2017-026 - Amending Section 7-16 and 7-18 of Article II Building Code, Chapter 7, Buildings and Building Regulations ....

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3. In every exit passageway, at the entrance from the exit passageway to other areas of a building. Exception: Where floor areas adjacent to an exit passageway are reachable from an inteFieF exit stairway hose connection by a a 30 -foot (9144 mm) hose stream from a nozzle attached to 100 feet (30 480 mm) of hose, a hose connection shall not be required at the entrance from the exit passageway to other areas of the building. 4. In covered mall buildings, adjacent to each exterior public entrance to the mall and adjacent to each entrance from an exit passageway or exit corridor to the mall. In open mall buildings, adjacent to each public entrance to the mall at the perimeter line and adjacent to each entrance from an exit passageway or exit corridor to the mall. 5. Where the roof has a slope less than four units vertical in 12 units horizontal (33.3 - percent slope), each standpipe shall be provided with a two -way a -hose connection shall be located to serve the roof or at the highest landing of an inteFieF exit stairway with stair access to the roof provided in accordance with Section 1011.12. 6. Where the most remote portion of a non - sprinklered flor or story is more than 150 feet (45 720 mm) from a hose connection or the most remote portion of a sprinklered floor or story is more than 200 feet (60 960 mm) from a hose connection, the fire code official is authorized to require that additional hose connections be provided in approved locations. 7. When required by this Chapter, standpipe connections shall be placed adjacent to all required exits to the structure and at two hundred feet (200') intervals along major corridors thereafter, or as otherwise approved by the fire code official. Section 905.9, Valve supervision, shall be amended to add a second paragraph after the Exceptions to read as follows: [F] Sprinkler and standpipe system water -flow detectors shall be provided for each floor tap to the sprinkler system and shall cause an alarm upon detection of water flow for more than 45 seconds All control valves in the sprinkler and standpipe systems except for fire department hose connection valves shall be electrically supervised to initiate a supervisory signal at the central station upon tampering. Section 907.1, General, shall be amended to add Section 907.1.4, Design standards, to read as follows: [F] 907.1.4 Design standards. Where a new fire alarm system is installed the devices shall be addressable. Fire alarm systems utilizing more than 20 smoke detectors shall have analog initiating devices. Section 907.2.1, Group A, shall be amended to read as follows: [F] 907.2.1 Group A. A manual fire alarm system that activates the occupant notification system in accordance with Section 907.5 shall be installed in Group A occupancies wheFe the having an occupant load due te the assembly 9GOUpaRGY is of 300 or more persons or more than 100 persons above or below the lowest level of exit discharge. Group A occupancies not separated from one another in accordance with Section 707.3. -10 of the International Building Code shall be considered as a single occupancy for the purposes of applying this section. Portions of Group E occupancies occupied for assembly purposes shall be provided with a fire alarm system as required for the Group E occupancy. Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance Section 903.3.1.1 and the occupant notification appliances will activate throughout the notification zones upon sprinkler water flow. Activation of fire alarm notification appliances shall: 1. Cause illumination of the means of egress with light of not less than 1 foot - candle (11 lux) at the walking surface level, and 2. Stop any conflicting or confusing sounds and visual distractions Section 907.2.3, Group E, shall be amended to read as follows: [F] 907.2.3 Group E. A manual fire alarm system that initiates the occupant notification signal utilizing an emergency voice /alarm communication system meeting the requirements of Section 907.5.2.2 and installed in accordance with Section 907.6 shall be installed in Group E educational occupancies. When 8 2015 IBC Amendments