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Amend Section 903.4.2, Actuation, by adding a second paragraph to read as follows: Section 903.4.2 Actuation. The alarm device required on the exterior of the building shall be a weatherproof horn/strobe notification appliance with a minimum 75 candela strobe rating, installed as close as practicable to the fire department connection. Add Section 905.3.9, Buildings exceeding 10,000 sq. ft., 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, semi-automatic dry, and manual dry standpipes are allowed as provided for in NFPA 14 where approved by the fire code official. 2. R-2 occupancies of four stories or less in height having no interior corridors. Amend Section 905.4, Location of Class 1 standpipe hose connections, by amending Items 1, 3, and 5, and adding Item 7 to read as follows: 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. Exception: {No change.} 2. {No change.} 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 exit stairway hose connection by a {remainder of text unchanged} 4. {No change.} S. Where the roof has a slope less than 4 units vertical in 12 units horizontal (33.3 -percent slope), each standpipe shall be provided with a two-way hose connection located to serve the roof or at the highest landing of an exit stairway with stair access to the roof provided in accordance with Section 1011.12. 6. {No change.} 7. When required by this Chapter, standpipe connections shall be placed adjacent to all