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Before the installation or alteration of a sprinkler system required by the provisions of this Code, a plan, setting forth all essential details of the sprinkler system, shall be submitted to the Fire Commissioner. The plans submitted shall include hydraulic calculations when calculated and the type of sprinklers to be used. Upon finding that the plan conforms to the requirements of the Code and after payment of the sprinkler permit fee hereinafter specified, said plan shall be approved by the Fire Commissioner.
The fees charged in connection with a sprinkler system shall be as follows:
If the plan does not conform to the requirements of the Code and a revised plan is submitted, the fee for each revised plan submission shall be $200.00. For the approval of the sprinkler plan and the initial inspection of a sprinkler system required by the provisions of this Code, a fee of $300.00 shall be charged for the first 100 sprinkler heads or less and an additional $100.00 shall be charged for each additional 100 sprinkler heads or fraction thereof. For the test of a fire pump used in connection with a sprinkler system, a fee of $31.50 for each 50 gallons pumping capacity per minute shall be charged with a minimum fee of $315.00. These fees shall not be required for any building used solely as a school operated by the Chicago Board of Education. Where a pump serves both a standpipe and a sprinkler system, only one pump fee shall be charged.
(Prior code § 91-3; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-92, p. 27387; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun, J, 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. VIII, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 117; Amend Coun. J. 11-14-18, p. 90376, Art. V, § 4)
After completing a sprinkler installation, the contractor shall submit to the fire commissioner a written certification that the system has been installed in accordance with the plans approved by the fire commissioner and tested in accordance with the provisions of Section 15-16-260. The form of such certification shall be as required in NFPA 13-2013.
(Prior code § 91-4; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 118; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VII, § 20)
Every standard sprinkler system now existent or which may hereafter be installed shall be inspected annually by an independent contractor licensed under the Illinois Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act and such inspections may be overseen by or in the presence of the fire commissioner. Whenever such annual inspection shows the standard sprinkler system to be in good working order and in compliance with this Code, the fire commissioner shall issue a certificate to that effect, and for each such inspection and certificate, a fee of $300.00 shall be charged. Buildings with multiple sprinkler system zones shall rotate the zone to be tested annually, insuring that the sprinkler system is operating properly. If a doubt exists regarding the capability of any component of a standard sprinkler system, the fire commissioner may order any test outlined in NFPA Standard 25, Standards for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, to determine the capability of that component.
(Prior code § 91-5; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-92, p. 27387; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 119)
If an inspection or test discloses any condition such as defective parts, frozen tanks, closed valves or obstructed sprinklers, which would handicap the operation of the building's sprinkler equipment, the fire commissioner shall immediately be notified. Notice shall then immediately be sent by the fire commissioner to the building's owner or owners or to the owner's agent or to the person in control of the building containing such sprinkler systems, to remove or correct the defective condition as set forth in said notice within such time as may be specified by the fire commissioner in the notice.
(Prior code § 91-6; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 120)
Class A-2 Multiple Dwellings;
Class B Institutional;
Class C Assembly;
Class E Business.
Areas of such occupancies used for storage, garage, building maintenance or shop purposes shall be sprinkled in accordance with the provisions of this code for industrial occupancies. In buildings of mixed occupancy the provision for light hazard sprinkler systems shall apply only to those portions of the building occupied by the above occupancies.
(Prior code § 91-7; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VII, § 21)
The following industrial units – Class G-2:
Paper processing;
Plastics processing;
Plywood and particle board manufacturing;
Rubber reclaiming or milling;
Tire manufacturing;
Upholstering with plastic foam.
The following storage units – Class H-2:
Aircraft hangars;
Alcoholic beverages containing more than 20 percent alcohol;
Baled rags;
Flammable liquids;
Paper and paper products warehouse;
Furniture storage warehouse;
Freight warehouse;
Rubber tire storage.
The following hazardous use units:
Occupancies primarily involved in processing mixing, storing, and dispensing volatile flammable liquids;
Pyroxylin plastic manufacturing and processing;
Cotton picking and opening operations.
(Prior code § 91-8; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1)
All deluge, pre-action and combination dry pipe pre-action sprinkler systems shall be designed in accordance with NFPA 13-2013.
The area protected by a single pre-action valve shall not exceed 5,000 square feet except that in storage occupancies which are operated continuously at a temperature less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit a single pre- action valve may be used to protect an area up to 40,000 square feet. Each pre-action valve shall be trip tested annually as provided in NFPA 25-2014.
(Prior code § 91-9; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VII, § 22)
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