Section 903.2.3 of the California fire code is hereby amended to read as follows:
903.2.3 Group E. Except as provided for in sections 903.2.19 for a new public school campus and 903.2.20 (modernization project), an automatic sprinkler system shall be provided for group E occupancies as follows:
1. Throughout all group E fire areas greater than 200 square feet (19 m2) in area.
2. Throughout every portion of educational buildings below the level of exit discharge.
3. In rooms or areas with special hazards such as laboratories, vocational shops and other such areas where hazardous materials in exempt amounts are used or stored.
(Ord. 2948, 2022: Ord. 2900, 2019: Ord. 2840, 2016)