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ORDINANCE N0. 301
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZIISA REGU-
LATING THE ERECTIONS CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT,
ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVING, DEMOLI-
TION, CONVERSION, OCCUPANCY, EQUIPMENT, USE,
HEIGHT, AREA AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL BUILDINGS
AND/OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF AZIISA; PROVID-
ING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION
OF FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF; DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING
FIRE ZONES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does
ordain as follows: -
SEC. 1. That a certain document, three copies
of which are on file in the office of the City
Clerk of the City of Azusa, being designated
and marked as "Uniform Building Code, 1930
Edition, Published by Pacific Coast Building
Officials' Conference", and including Section
2311 and Sections 4701 to 4721, both inclusive,
of the Appendix to said Uniform Building Code,
be and the same is hereby adopted and such
Code as above referred to and each portion
and each provision thereof, except as herein
provided, shall be and become the Building
Code of the City of Azusa, regulating the
erection, construction, enlargement, altera-
tion, repair, moving, removal, demolition,
conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, heights,
area and maintenance of all buildings or struc-
tures within the City of Azusa; and providing
for the issuance of permits and collection of
fees therefor; providing penalties for viola-
tion of such Code; declaring and establishing
fire zones;and each and all of the regulations,
provisions, penalties, conditions and terms
of such Uniform Building Code, 1930 Edition,
published by Pacific Coast Building Officials'
Conference on file in the office of the City
Clerk, are hereby referred to, adopted and
made a part hereof as if fully set out in
this Ordinance.
SEC. 2. That all fire zones or fire districts hereto-
fore created by an Ordinance of said City of
Azusa, shall be continued as such fire zones
or fire districts and as described in any
Ordinance of said City of Azusa creating and
establishing the same.
ctnen Its all be un! fur any
lerma, Ih'm Or [Orel ratiolt Cl, ren- ,
eentllating not less than thirty (3p) -
bgnarC in 'n 'aTGl pblood Lear tri$
(Il1Ct. ClllBl$G R11Cr, fCpat uOt•e Y2-
floor oil C8 thr'EC sides and protect-
, mote, demolish, concert, equip. use nr
aI by wire netting. At the top of every
ecupy or maintain any- building or sur
tic,: or any Portion th.-reef, in the
booth there shall be at (east a ten (10)
inch diameter vent for each mouton
machine. Such vent shall -be con-
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eo;,pary to, or in violation of, any pro'
sttucted of sheet metal not less than
ision of said code, as hereby or hereafter/�
twenty-four (24) Li. S. gauge end shaft
'mended, or to cause, permit or stiffer i
connect into a masonry flue or go dl-
he same to be done.
rectly through the roof and twelve (12)
Any person, firm or corporation violet-
inches above, and shall be provided with
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-in,.;, or causing or permitting to he via- I
an exhaust fan which will produce al
any of the provisions of said code,
complete change of air in the booth every
Lfated,
as so amended shall be deemed guilty I
ten (10) minutes. NO wood or other com-
1tm f a miedemeauor, and each such person,
bustible matrrtal shell be allowed to
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Mror corporation shall be deemed gull-
come within four (4) inches of the vent.
offense for each and
of a separate oi•ery
There shall be not more than one elbnw
!eits
day, or Norden thereof, during
or change In-direction of this metal ventE
which, any viohltlon of any such provl-
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any attic space.0 bLLCh pCRt shall
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.,fell of said code is committed, continued
Paas through any occupied room unless
or permitted, and upon conviction them•-
encased in not less than four (4) Inches
of shall be Punishable by a fine of not I
.pf solid masonry.
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-more than Five Hundred Dollrog-(p00.001 i
All shelves, furniture and fixtures with.�
or by imprisonment in the County Jail
'In the booth shall be constructed of metal
(a• not more than six (6) months, or by
or other incombustible mitterial. nvery
yptjj wuc,�_�fing and Smprisonment.
notion piettfre machine shall be secure'
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Y6n—L T subsection (b) of Sec--
(�f'C' agd to the door to ptrvenC over-
at
tion 802 of said Uniform Building Codej
the is hereby amended tot-
Au sling.
j All films not c acetal use .,hail be
be and same
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Sstorct hl metal cabinets or boxes 9on-
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dos follows, to-wit;
'Coiti9'truction:
Ftructed of galvanized iron or st,v, with
�, Special All public
metal partitions And shelves, Each.such t
or prfveto school buildings, two storiesi
timpartnnent shall not have a capacity
or more In height, shall be of Type I Con—
n excess of ten (10) reels of flbu. and
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(struetion throughout. Such buildings one:
hall have tight self-closing doors of Iron
story in height may be of Type Y Coll-,
bt steel. leo solder shall be used in the
I strnetlon with walls and partitions oil
:20rudruction of such metal boxes or cab-
one-hour tire-resistive construction. Roofs
mets. I
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coverings shall he Fire Retardant. -
I Section 6. That Sections 4101, 4102, 1
Section 5. That Section 40trl of said
.4103, 4104, 4105 and 4106, respectively, of
Uniform Building Code be and the same
said Uniform Building Code be and the
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is hereby amended to read as follows.
(same are hereby amended to rea4 as
l0-wit:
follows. to-wit: 4
Cec. 4001. P•.cery' motion picture ma-
f See. 4101. Proseenlum curtains for
f` hire using iuOammable flims, together
[Croups A and B buildings shall be made
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! wlih Al electrical devices, rheostats.
of incombustible materials constructed
="wing mdebines and ani films pr. sent in
'sand mounted so as to intercept hot gases,
Any Croup :1. 13 or C building. shall be
aflame And smoke, and to prevent glow
n•_lneed in a booth I large enough to per-
from a severe fire on the stage showing
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suit the operator to walk freely Cot citric,
(on the auditorium side within a period of
side or in back of fie machine and sham
efive (6) minutes. The curtain shall be
be not less than seven (7) fret high and,
iratsed and lowered each evening at the
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have A floor arca of not less that, fifty i
feet
'.close of the performance. The closing of
(50) square to each motion picturei
ho curtain from the full open position
machine in such booth.
shill be effected in less than thirty (30)
The floor of such booth shall be 1011-
seconds, but the last five (5) feet of
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of naso r or miffum V con-
-be
travel shall requite not less than five (5) 1
,,is or shell ovPr,d with not lees i
seconds.
than two (2) inches of masonry. Thr
Sec. 4102. A proscenium curtain fpr
walls and ceiling shall be of not less than
stage openings not over sixty (60) feet
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one-hour Ore-resistive constrnetion a.,
In width shall be of not less fire-m--
specified in Chapter 43.
sistive qualities than as specinecr in this
The rnttmnce to booth shall b• equip-
Section. The curtain shall be made of
ped with a tight fitting self-closing fire
one thickness of asbestos cloth weighing
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door of Types 4. 5 or 6 as sPecifled In i
not less than these and one-quarter (3 0
i Section 4304. Such door shall open out-
pounds per square yald-i
marrllp and shall not be eoaiPPed with (
The asbestos cloth used in the can-
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anlatch.
in ma=
struction of the curtain shall have in.
t \is •alar and oleservation posts
Oflne. broth walls shall be of thr.ca kinds'
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corporated Into the yarn before weaving,
either morsel metal, nickle, brass or ether{
projection ports, observation ports, and
metal or alloy having not less strength
171•anlbinetimn
spoited t lightin
observationshall anbod
than thyse metals at temperatures up to
ports. These Perls lim
seventeen hundred (1700) degrees Fah-
,ize and number as follows: There shall
renheit and no less resistance to•Orm-!
br not ears than one projection port for
sion at ordinary temperatures. Asbestos
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ravh machine head, including stemopti-
cloth made of long fibre blue croq•IdolfCe
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rat machines. The Area of each projec-
asbestos may be. used in place Of chrym-
tion Port shall be not mere than one
tile asbestos cloth of the same weight.
and twenty (120) square inches,
The wires used to reinforce the yarn
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There shall be not more than Cote oh- i
shall be either single or double but the
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srrvation port for each projection port
tensile strength of each wire shall be suf-
and their area shall not exceed one hun-
ficient to support a load of not Tess than
and fifty (150) square inches each.
Iced a
three (3) pounds at ordinary tempera-
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? 'rherr shall be not more than three tom-
tures, and the strength of two strands of
i hination observation and spot light ports
yarn and one wire twisted together shall
mud they shall not exceed thirty (30)
be sufficient to support a load of six M.
inches by twenty-four (24) inches. Z4-liem
pounds. The strength of the cloth in
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the openings in the front wall of the
.tension when tested by the strip method
Projection booths are larger than the
shall b• not less than one hundred and
Ports specified, they may be reduced to
sixty (160) Pounds Per inch of width ofy
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the required size by bolting No. 30 gauge
i were And fifty-two (52) pounds Per incl"
steel plate over the opening on the booth
of filling
side of the wall, in such a mama. r that
The asbestos fibre of yAms any
',A her cannot be readily removed or moved
twin cotton or other co mbustible tlbrc eat
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on the slides. These steel Pirates shall
to exceed twenty (20) Per cent of Chc
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weight of the asbestos. Thr total carbon
have theeopenings of tbe required size
content of the cloth shall not exceed ten
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cut in them. There shall •bc net less [11x11
(10) per cent of the total weight of the
Obm. When by the Building In-
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ane (1) foot of wall space_ between open-
required
yings for combination ports. In no rase
Spector, a sample of the cloth of suffl-
size for testing shall be submitted.
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sl"all the openings which are to bz re-
duced in size by the steel plate be large,
tient
In addition to any decoration, the cur-
both
n (36) inhes square. Each
lhmthirty-six,
rain shall be painted on aides with
port opening in the projection booth wall
'a mineral paint having a silicate of Pada
shall he comp[EL:Iy- covered wish n single'
binder, which will eomPl"tely all [he
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pane of Phtl gl ss. Each such op ring
loth. Filler paint shall have not less
than tour (4) of casein in each ten
tagelhrr with any frretr'+mLT-irdets,'shall
be with a shutter' of not less i
parts
(10) parts of silicate of soda. This paint
provided
than No. 10 gauge sheet met' large
shall be well brushed into the cloth Po
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sough to overlaP at least one (1) inch
that no light or smoke can come through.
all sides of such opening and arranged'
Sec. 4103. The certain shall be made
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to without binding. Ties^ shutters
of continuous strips of asbestos cloth.
no
side
..shall be held normally open by means of
The widths of cloth shall ON at the
less than (1) Inch and
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.,small chains fastened to a one ,andred4
seams not one
and sixty (160) degree Fahrenheit fusible
shall be sewed with a doable row of
'link, the whole so arranged that the
stitching of asbestos thread.
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shutters may be easily released and
The curtain shall be aide enough to
into smoke on each
closed either by hand or automatically
by the fusible Zink and
extend steel grooves
side of the proscenium opening at least
when rek'ased
shall be so designed as ft, ertect a weight
eight (3) inches, mid shall over tip the
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or not less [inn sigh( (S) Pounds on
top o[ the proscenium opening at least
each fusible link. Pieces o[ film shall
twelve (12) inches.
Six-inch shall be sewed in the
not he used in Place of fusible links. The
shall be so hung that the gpe•a-
pockets
top and the bottom of the curtain to
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shutters
f tion of closing shall be smooth nntl with-
hold the pipe battens: the sides shall be
noise. The closing of all sharers
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hemmed at least three (3) Inches deep.
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effected iclosin (5) seconds.
A two-inch pipe batten shall be placed
,"shall
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at the top and a one-and-oe-half-inch
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batten at the bottom. For stage openings
over forty (40) feet in width the bottom
batten shall be not less than two and
ono-half (2yz) inches in diameter. The
battens shall be reinforced at the joints
with six-foot sections of pipe housed and
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'riveted. But h -(fir -M Ft2 a
•.hall have six-inch nipples ,mei and eC. 411
a<lded On each end. and mate
The curtain shall be held true,ural greater h
steel guides in the smoke- is with this Chap
substantial roller grips rive0r bolted subjected
to the side hem. not more than eightten fled in Ch
ter, shall before
to the standard
spier 42, as app
in
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(18) inches on center. Each roller grip
bearing partitions. except that such tests
shall be fastened to the curtain with not
shall be continued only fora period of
cables.
less than three (3) bolts or rivets.
live (5) minutes unless failure shall have
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The top of the curtain shall have a I
occurred previously. The unexposed face
smoke stop fitted to make it as smoke
of the curtain shall not glow within a
tight as practicable The bottom of the
period of five (o) minutes nor shall them
curtain shall have a yielding pad of In- (
Fbe any passage of smoke or flame
link welded chain, fastened to the top
combustible material not less than three (
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'through the curtain.
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(3) inches thick to form a seal against
Section 7. That Section 4301 of said
the floor. {
uniform Building Code be and the same
Sec. 4104. Structural steel guides aliall {
to hereby amended by substituting for
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be built into the side smoke pockets and
aliall extend from the floor to the grid- I
the table set forth therein the following
entirely through the wall, or equally sub -
iron. Guides and roller grips shall be
-table, to -wit:
designed, constructed and attached to
stantial supports. Safety chains shall be
the curtain so as to safely support it
Section 8. That Section 2311 of -said
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and work smoothly witha wind load of
Uniform Building Code as set forth In
one (1) pound per square foot over the
`said appendix be and the same is hereby
•, when It is lowered and the bottom batten t
entire area of the curtain.
j amended by adding thereto one new sub -
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The support for the curtain shall be i
less than three
s;ctiory ,lo Iubbti:f,ion-..end-to read
ysiolows, to -wit:
not six (6) -eighths -inch i
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flexible steel cables. These cables shall
/ (c) Parapet walls, towers, friezes, cor-
:be spaced not mom than fourteen (14)
signs, any overhanging, projectingfeet
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on centers. Supporting cablesshall
kees,
• protruding objects or structures at -
be tied to tt)e top batten with a clove
ched to or a part of any building or.hitch
and the end secured with two (2)
ructure, water towers and penthouses
throe -eighths -inch iron rope cllpa.
Isiah be structurally designed and con-
t'
The supporting cables shall pass
Fstructed to resist a lateral force of not
grooves shall be machined. All blocks
through sheaves in the gridiron and over
less than the full dead and live weight
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to the counter -weight guides and shall
fasten to the counter -weight by means of
turn-
thereof.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any
Cher section of this the.•
three -eighths -inch shackle and eye
buckles with clove hitches and wire cable
code permitting
use of lime mortar in masonry construe- I
clips. Eveners shall be provided where
'tion, the use of such time mortar in such I
the cables connect to the counter-
construction be and the same is hereby
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weights so that the weight of the corm-
krohibited.
s
ter -weights will be evenly divided On the
cables.
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There shall be at least six (6) safety
stop chains of one -quarter -Inch straight
link welded chain, fastened to the top
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curtain batten. The other end shall be
attached to the proscenium wall by
means of seven -eights -inch bolts passing
entirely through the wall, or equally sub -
stantial supports. Safety chains shall be
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so adjusted as to support the curtain
•, when It is lowered and the bottom batten t
I is on the floor.
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cables shall be carried over head '
and -loft blocks of not less than sixteen
(10 inch diameter wheels. These blocks
be ball bearing and the wheel
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grooves shall be machined. All blocks
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supporting the asbestos curtain shall be
supported on the proscentum wall by ;
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means of steel brackets or shall be
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mounted on the beams of the gridiron
with through bolts.
The mechanism and devices for con -
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trolling the curtain shall be simple de -
sign and shalt positive in in operation.
MINIMUM PROTECTION OF STRUCTURAL PARTS BASED
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ON TIME PERIODS
Opening of the curtain may be by hand , f
FOR VARIOUS INCOMBUSTIBLE
INSULATING MATERIALS
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hydraulic or electric power. Closing for-
emergency or for automatic operation
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Mimplum thickness of
shall be the same as for ordinary opsru- i
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Structural Parts to Be
Insulating Material
material In inches tot
the following flu-rr-
Ran and shall be by gravity obtained byi.
counterbalancing the curtain by counter -
Protected
Used
siAive periods
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weights weighing not less than one-,
'
4 hr. 3 hr, 2 hr. 1 hr.
quarter (A) pound per square foot of,
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curtain.
The operating hand line shall be not
Grade A concrete
2 2 1 1
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less than three -quarter -inch manila rope
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Grade B concrete
3 2%
permanently fastened to the top and bot-
t
tom of the counter -weight arbor and shallI
Gunite
2 lys 1 ?i
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pass through the .ptage floor _and -over aI
less than eleven (it)
Brick
tension pulley not
inches in diameter; under the stage floor.
Steel or Cast Iron
of clay, shale, con -
Crete or sand-Ifine
3?j 3$ 2% jai
This operating line shall be fitted to ani
Columns;
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automatic control line, or becket of sastif
Projecting
Clay tile, clay file and
cord, which when freed by the breaking
Steel Beam or
concrete or concrete
4 or 4 or 2 2
of a fusible link will allow the curtain
Girder Flanges;
block (see note 2)
2 pl. 2 pl,
to automatically lower itself by means of
All Members of
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a bucket release. Not less than four (4) t
Primary Trusses
Solid gypsum blocks
2 pl. 2 pl. 2
fusible links shall be placed on the auto-
matic control line, one on each side of
gypsum blocks
3 pl..3 2 2
the stage and two over head In the grid -
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Iron. , 3
Penrod gypsum
2 1% 1 1
Smoke grooves which protect the sides
of the certain shall be of structural steel
Metal lath and gypsum or
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shapes and plates not less than ane -guar-
Portland cement plaster
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ter (y.) inch thick. These grooves shall
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Grade A concrete
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be not less than twelve (12) inches deep
1 % 1 1
and six (6) inches wide. Grooves shall
Grade B concrete
3 2% 1 1
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extend from the stage floor to a point
immediately under the gridiron, and shall
Gentle
be securely bolted to the proscenium wall.
1% 1 ?$
Details of grooves shall be submitted to
Brick of clay, shale. con.
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the Building Inspector for approval.
crete or sand -lime
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Top and bottom counter -weights shall
Webbs of
be cast iron four (4) inches wide by
- Steel Beans
Clay tile, clay the and
3 or 2 2 2
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three (3) inches high by sixteen and
three-quarters (16%)Inches long. There
and Girders
concrete or concrete block
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shall be smooth grooves on the ends of '
Solid gypsum block
pl. 2 2 2
"
the top and-battom weights:whicb en -,j
r-
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gage the steel gtddea. Intermediate ..'"�'
be four (4) inches wide by
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Hollow gypsum -black•
3p1. 2 2 2
aveights shall
three (3) inches high by twelve (12) Inch-
t
Poured gypsum
2 1% 1 1
es long, grooved to drop into place on
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top of the lower carrying weight. Two (2)
Metal lath and gypsum or
Portland
three -quarter -inch bolts shall pass
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cement plaster
2 1
through each arbor of counter -weights.
These bolts shall hold the sections of the
.Reinforcing Steel
Grade A concrete
1?1z 11A 1% 1
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counter -weight together and shall also .
In Reinforced Con -
have the supporting cables tied to them.
Counter -weight guide tracks shall be of
crete Columns, Beams,
Grade B concrete
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t4 lay I
cold rolled steel elevator tees two and
.Girders d Trusses
Grade A concrete
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three-quarters by two by twenty-three
'Reinforcing Steel
thirty-seconds (2?;x2x23/32) inches. The
�In Reinforced Con-
Grade B concrete
1?$ hh 1
guide frame shall be securely bolted to
crete Joists
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the proscenium wall, and shall extend
from tie stage floor-to-ths gridiron- =-- 1
-Ceiling Protection
Metal or wire lath and
All machines and hoisting gear shin i"
for Roof ltemhers
gypsum or cement ylas-
2 1151.1
be designed in accordance with the Safe-
including Roof
ter, concrete, burned clay
ty Code for Elevators, 'Dumbwaiters and
-Trusses and Second-
products or gypsum
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Escalators, published 1931 by the Ameri-
ary' russcs
can Society of Mechanical Engineers, as
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Grade A concrete
1 1 % va
such requirements are specified. for pus-
_ErThickness
senger elevators, machine, and cables.
Reinforcing and
B concrete includes
ly, 1 1 dr'
Travel limit atop, and room for over-
Tic Rods in Floor
gypsum
travel shall be provided.
I and Roof Slabs
Gypsum O[ convent
1 1'
Sec. 4106. The complete installation of
plaster
every proscenium curtain shall be sub-
jecto to operating testa and any theatre _l
NOTE: (i) Ill, in above table
shall be not less than % in. gypsum
or cement plaster.
in which such proscentum curtain is i
I (2) Reentrant parts of protected members shall be fllled
solid for 4 and 3
' placed shall not be opened to public per-
hour protections.
� formknces until after the proscenium cur-
• Two Ye in. layers
with s/4 In. air space between.
"tuna has been accepted and approved by
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t the Building Inspector.
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1 SEC. 9. Whereas the existing Building
Code of the City of Azusa is inadequate to cover
2 earthquake hazardsp involved in the construction
and reconstruction of buildings within said. City2
3 therefore this Ordinance is urgently needed for
the immediate preservation of public peace2 health
4 and safety., as buildings are constantly being
erected without regard to the provisions set forth
5 in said Building Code and therefore the immediate
adoption of this Ordinance is required and neces-
6 Bary.
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SEC. 10. All ordinances or parts of or-
b dinances in conflict with this Ordinance are
9 hereby repealed.
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SEC. 11.
That the City Clerk
shall
certify
to the passage
of this Ordinance and
shall
cause
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the same
to be published once in the
Azusa
Herald,
a weekly
newspaper published in the
City of
Azusa
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and the same
shall be in force and effect
from
and
after its
publication.
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1511 The above and foregoing Ordinance No. 301
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was passed and
adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of
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the City of Azusa on the ?
day of June.. 19330 by the af-
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firmative vote
of the following members thereof: -
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AYES:
Councilman : >21au
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NOES:
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ABSENT:
R.y:
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24 CITY CLERK OFTHECITY YOF AZUSA.
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26 The above and foregoing Ordinance No. 301
is approved and signed by me this
27 day day/of Junev 1933.
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MA OR OF THE CITY F AZUSA.
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