[Derived from Art. IV of Ch. VII of the Charter and Ordinances,
1974]
No person or persons, firm, copartnership or corporation shall
keep or store, sell or offer for sale, use or have in his, their or
its possession within the limits of the City of Buffalo any motion-picture
film containing nitrocellulose, whether in the form of negative, raw
stock, finished product or discarded scrap or used film, unless a
permit in writing shall first be obtained from the Commissioner of
Fire.
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CABINET
A permanent or movable fixture or enclosure constructed and equipped in accordance with the detailed requirements of §
278-10.
DOUBLE REEL
The equivalent of 2,000 linear feet of film, weighing approximately
10 pounds.
EXCHANGE
An establishment or place in a building, which place or establishment
is used for handling, storing, inspecting, rewinding or repairing
film in connection with the distribution of film.
FILM VAULT
A separate room, compartment, vault or enclosure, constructed and equipped in accordance with the requirements of §
278-5.
LABORATORY
An establishment or place in a building used for the storing,
perforation, printing, development, washing, fixing, drying, assembling,
polishing, finishing or other operations connected with the production
of either motion-picture negatives or positives.
STUDIO
An establishment or place in a building, which place or establishment
contains scenery and properties and is used for the taking of motion
pictures.
Studios, laboratories and exchanges shall be provided with adequate
aisle space. At least two exits, remote from each other, shall be
provided from each floor of each building, as required in the New
York State Labor Law. Every exit shall be marked EXIT in letters not
less than six inches high, by an illuminated sign with letters of
the same height.
Motors shall be of the nonsparking type or shall be of an enclosed
type so arranged as to minimize the danger of sparks.
All of the several detailed standards and specifications referred
to in this Article shall be kept on file in the office of the Director
of New Construction for public reference.
The Commissioner of Fire may suspend or revoke any permit for
noncompliance with any of the provisions of this Article.
[Derived from See. 2 of Ch. IX of the Charter and Ordinances,
1974]
No person having charge and control of any moving-picture show
or any theater or place of amusement where moving pictures are exhibited
shall permit the room in which the auditors or spectators are congregated
to be or remain in total darkness or in such a degree of darkness
that the persons there assembled cannot see one another; nor shall
the owner or owners or lessee or lessees of any building knowingly
permit the use of it in violation of this section.