Section 27-549
§ 27-549 General. The provisions of this section shall apply to all
places of assembly classified in occupancy group F-3 or F-4 under the
provisions of subchapter three of this chapter. F-3 or F-4 places of
assembly shall comply with all the requirements of article two of this
subchapter and the following:
(a) Stage requirements.
(1) With scenery and scenic elements. Where an F-3 or F-4 place of
assembly provides a stage using scenery and scenic elements, the space
shall comply with all of the requirements of this code applicable to
F-1a places of assembly.
(2) Without scenery and scenic elements. Where an F-3 or F-4 place of
assembly provides a stage not using scenery or scenic elements, the
space shall comply with all of the requirements of this code applicable
to F-1b places of assembly.
(3) Cabarets. In all F-4 places of assembly used as a cabaret, the
stage dressing rooms and property rooms shall be provided with automatic
sprinkler and fire alarm protection in compliance with the provisions of
subchapter seventeen of this chapter. Existing premises shall be
required to conform with this requirement on or before January twelfth,
nineteen hundred eighty.
(b) Retroactive provisions. On or before January twelfth, nineteen
hundred eighty, all places of assembly providing entertainment or used
as a cabaret within F-3 or F-4 occupancies shall be provided with
automatic sprinkler and fire alarm protection to comply with the
provisions of subchapter seventeen of this chapter.