2006 New York Code - Flame-proofing Of Decorations, Drapes, Curtains And Scenery.

 
    § 27-4266 Flame-proofing of decorations, drapes, curtains and scenery.
  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to use any decoration, drape,
  curtain and scenery used for artistic  enhancement,  which  is  made  of
  combustible material, unless painted or saturated with a non-combustible
  material or liquid or otherwise rendered safe against fire in accordance
  with  the  requirements  of  the commissioner, in any building of public
  character,  including  a  hotel,  theatre,  restaurant,   public   hall,
  department  store,  and  a  building  used  or  intended  to be used for
  purposes of public assembly, or  licensed  places  of  public  assembly,
  amusement  or instruction, and a building where large numbers of persons
  congregate. The liquids, materials or compounds, as required  under  the
  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be types for which certificates of
  approval shall have  been  issued  by  the  commissioner  or  previously
  approved by the board of standards and appeals, unless such approval has
  been  amended or repealed by the commissioner. The method of application
  of the liquids,  materials  and  compounds  shall  be  approved  by  the
  commissioner  or  previously  approved  by  the  board  of standards and
  appeals,  unless  such  approval  is  amended   or   repealed   by   the
  commissioner.  Tests for each specific application of originally treated
  combustible material, or any retests thereof, and  the  testing  of  all
  flame-proofed  products,  permitted,  pursuant to the provisions of this
  section,  shall  be  as  prescribed  by,  and  in  accordance  with  the
  requirements  of  the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall permit
  the use of any wall or ceiling covering or decoration, having a  nitrate
  cellulose  content,  or  incapable  of  being  adequately flame-proofed.
  Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to  merchandise  for
  sale  or  displayed  for sale, or displayed at a business show; to guest
  rooms in hotels; to offices; to works of art in museums; nor to churches
  or to places of religious worship.
    Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of cut  flowers,  fresh
  cut  decorative  greens,  or natural trees, plants, shrubs or grass, for
  artistic  enhancement  or  decorative  purposes,  provided  such  trees,
  plants,  shrubs  or  grass,  are in soil and are maintained in a healthy
  condition. Nothing in this paragraph shall permit the  use  of  hemlock,
  balsam,  spanish  moss, or other decorative greens, which contain pitch.
  It shall be unlawful to hang or otherwise maintain fresh cut  decorative
  greens in a place of assembly or licensed places of public assembly upon
  a  combustible framework or base, or by means of a combustible material,
  or to permit any fresh cut decorative greens to be hung, or  maintained,
  for a period in excess of twenty-four hours.