Section 24B in Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1966
24B. Requirements of drive-in-cinema.
- A drive-in-cinema shall be constructed so as to conform to the following requirements, that is to say:-(1)The entrance service road shall be at least 50 feet (15.25 metres) wide, and provided with 5 lanes, 10 feet (3.05 metres) wide each, including one emergency lane for sick motor cars, sufficient parking space shall be provided after the ticket booths for the motor cars waiting to enter in the drive-in-cinema. The parking space shall be sufficient to accommodate at least 1/6th of the total capacity of the motor cars to be accommodated in the auditorium.(2)There shall be at least two exits, each leading separately to a public thoroughfare, each of which be 40 feet (12.2 metres) wide and provided with 3 lanes.(3)Adequate number of ticket booths shall be provided, at the innermost end of the entry service road so that the space between the entrance and the ticket booths is utilised as a parking space for motor cars, waiting to enter in the drive-in-cinema.(4)On the boundaries of a drive-in-cinema either there shall be constructed a compound wall with a height of not less than 2 metres above the level of the ground or the whole compound shall be surrounded by a barbed wire fence and hedge of bushes. The construction of a wall may not be necessary for boundaries abuting on the sea or creek or other body of water.(5)No petrol pump or service station within the premises of a drive-in-cinema shall be permitted but a breakdown service for attending to the breakdown of motor cars belonging to cinema goers shall be maintained.(6)The entrance and exit areas shall be adequately lighted by floodlights.(7)The lateral limitation of the spectators' area shall be confined to an angle of 37.5 with respect to the centre line of the screen.(8)The rows of motor cars racing the screen shall be provided in the form of an arc of a circle. To prevent traffic hazards, all motor cars entering the premises of the cinema shall enter on a service lane with a capacity to hold one-fifth of the maximum capacity of motor cars that can be accommodated in the cinema. The cars shall not enter from, or exit on to a public road, directly.(9)The distance between the screen and the front row of vehicles shall not be less than 1.5 times the width of the picture on the screen.(10)The width of one bay accommodating motor cars in a row facing the screen shall not be less than 10 metres.(11)A clear passage of not less than 10 metres in which shall be provided on either side of the spectators' area.(12)In all the rows of motor cars, the front of a motor car shall stand higher than the rear to ensure that from the rear a complete view of the screen is visible.(13)The width of the screen shall not be less than 1/6th and not more than 1/5th, of the distance between the screen and the last row of motor cars in the auditorium. The ratio of width to height of the screen shall be 2.35 to 1.(14)The screen shall be so located that it is not lighted by sunset or by the evening twilight. It shall be constructed with concrete material or steel frame.(15)The screen shall be so constructed as to withstand wide velocity of 160 kilometres per hour, or a pressure of 120 kilomgrams per square meter. The screen shall be inclined slightly forward. The maximum inclination shall be 8° (eight degrees) with the article axis. The screen or a part thereof shall not be visible from the entrance of adjoining road.(16)Red warning lights shall be mounted at the highest points of the screen and flood lights to illuminate the spectators' area shall also be provided.(17)The motor car bays shall be of uniform width of 10 metres.(18)Loudspeaker poles shall be provided to serve one motor car each on either sides of the pole. The distance between the two poles in a row shall not be less than 6 metres. The poles for loudspeaker shall be embedded on a concrete base, and shall have a light over them so as to indicate their position. The light shall be at the side of the poles turned away from the screen :Provided that, it shall not be necessary to provide a pole with loudspeaker for each motor car if alternative arrangement is made for the transmission of sound to the satisfaction of the licensing authority.(19)Separate arrangement for lighting of the rows showing the number shall be made.(20)The projection room shall be located in such a manner as to be between 0.4 to 0.6 of the distance of the screen from the last bay of cars. Such projection room may be part of the structure accommodating public toilet, canteen, kitchen, shops and such amenities. Sufficient care shall be taken to see that the light from these structures does not fall on or, obstruct the proper seeing of the exhibition. Where motor ear bays are provided at the back of the projection room' also, the area shall be elevated so that proper view is obtained of the screen.)[Chapter III-B [Inserted by G. N. of 12.1.1987.] Special Provisions Relating to Video-Cinema
