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(a) "Aisle" means any open, unobstructed lane between seats, tables or chairs.
(b) "Assembly room" means any restaurant, public eating room, nightclub, public barroom, public dance hall or any place other than a theater, motion picture theater or public auditorium where the general public gathers for any purpose.
(c) "Exit" means any doorway used as a means of egress.
(d) "Foyer" means that space immediately adjacent to the seats of a public auditorium, theater, motion picture theater or assembly room which leads from such seats to the designated exits.
(e) "Public auditorium" means any hall where persons congregate to listen to operas, lectures, speakers or entertainments of any kind.
(Ord. 190-66. Passed 7-11-66.)
The manager, proprietor or person in control of any assembly room, public auditorium, theater or motion picture theater shall keep all aisles, foyers, exits and stairways and passageways connecting with such exits at all times free from chairs, stools and obstructions of any kind and shall not allow any person, except bona fide employees, to stand in or occupy any of the aisles, foyers, exits or stairways or passageways connecting with the exits while the assembly room, public auditorium, theater or motion picture theater is open to the public.
(Ord. 190-66. Passed 7-11-66.)
The Director of Public Safety is empowered to enter and inspect at any time any theater, motion picture theater, public auditorium, assembly room or any place which is intended to become a theater, motion picture theater, public auditorium or assembly room.
No person shall interfere with the Director of Public Safety while in the performance of any inspection or fail to comply with any order of the Director issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter.
(Ord. 190-66. Passed 7-11-66.)
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Safety to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the Director is empowered and directed to close any theater, motion picture theater, public auditorium and assembly room which is being operated in violation of any provision of this chapter. It shall be his duty to cause the arrest of any proprietor, manager, operator or other representative in control of any theater, motion picture theater, public auditorium and assembly room which is being operated in violation of any provision of this chapter.
The proprietor, or in his absence, the manager or other representative in control of any room or building to which the public is admitted and in which the exhibition of one or more pictures is given, shall be responsible for full compliance with the provisions of this chapter before and while it is open for business.
(Ord. 190-66. Passed 7-11-66.)