New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals
Subchapter A - The Industrial Code
Part 36 - State Standard Building Code For Places Of Public Assembly
Subpart 36-3 - Special Requirements For Particular Occupancies
Section 36-3.4 - Motion picture theatres-new and existing
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
(a) Scope. This section covers all theatres which exhibit motion pictures except summer theatres as defined herein and drive-in theatres. (See § 36-2.10 on projection booths and § 36-2.9, subd. [g], on screens.)
(b) New motion picture theatres. Motion picture theatres built or converted to such use on or after July 1, 1957 shall be subject to all the applicable provisions of section 36-3.2 for new "theatres with stages" in addition to the pertinent general provisions of Subpart 36-2 hereof.
(c) Existing motion picture theatres. Motion picture theatres built before July 1, 1957 shall be subject only to the applicable provisions of section 36-3.3 for existing "theatres with stages" in addition to the pertinent general provisions of Subpart 36-2 hereof.
