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A standard installation of automatic sprinklers, complying with Article II of Chapter 15-16, shall be installed in every spray booth.
(Prior code § 64-6)
PART 2. STANDPIPE SYSTEMS (15-16-090 et seq.)
(a) Standard inside standpipe systems complying with the requirements of Article II of Chapter 15-16 shall be provided:
(1) High-rise Buildings. In all buildings exceeding 80 feet in height with the following exceptions:
(A) Standpipes shall not be required in grain elevators or similar storage structures where such standpipes are ineffective owing to the type of structure and inaccessibility of hose connections.
(B) This section shall not apply to a building used as a business unit or storage unit in existence prior to January 20, 1950, which is equipped throughout with an approved system of automatic sprinklers or is a fire-resistive building of Type IA, IB or IC construction; provided, that a standpipe system complying with Section 15-16-1190 is also provided in the building.
(2) Institutional Units. In institutional units, standpipes shall be provided in all buildings more than four stories or 55 feet in height.
(3) Stage Blocks. In stage blocks, standpipes shall be provided on each side of the stage, on each tier of dressing rooms and within 50 feet of all property rooms, storerooms or workrooms.
(4) Exhibition Areas. In exhibition areas, standpipes shall be provided regardless of the height of the building and standpipe locations shall provide complete coverage of the fire area with 100-foot hose lengths and 30-foot hose streams.
(5) New Buildings Greater Than 55 Feet. For buildings first permitted after February 1, 2019, that are greater than 55 feet and not more than 80 feet in height, a manual dry standpipe shall be provided in each enclosed stairwell.
(b) For the purpose of determining standpipe requirements, the height of a building shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 13-48-020.
(Prior code § 64-8; Amend Coun. J. 1-23-19, p. 94952, Art. II, § 1)
A standard system of standpipes meeting the provisions of Article II of Chapter 15-16 of this Code shall be installed in every hazardous use unit which is more than 80 feet in height; provided, however, that such a standpipe system shall be installed in every cereal, feed, flour, grist or starch mill, malt house or similar building which is more than two stories in height.
(Prior code § 64-9)
PART 3. FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS (15-16-110 et seq.)
An approved fire alarm shall be provided as follows:
(a) A standard fire alarm meeting the requirements of this chapter and Article II of Chapter 15-16 shall be provided in the following occupancies:
(1) Institutional: Buildings two stories or less in height with a floor area which does not exceed 8,000 square feet shall be equipped with a Class I system. Buildings over two stories in height or with a floor area exceeding 8,000 square feet shall be equipped with a Class II system.
(2) Type II Schools: Buildings over one story in height shall be equipped with a Class I system.
(3) Type I or Type III Schools: Class I system.
(4) Hotels: Buildings of Types II, III or IV construction 80 feet or less in height shall be equipped with a Class I system except where 25 or fewer persons sleep above the second floor.
(5) Single-room occupancy building: New and existing single-room occupancy buildings two stories or more in height, which are not equipped with a complete automatic sprinkler system, shall be equipped with a Class I fire alarm. The approved standard Class I control equipment may cause microprocessor based program-controlled communication circuits when the control equipment is of a type tested and conforming to Underwriters Laboratories Standard 864-1991 for the intended use. The stored program (software) installed figuration for such systems shall be incapable of change, except that a manufacturer's authorized technician may make changes for proper system operation when such changes are approved by the fire commissioner. Any changes, repairs or maintenance on such systems shall be performed only by or under the direction of a licensed supervising electrician.
(6) Dormitories: Buildings two stories or more in height, except those where 25 or fewer persons sleep above the second floor, shall be equipped with a Class I system.
(7) Intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled – 15 or fewer persons, same as institutional uses.
(b) Hotels: Buildings of Type I construction over four stories but not over 80 feet in height shall be equipped with an approved fire alarm system including smoke detectors, heat detectors and waterflow alarm devices installed in accordance with NFPA 72-2013 and annunciated visually and audibly for each individual floor at a fire panel located near a main entrance to the building. A one-way voice communication system controlled from the fire panel location and meeting the requirements of Section 13-76-050(b) shall be provided. Use of the one-way voice communication system in a fire emergency by other than department of fire personnel shall be prohibited.
(1) The fire alarm system shall be zoned horizontally based on the system design, but in no case shall there be less than one zone per floor.
(2) The fire alarm system shall be monitored by an Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. listed Central Station service or shall be a Proprietary Protective Signaling System installed in accordance with NFPA 72-2013.
(3) A fire panel consisting of fire alarm controls, annunciator panel, and one-way voice communications system controls shall be provided in a location approved by the fire commissioner.
(4) Plans for all systems to be installed shall be submitted to the fire commissioner for approval and systems used shall meet the approval of the fire commissioner.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, the revisions to the requirements of this chapter contained in the amendatory ordinance of June 27, 1990, shall apply to existing schools and day care centers beginning July 1, 1991; the revisions to the requirements of this section contained in the amendatory ordinance of 2017 shall apply to existing schools and day care centers beginning July 1, 2018.
(d) The requirements of Section 15-16-110(5) of this Code shall be enforced against all single-room occupancy buildings effective June 30, 1995. All single- room occupancy buildings which will require installation of a Class I alarm system shall submit plans to the fire commissioner for approval of such system on or before January 1, 1995.
(e) Telephone Exchanges. An approved fire alarm system shall be provided in every new and existing telephone exchange. The fire alarm system shall comply with the requirements of Sections 15-16-140 and 15-16-1280 through 15-16-1510.
(Prior code § 64-10; Amend Coun. J. 12-21-84, p. 12140; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-86, p. 33558; Amend Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17610; Amend Coun. J. 5-4-94, p. 49750; Amend Coun. J. 11-2-94, p. 58476; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 184; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 113; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VII, § 18)
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