2020-051 - Amendments to Section 7-18 of Article II Building Code Chapter 7 - Buildings and Building Regulations - Revise the Local Amendment sot the 2015 International Building Code and the 2015 International Residential Code

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.m 9 eve cn..rr�1 4rx wumuoVlo:i pill 903-.244 9 IIIu� i wea 6. .:... .P� ,w g. .. linol Blim" . N. Section 903.3.1.1.1, Exempt locations, shall be amended to read as follows: [F] 903.3.1.1.1 Exempt locations. W hen _aroved bv the fire code official, automatic sprinklers shall not be required in the following rooms or areas where such rooms or areas are protected with an approved automatic fire detection system in accordance with Section 907.2 that will respond to visible or invisible particles of combustion. Sprinklers shall not be omitted from a room merely because it is damp, of fire - resistance -rated construction or contains electrical equipment. 1. Any room where the application of water, or flame and water, constitutes a serious life or fire hazard. 2. Any room or space where sprinklers are considered undesirable because of the nature of the contents, when approved by the code official. 3. Generator and transformer rooms under the direct control of a ublic utility, separated from the remainder of the building by walls and floor/ceiling or roof/ceiling assemblies having a fire - resistance rating of not less than 2 hours. 5. Fire so^^^e aGGess Elevator machine rooms, and machinery spaces, and hoistways other than its where such sprinklers would not necessitate §bgjntjrjprea,uirements under anv circumstances. 6. {Delete.} Section 903.3.1.2, NFPA 13R sprinkler systems, shall be amended to add Section 903.3.1.2.3, Attics and attached garages, to read as follows: [F] Section 903.3.1.2.3 Attics and attached ara es. S rinkler rotection is re wired in attics aces of such wbuildings two or more stories in height in accordance withIT NFPA 13 and or NFPA 13R requirements, andmmattached ara es. Section 903.3.1.3, NFPA 13D sprinkler systems, shall be amended to read as follows: [F] 903.3.1.3 NFPA 13D sprinkler systems. Automatic sprinkler systems installed in one- and two-family dwellings; Group R-3; Group R-4 Condition 1 and townhouses shall be permitted to be installed throughout in accordance with NFPA 13D or in accordance with state law. Section 903.3.1, Standards, shall be amended to add Section 903.3.1.4, Freeze protection, to read as follows: [F] 903.3.1.4 Freeze Drotection. Freeze protection systems for automatic fire s , rinkler s stems shall be in accordance, with the requirements of the.aoolicable referenced NFPA standard and this ITsection. 903.3.1.4.1 Attics. Onl dr - i e reaction.. or listed antifreeze automatic fires rinkler s stems shall be allowed to protect attics pokes. Exon, WgL ipe fire sprinkler systems„shall be allowed to _protect non -ventilated attic spaces here: 1. The attic.sorinklers are sgpp lied_by a separate floor control -valve assembly tto allow ease of drainin the attic system without impairinrt srarnklers throughoutthe rest of the buildino,Y_and 2. Adeguateheat shall be providedITfor freeze protection.as p r the a Acable, referenced NFPA standard and 3. The attic space is a part of the buildings thermal or heat, envelos suchITthat insulation is orovided at the -roof deck, rather than at thew_ceilinr level. 903.3.1.4.2 Heat trace/insulation. Heat trace/insulation shall onl be allowed where a roved b the fire code official for small sections of largediameterwater-filled_iie. Section 903.3.5, Water supplies, shall be amended to read as follows: 6 2015 IBC Amendments