As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ASSEMBLY HALLS
All buildings or parts of buildings not included under “theaters,”
where 100 or more persons assemble for entertainment, instruction, worship
or dining purposes.
PRIVATE ASSEMBLY HALL
An assembly hall built in connection with a school, club, church
or society building and used only for private gatherings and not rented for
public use. Every other assembly hall is a public assembly hall.
THEATERS
All buildings or parts of buildings used for theatrical, operatic
or motion- picture performances of a public nature, except as provided in
this section.
The capacity of a theater or assembly hall shall be established by the
actual number of permanently fixed seats plus an allowance of one person for
every three square feet where standing room is provided. Such standing room
shall not include any aisle, passage way or lobby except in assembly halls
used for dining and dancing. Where permanently fixed seats are not provided,
the capacity shall be established by allowing 15 square feet of clear floor
space per person in halls used as dining or dance halls only or six square
feet per person in all other halls. No greater number of persons than the
number thus established shall be permitted in any theater or assembly hall.
Every theater and assembly hall shall be provided with a ventilating
system which will furnish at least 1,200 cubic feet of fresh air per hour
for each person accommodated in the auditorium and which will also change
the air at least six times per hour in all other occupied parts of the building.
The fresh air shall be taken from the outside of the building and no vitiated
air shall be reheated unless it has been washed by a mechanical air washer
of approved design. No floor register for heating or ventilating shall be
placed in any aisle or passageway unless such register is reinforced with
suitable wrought iron or steel ribs not more than 12 inches apart. Radiators
in passageways or auditoriums shall be recessed or elevated at least seven
feet above the floor.
All persons, firms or corporations, before operating any moving picture
theater as specified in this chapter, shall pay an annual license fee to the
Borough of Brooklawn as follows, to be due and payable on January 1 of each
year.
A. For the first 1,000 square feet of floor space or less,
the sum of $200.
B. For each additional 1,000 square feet or portion thereof,
the sum of $20.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who shall violate any of
the provisions of this chapter or fail to take out the necessary license as
required herein shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not more than
$1,000, in the discretion of the court having cognizance thereof, and costs
of prosecution, or to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90
days, either or both and for each and every violation thereof. Each day and
any part of any day that any section of this chapter is violated shall be
considered and construed to be a separate and distinct violation and offense
under this chapter.