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The total capacity of a school shall be determined in accordance with the occupancy content factors established in Section 13-56-310, except that rooms not used or used only occasionally by students shall not be included in computing each total capacity. Such rooms and spaces include the following:
Assembly rooms and gymnasiums;
Cafeterias and lunchrooms;
Locker, toilet and storage rooms;
Corridors and other circulation space;
Service and equipment rooms.
(Prior code § 54-2)
Every assembly unit shall have frontage upon one or more open spaces consisting of streets not less than 30 feet wide or public alleys or other open spaces not less than ten feet wide which lead directly to a street. Frontage requirements shall be determined according to capacity and shall comply with the requirements established in Table 13-84-030 as set out in this section.
Capacity Frontage | Frontage | ||
Type I Schools | Other Assembly Units | On Street | On Street or Other Open Space |
– | 200 or less | One side | – |
501 or less | 200 to 800 | One side | One side |
501 to 1,000 | More than 800 | One side | Two sides |
1,001 to 2,500 | – | Two sides | One side |
More than 2,500 | – | Three sides | One side |
(Prior code § 54-3)
(a) The main seating level of every theater shall be so located that normal exits from the foyer shall lead to a public street without change in level other than by means of ramps having a slope not exceeding one in 10.
(b) No seating level in rooms used for assembly occupancy and having a capacity of more than 300 persons shall be at a level more than 20 feet above grade except in buildings of Types I-A or I-B construction.
(c) No assembly occupancy shall be located at a level more than 20 feet below grade in buildings of Types I-A or I-B construction, nor more than ten feet below grade in buildings of other types of construction.
(Prior code § 54-4)
(a) The floor construction and enclosing partitions of assembly rooms having a capacity exceeding 300 persons shall be of construction providing fire resistance of not less than two hours.
(b) The floor construction and enclosing partitions of assembly rooms having a capacity not exceeding 300 persons shall be of construction providing fire resistance of not less than one hour.
(c) Partitions, floor constructions and ceiling construction enclosing all public corridors of assembly units shall be of construction providing fire resistance of not less than one hour.
(d) Floor construction over basements of Type III schools shall comply with Section 13-60-200 of this Code.
(Prior code § 54-5)
The terms used in this section are hereby defined as follows:
(a) Stage. “Stage” means the space in a theater or assembly room separated from the auditorium equipped for theatrical or similar performances that provide for the use of curtains, portable or fixed scenery, lights, or mechanical appliances.
Recesses at the front of an auditorium used or designed solely for the mounting of a motion picture screen and its required sound equipment containing no fixed or movable scenery other than curtains of flame- resistive material shall not be deemed to be a stage under the requirements of this section.
(b) Type 1 Stage. “Type 1 stage” means every stage other than a Type 2 stage as defined in paragraph (c).
(c) Type 2 Stage. “Type 2 stage” means a stage complying with each of the following conditions:
(1) The stage shall be located in a school, church, community building, club or similar occupancy in which the use of the stage for theatrical productions is occasional.
(2) The capacity of such assembly rooms shall not exceed 1,000 persons.
(3) The proscenium opening between the stage and the auditorium shall not exceed 32 feet in width nor 22 feet in height.
(4) All stage material, scenery, decorations, drapes and curtains shall be of noncombustible materials.
(d) Stage Block. “Stage block” means that portion of a theater or assembly room containing only the stage or the stage in combination with dressing rooms, storage and property rooms, workshops and other rooms appurtenant to the operation thereof.
(e) Projection Block. “Projection block” means that portion of a theater or assembly room containing a projection room alone or in combination with other rooms appurtenant to the operation thereof.
(f) Dressing Room. “Dressing room” means a room used or intended to be used by a performer or performers for dressing or changing of clothing.
(g) Proscenium. “Proscenium” means the vertical plane of separation between an auditorium and a stage.
(h) Property Room. “Property room” means a room for the storage of any adjunct of a theatrical or similar performance, except scenery, commonly known and described as stage properties.
(i) Stage Workshop. “Stage workshop” means any shop or room in which carpentry, electrical work, painting, or any other work incidental to the preparation, operation, or maintenance of any stage is done.
(j) Storage Room. “Storage room” means a room other than a property room used for storage purposes.
(Prior code § 54-6.1)
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