Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1085--Fire Sprinkler Systems — reading text

Ovdinance '* AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, AMENDING SECTION 1420.01, INSTALLATION REQUIRED IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS; STANDARDS; PUMPS; OBSTRUCTIONS; OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. SECTION 1420.01, INSTALLATION REQUIRED IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS; STANDARDS; PUMPS; OBSTRUCTIONS; OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY AMENDED. Section 1420.01, Installation Required in Certain Buildings; Standards; Pumps; Obstructions; of the Codified Ordinances of the City is amended to read: 1420.01 INSTALLA TE ON--REQU-ERED —-EN--CERTAIN--BUTEDINGS ; —- STANDARDS PUMPS+-OBSPRUETIONS: DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Gross Floor Area" shall mean the inside perimeter of the exterior walls with no deduction for corridors, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns or other features exclusive of areas open and unobstructed to the sky. (b) "Height" shall mean the vertical distance from the lowest finished floor to the highest point of the roof, Church steeples, cupolas, equipment enclosures, and chimneys are exempt from this definition. 1420.02 INSTALLATION REQUIRED IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS; STANDARDS; PUMPS; OBSTRUCTIONS. (a) All buildings constructed in the city that are three stories or thirty feet in height or higher or exceed 12,000 gross floor area regardless of interior separations shall be protected by automatic sprinkler systems throughout the entire building.;-~-with--the exception-of-church-sanectuariess Existing buildings at the time of the adoption of this ordinance shall be required to be sprinklered if an addition, alteration, or rehabilitation occurs to the building equal to or greater than fifty (50) percent of the original building gross floor area and such floor area increases shall be cumulative. (b) All such sprinkler systems shall be installed strictly in accordance with the standards set forth in the National Fire Codes, as adopted in Section 1610.01 of the Fire Prevention Code; the Standard Building Code as adopted in Section 1420.01; and N.F.P.A. No. 13, No. 13D, and No. 13R as amended, except that such system shall be installed throughout the building as set forth in subsection (a) hereof. (c) Automatic sprinkler systems shall be provided with separate pumps when necessary. The pump shall be physically located in a separate building apart from the sprinklered structure or have a four two-hour fire-wati separation to protect the pump from a fire in the main building. A door shall be installed to the pump room to gain entrance from the outside. LITHO BY VITRO PRESS (d) There shall be no obstruction within ten feet of the fire department connection to the automatic sprinkler system. All fire department connections shall be provided with a reflective sign approved by the fire department for ease of location. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval by council and signature of the Mayor. Adopted: eal 16, Vi Tele \. L« Wd J. ROBERTS ai MAYOR Attest: Loni Senta HELEN A. SPENCER/} CITY CLERK The form and iegal sufficiency of the foregoing has been reviewed and approved by the City Attorney. ROME MILLER ATTORNEY NOTE: Additions are underlined; deletions are strteker. DISPOSITION