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CHAPTER 1306 "SPECIAL FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS" <br /> Should the City adopt this chapter, it is required to be enforced throughout the entire city, <br /> and it cannot be revised in any way, shape, or form. <br /> This requirement would include all buildings classified as group A (assembly) <br /> Occupancies. In addition, if the area of a building exceeds 2,000 square feet in any of the <br /> B(business) Occupancies, F(factories) Occupancies, M (mercantile) Occupancies, S <br /> (warehouse) Occupancies, or E (school) Occupancies, or more than 30 people in a <br /> daycare facility, all of these buildings would require an automatic sprinkler system to be <br /> installed. <br /> For example, Rick's Liquor, Nadeaus Market, and the 61 Stop,just to name a few, would <br /> require an automatic sprinkler system to be installed. To put this into perspective, a <br /> building roughly the size of the Subway Store would require an automatic sprinkler <br /> system to be installed. <br /> If adopted, Chapter 1306 has two options to be considered. The City can only adopt one <br /> option. <br /> 1. Option 1 (1306.0020 Subp. 2) requires all new buildings, additions to buildings <br /> including the existing building, and when a building changes occupancy <br /> classification, to install a fire suppression system through out the entire building. <br /> This option would be required in all occupancies listed above. <br /> 2. Option 2 (1306.0020 Subp. 3) requires all new buildings, additions to existing <br /> buildings, and when a building changes occupancy classification. The existing <br /> building would not require a fire suppression system to be installed. This option <br /> would be required in all occupancies listed above. <br /> There are a few exceptions from this requirement that would be allowed if an alternate <br /> system could not be utilized. However, both the Fire Department and the Building <br /> Official must agree. The following exceptions would be permitted: <br /> 1. The use of water would constitute a serious life, fire, or environmental hazard. Or; <br /> 2. If the building does not have an adequate water supply, and the building is <br /> surrounded by yards or public ways of more than 60 feet. <br /> I have enclosed for your review, a copy of Chapter 1306. <br />