4-388-065 License issuance prohibited – Additional building requirements.
   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 in effect on that date, Chapter 14B-9, 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 the requirements of Section 15-8-324 in effect on the date of installation or Chapter 14B-10 of this Code;
   (c)   no later than January 1, 2008, the building shall be equipped with System II emergency lighting that meets the requirements of Section 14E-7-700 of this Code and 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 February 8, 2006, 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 any 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; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. II, § 76)