2006 New York Code - Laboratories.

 
    §  27-4209  Laboratories.  Motion  picture  film laboratories handling
  flammable  motion  picture  film  shall  comply   with   the   following
  requirements  in  addition  to  the  general  requirements  set forth in
  section 27-4205 of this subchapter:
    1. Construction. It shall be unlawful to locate a  laboratory  in  any
  building not of fireproof construction.
    2. Quantity of film limited.
    a.  In  all rooms in which film is handled the ratio of square feet of
  floor area to the number of persons in such rooms shall not be less than
  thirty-five square feet per person. No more than fifteen  persons  shall
  work in one room at one time, except as hereinafter provided.
    b.  All  film  not  actually  being  worked upon or going through some
  operation shall be kept in closed containers. The quantity of  film  not
  in closed containers shall not exceed two standard or three sub-standard
  reels per person handling film; provided, however, that this restriction
  shall  not be construed as limiting the quantity of film which may be in
  process on printing, developing or drying machines.
    c. In all workrooms in which film is handled there shall  be  no  more
  than  five  standard  or  ten sub-standard reels of film not in approved
  cabinets for each person working in such rooms; provided, however,  that
  in  developing  rooms there shall be no more than ten standard or twenty
  sub-standard reels of film not in approved cabinets for each  developing
  unit.   No   more  than  seventy-five  standard  or  one  hundred  fifty
  sub-standard reels of film shall be  kept  in  approved  cabinets  in  a
  single  room.  All  film  in  excess of the above quantities shall be in
  vaults constructed as provided  in  this  subchapter.  Vaults  for  this
  purpose  may  open  directly  into  the workrooms and a single vault may
  serve two rooms by opening into each room.
    d. In positive joining and assembling or inspection  rooms  in  motion
  picture news laboratories, no more than one hundred twenty-five standard
  or  two  hundred fifty sub-standard reels, or two hundred fifty thousand
  feet of film, may be maintained in closed containers, of which not  more
  than twenty-five standard or fifty sub-standard reels, or fifty thousand
  feet, may be exposed.
    e.  In  examining  and  assorting  rooms  there  shall be no more than
  seventy-five standard or one hundred fifty sub-standard  reels  of  film
  not in cabinets.
    3.  Printing. Printing rooms in which more than fifteen persons worked
  on the second day of June, nineteen hundred thirty-one may  continue  to
  operate  with  that number of persons, but not over thirty persons shall
  work in such printing rooms. Printing machines shall be spaced  so  that
  the  distance  from the film on one machine to that on any other machine
  shall not be less than four feet.
    4. Drying. Drying machines of the cabinet type shall be of  metal  and
  glass.  Heating units shall be located outside the cabinet, and shall be
  provided with thermostatic  control  so  that  the  temperature  in  the
  cabinet shall not exceed one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
    5.  Waxing.  Waxing  processes which require the waxed film to be left
  exposed to dry shall be conducted in a room used for no  other  purpose,
  and  not over five waxing machines shall be located in one room. No more
  than thirteen standard or twenty-six sub-standard reels,  or  twenty-six
  thousand feet of film, shall be exposed at one time.
    6. Shipping room. Packing film for shipment shall be done in a room in
  which  no  other  process  is  conducted. No more than two hundred fifty
  standard or five hundred sub-standard reels of  film  shall  be  in  the
  shipping  room  at one time, of which the quantity not in shipping cases
  shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand feet.


    7. Storage of film. All storage of film shall be in vaults constructed
  as provided in this subchapter; provided, however,  that  raw  stock  in
  original  shipping  cases  may  be  stored in a special room used for no
  other purpose.
    8.  Still  film laboratories. The provisions of paragraphs a, b, and c
  of subdivision two and of subdivisions three and seven of  this  section
  shall be applicable to still film laboratories.