Section 903.6.2 of the California fire code is hereby amended by adding the following:
903.6.2 Change in Use. Changes made in the character or use of an occupancy shall be approved by the building official and the chief. When there is a change of use or occupancy of a building which exceeds 5,000 square feet in floor area which would place the building in a different division of the same group of occupancy or in a different group of occupancies, the occupancy shall be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system throughout, unless the proposed use is less hazardous based on fire or life safety risk, than the existing use.
(Ord. 2948, 2022: Ord. 2900, 2019: Ord. 2840, 2016)