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shall be provided for smokeproof enclosures, stair pressurization alternative and associated automatic fire detection systems as required by the International Building Code, Section 909.20.7.2. 1203.2.23 Elevator Pressurization. Standby power shall be provided for elevator pressurization system as required by the International Building Code, Section 909.21.5. 1203.2.24 Elimination of Smoke Dampers in Shaft Penetrations. Standby power shall be provided when eliminating the smoke dampers in ducts penetrating shafts in accordance with the International Building Code, Section 717.5.3, exception 2.3. 1203.2.25 Common Exhaust Systems for Clothes Dryers. Standby power shall be provided for common exhaust systems for clothes dryers located in multistory structures in accordance with the International Mechanical Code, Section 504.11, item 7. 1203.2.26 Means of Egress Illumination in Existing Buildings. Emergency power shall be provided for means of egress illumination in accordance with Section 1104.5 when required by the fire code official. (90 minutes in 1-2,60 minutes elsewhere.) 1203.3 through 1203.6 {No change.} Amend Section 2304. 1, Supervision of dispensing, to read as follows: Supervision of dispensing. The dispensing of fuel at motor fuel -dispensing facilities shall be in accordance with the following: 1. Conducted by a qualified attendant; and/or, 2. Shall be under the supervision of a qualified attendant; and/or 3. Shall be an unattended self-service facility in accordance with Section 2304.3. At any time the qualified attendant of item Number 1 or 2 above is not present, such operations shall be considered as an unattended self-service facility and shall also comply with Section 2304.3. Delete Section 2401.2, Nonapplicability, in its entirety. Delete Section 3103.3.1, Special amusement area, in its entirety. Amend Table 3206.2, General Fire Protection and Life Safety Requirements, footnote h, and add footnote j, to read as follows: h. Where storage areas are protected by either early suppression fast response (ESFR) sprinkler systems or control mode special application sprinklers with a response time index of 50 (m x s) 1/2 or less that are listed to control a fire in the stored commodities with 12 or fewer sprinklers, installed in accordance with NFPA 13, manual smoke and heat vents or manually activated engineered mechanical smoke exhaust systems shall be required within these areas. j. High hazard high -piled storage areas shall not exceed 500,000 square feet. A 2 -hour fire wall constructed in accordance with Section 706 of the International Building Code shall be used to divide high -piled storage exceeding 500,000 square feet in area.