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Section 1511 of the International Building Code, located 35 feet (10668 mm) or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access, measured to the finished floor. Exception: 1. Occupancies in Group F-2. 903.2.11.7 High -piled combustible storage. For any building with a clear height exceeding 12 feet (4572 mm), see Chapter 32 to determine if those provisions apply. 903.2.11.8 Spray booths and rooms. New and existing spray booths and spraying rooms shall be protected by an approved automatic fire -extinguishing system. 903.2.11.9 Buildings over 6,000 sq. ft. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout all buildings with a building area 6,000 sq. ft. or greater and in all existing buildings that are enlarged to be 6,000 sq. ft. or greater. Exception: Open parking garages in compliance with Section 406.5 of the International Building Code where all of the following conditions apply: a. The structure is freestanding. b. The structure does not contain any mixed uses, accessory uses, storage rooms, electrical rooms, elevators or spaces used or occupied for anything other than motor vehicle parking. C. The structure does not exceed 3 stories. d. An approved fire apparatus access road is provided around the entire structure. Amend Section 903.3.1.1.1. Exempt locations, to read as follows: 903.3.1.1.1 Exempt locations. When approved by the fire code official, automatic sprinklers shall not be required in the following rooms or areas where such... (text unchanged)... 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, where approved by the fire code official. 3. Generator and transformer rooms, under the direct control of a public 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. 4. {DELETED} 5. Elevator machine rooms, machinery spaces, and hoist ways, other than pits where such sprinklers would not necessitate shunt trip requirements under any circumstances. 6. {DELETED} Amend Section 903.3.1.2, NFPA 13R sprinkler systems, to read as follows: 903.3.1.2 NFPA 13R sprinkler systems. Automatic sprinkler systems in Group R occupancies shall be permitted to be installed throughout in accordance with NFPA 13R where the Group R occupancy meets all of the following conditions: