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fications of the fire department, and all Siamese and base connections to be of Santa Ana Fire Department standard. Stand pipes must be capable of standing hydrostatic pressure of 300 lbs. to the sq. inch throughout their entire length. All stand pipes to be kept filled and under pressure and ready for instant use at all times. This section shall apply to buildings already erected or to be erected. Before a permit shall be issued for any buildings requiring stand pipes the location of such stand pipes must be marked on the plans. Every building already erected or to be erected having a basement which is used or to be used for the storage of merchandise, shall be provided with ground floor pipe casing holes constructed in and through the floor of the first story of the building as follows: Pipe casing holes must extend from the level of the floor through and below the ceiling of the basement or below the bottom of the floor Joists, if there is no ceiling, and be so constructed as to enable the fire department to put a water circulating nozzle through for the prompt extinguishing of any fire occurring in the basement. These holes must hot be less than g" in the clear in diameter, and must be provided with a metal cover flush with the floor. Both the cover and casing o£ the hole to be constructed of non- corrosive metal. Both the construction and the location of such holes shall be subject to the approval of the chief of the fire department and there shall be at least one such inlet hole for every 5© ft. of width or depth of the building but there will not be more than one hole required for every lPO0 sq. ft. of ground floor area, unless the basement is divided into rooms of smaller area. No obstruction shall be placed over such inlet holes and any material stored in the Oasement shall be kept clear of such holes in such a way as not to interfere with the proper workings of th~ water circulating nozzle used by the fire department. The Chief of the Fire Department shall notify the owners of all buildings now erected which will come under the provisions of this sectlon, to place ground floor pipe casing holes within 30 days of such notice. In case of any building to be erected which would come under the prov~ ions of this section, no permit sha~l be granted until these pipe casing holes are properly located and shown on the plans of the first floor. Section 27. Every building used as a theater or for public entertainment must be built to confor~ with the requirements of this section. Any building already built which is to.be used or is used for theatrical purposes or public entertainments need not conform with the requirements of this section re- garding seating aisles, stairways and other means of exit and ontrance and means of fighting fire. No building shall be open to the publlc for theatrical purposes until such shall be approved in writing by the building inspector and the chief of the fire department and such approval shall be given when all requirements a~ set forth in this section shall have been met, There shall be exits provided on both sides of the auditorium connecting either with an open court, street or exit street corridor as described hereln. Where such corridor is used, such corridor must run the full length of the auditorium and connect directly with the street and there must be no connection between the main entrance or lobby and this corridor. Such corridor must be separated from the auditorium by a fireproof wall and where the corridor is en- closed in the building, the ceiling and both sides of the corridor must be made of fireproof construction. There must be at least two exits on each side of the building from the main floor and two exits on each side of each balcony or gallery. Each exit shall be at least 5' O, in width in the clear. Where there are balconies or galleries above the level of the floor of this exit corridor, there shall be stair cases (fire escapes) extending from the exits in the balcony starting from a landing not les~ than 4 fi. in width connected directly with the exit of the gallery or balcony. Such staircases shall have risers not over 8~" high and treads not less than 9 "net width. The staircase from the topmost balcony to the one next below must be at least 30" wide in the clear, and must increase 6" in width below each balcony. Where the seating capacity of the auditorium exceeds one thousand people this width of t~e stair- ways must be increased 6" for every increase in the seating capacity of 800 people or fraction thereof. All of these stairways and ladnings must be constructed of absolutely fire- proof materi~l, and must be designed to sustain a live load of 200 lbs per sq. ft. Where theater is built inside and forming part of another building, these exits may open direct- ly into corridors in the other part of the building, but there must be a firewall between the audotorium proper and such part of the building and all stairways and corridors which serves as exits must meet the requirements of this section as to size. The floor of exit corridors aa specified herein must be carried their full length without steps, but a gradient of not more than 1 to 12 may be used to make up for a difference in level. The exit corridors must be not less than ?'O" in width where the seating capacity of the theater is one thousand people, and lO' O" in width when one thousand is exceeded.