscenium wall, Every exit sign shall be kept illuminated, and every outside balcony and fire-escape shall be kept well lighted during the performance, except outside exits during a performance before sunset.

Exit Plan on Program

Par. 3. - Plans showing the exits and stairways shall be legibly printed so as to occupy a full page of every programme or play-bill or shall be shown by stereopticon upon a moving picture screen at least once during the afternoon and evening for a period of not less than two minutes.

Gas Pipe Outlets and Burners

Par. 4. - In said buildings there shall be such number of gas pipe outlets as the commissioner may require, fitted with no less than two gas burners. Such burners shall be inspected and tried at least once in every three months by inspectors of the department, to ascertain if they are in proper working order. The inspector shall make a report of each visit, stating the condition of the burners and the action of the inspector in regard to them.