2020-052 - Amendments to Chapter 12 Article III, "Fire Code," Section 12-53

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"905.2 Installation Standard. Standpipe systems shall be installed in accordance with this section and NFPA 14. Manual dry standpipe systems shall be supervised with a minimum of 10 psig and a maximum of 40 psig air pressure with a high/low alarm." Section 905.3, Required Installations, shall be amended to add Section 905.3.9, Buildings exceeding 10,000 sq. ft., and exception to read as follows: "905.3.9 Buildings Exceeding 10,000 sq. ft. In buildings exceeding 10,000 square feet in area per story and where any portion of the building's interior area is more than 200 feet (60960 mm) of travel, vertically and horizontally, from the nearest point of fire department vehicle access, Class I automatic wet or manual wet standpipes shall be provided. "Exceptions: "1. Automatic dry and semi-automatic dry standpipes are allowed as provided for in NFPA 14. "2. R-2 occupancies of four stories or less in height having no interior corridors.' Section 905.4, Location of Class 1 standpipe hose connections, shall be amended to read as follows: "905.4 Location of Class I standpipe hose connections. Class I standpipe hose connections shall be provided in all of the following locations: "1. In every required exit stairway, a hose connection shall be provided for each story above and below grade plane. Hose connections shall be located at an intermediate landing between stories, unless otherwise approved by the fire code official. "2. On each side of the wall adjacent to the exit opening of a horizontal exit. "Exception: Where floor areas adjacent to a horizontal exit are reachable from an interior exit stairway hose connection by a 30 - foot (9244 mm) hose stream nozzle attached to 100 feet (30 480 mm) of hose, a hose connection shall not be required at the horizontal exit. "3. In every exit passageway, at the entrance from the exit passageway to other areas of a building. 29