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No special club license shall be issued, transferred or renewed unless the entire building in which the special club license is located complies with all the applicable code provisions or has received approval of suitability from the committee on standards and tests, and meets the following additional requirements:
(a) no later than January 1, 2008, the entire building shall be protected throughout by an automatic sprinkler system that meets the requirements of Chapter 15-16, or NFPA 13 2002;
(b) the building shall have at least two separate exits accessible by the rooftop and every floor of the building. At least one exit shall have enclosed stairs; provided that any open stairs shall comply with Section 15-8-324 of this code;
(c) no later than January 1, 2008, the building shall be equipped with System II emergency lighting that shall be located throughout all areas of the building;
(d) the area licensed as a special club license must be separated from the remaining areas of the building by means of a two-hour fire rated assembly. Every structural system supporting any appurtenances on the roof shall be built of noncombustible two-hour fire rated construction capable of sustaining all dead and superimposed live loads; and
(e) every deck built over the roof of the building shall be a noncombustible deck surface supported by noncombustible supports; provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any deck built prior to the effective date of this amendatory ordinance if the rooftop, deck and the structural supporting systems have received an approval of suitability from the committee on standards and tests; provided further that if any alterations or modifications are made to the rooftop, or to the building's layout, floor plan, doorways, stairways, interior separations, or ant other feature that may affect structural loading or occupancy limits, then the provisions of this subsection shall be applicable.
(Added Coun. J. 1-11-06, p. 68371, § 1)