Section 903.1.1.1 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows:
903.1.1.1 NFPA 13 sprinkler systems. Where the provisions of this code require that a building or portion thereof be equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with this section, sprinklers shall be installed throughout in accordance with NFPA 13 and State and local requirements except as provided in Section 903.3.1.1.
1. For new buildings having no designated use or tenant, the minimum sprinkler design density shall be Ordinary Hazard Group II / 1500 square feet.
2. Where future use or tenant is determined to require a higher density, the sprinkler system shall be augmented to meet the higher density.
3. Light hazard shall be hydraulically designed to a 1500 square foot most remote area or as required by the fire code official.
4. Laboratory areas within buildings shall be hydraulically designed to Ordinary Hazard II density.
5. Parking areas where mechanical vehicle storage equipment is used the fire sprinkler system shall be hydraulically designed to Extra Hazard II density.
6. In multi-residential apartments, townhomes, and condominiums
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(Ord. 5563 §1 (part), 2022)