Scope, applicability, and administration

(a) Scope. (1) This Code shall apply to all buildings or portions of buildings designed, constructed, equipped and regularly used for the primary purpose of moving picture exhibition and establishes the requirements for the issuance of certificates of approval by the Commissioner of Public Safety. (2) This Code shall apply to both new and existing moving picture theaters. (b) Authority Having Jurisdiction. The Commissioner of Public Safety is the "Authority Having Jurisdiction "regarding the proper administration, application, interpretation, and modification of the requirements of this Code. (c) Variations, Exemptions, or Modifications. (1) The Commissioner of Public Safety may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of this Code where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation, exemption or approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Public Safety, secure the public safety. (2) Applications for variations, exemptions or alternate compliance shall be made on forms provided by the Commissioner of Public Safety.