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From:
Ralph H. Prince
Subject: Sprinkler Ordinance - Commercial
Structures
Dept: City Attorney
Dne: February 21, 1986
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
2/17/86
The minutes of the Legislative Review Committee meeting
were received and filed, and the recommended actions,
as approved, were to be implemented.
Recommen1ed motion:
Waive further first reading of ordinance and layover for final
adoption.
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Signature
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Contact person: __ ~__
Mikel P"rk
Phone:
<;188
Supporting data attached: __ ___~______ ~ __'l"_~~'L___
Ward:
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FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
Amount:
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Source:
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Finance:
Council Notes:
75-0262
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CI1. OF SAN BERNARDte> - REQU.T FOR COUNCIL Ac-.ON
STAFF REPORT
Automat i c fire ext i ngu ish i ng systems are. the most effect i ve
means of controlling fires in buildings. For the last 100
years, sprinklers have enjoyed a record of 96.4% success in
e x tin 9 u ish i n 9 H. e fir.e 0 r .h 0 I din 9 i tin c h e c k un t i I the fir e
department arr i ve.d. Automat i c spr ink I ers are part i cu I ar I y
effective for I ife safety because they give warning of the
ir.stance (,f fire an,j at the same time apply water to the
burnins area.
Automatic sprinklers, properly installed and maintained
provide a highly effective safeguard against the loss of life
and property from fire. In fact, the National Fire Protec-
tion Association has no record of a multiple deaH, fire in a
completely sprinklered buildir,g.
In lddltlon to the
sprinkler protection,
freedom from business
savings in direct
there is a savings
interrupt ion.
fire losses
represented
due to
by the
The proposed ordinance appl ies only to newly constructed
bui Idings of masonary with wood roof or wood frame construc-
tion over 5,000 square feet. The current code only requires
sprinklers, for the most part, in buildings over 12,000 sq.
ft. The fire department can normally control and extinguish
a fire in a 5,000 sq. ft. building with a first alarm
assignment. A larger structure requires a second or third
alarm. This strips the City of fire figt,ting resources and
prohibits the department from providing the required high
level of service.
As the City grows, the need for additional fire personnel and
apparatus will increase to fight the potential fires that
could be easily controlled by automatic fire sprinklers.
This o,-dinance will allow the City to meet the increasing
need of fire protection without larse increases in fire
personnel. Fire sprinklers permit the property owner to
assist in providing fit-e protection that otherwise must be
borne by the City.
11"1 most cases, the savings on insurance premiums for sprin-
klered buildings will offset the cost in just a few years.
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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING CHAPTER
15.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO AUTOMATIC
FIRE EXTINGUISHING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND FIRE ALARMS IN
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
6 SECTION 1. Section 15.16.212 of the San Bernardino
7 Municipal Code is added to read as follows:
8 "15.16.212 Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems.
9 Section 10.308 Subsections (a), (c) paragraphs 1 and 3, and
10 (d) of the Uniform Fire Code are amended to read as follows:
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10.308.(a) General Requirements. An automatic fire
12 extinguishing system shall be installed in the occupancies and
13 locations as set forth in this section. This section shall 'apply
14 to all new constructioll or remodel of existing structures that
15 increases the total square footage to the limitations set forth
16 in this section.
17 For special provisions on hazardous chemicals and magnesium,
18 and calcium carbide, see Section 10.301 and 45.208 and Articles
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10.308.(c) Group A Occupancies. 1. An automatIc sp~inkler
21 system shall be installed in all buildings or portions of
22 buildings classified by code as Group A, Division 1; Division 2,
23 Division 2.1; or Division 3 occupancies that exceed five thousand
24 square feet in floor area.
25 Exceptions: 1. All occupancies of Type I F.R. or Type II F.R.
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27 Code Chapter ), provided with an approved fire detection system,
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as Group A, Division 1; Division 2, Division 2.1; or Division 3.
10.308.(c) 3. Exhibition and Display Rooms. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed in rooms classified as Group
A occupancies which have more than five thousand square feet of
floor area which can be used for exhibition or display purposes.
10.308.(d) Group B Occupancies. An automatic sprinkler
system shall be installed in all buildings or portions of
buildings classified by code as Group B, Division 1; Division 2;
or Division 3 that exceed five thousand square feet in floor
area.
Exceptions: All occupancies of Type I F.R. or Type II F.R.
construction of the square footage allowed by Uniform Building Code
Chapter 5, provided with an approved fire detection system ~ithin
all buildings or portions of buildings classified by code as
Group A, Division 1; Division 2; Division 2.1; or Division 3.
SECTION 2. Section 15.16.216 of the San Bernardino
Municipal Code is added to read as follows:
"15.16.216 Automatic Sprinkler System Alarms.
Section 10.309 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to read
as follows:
Automatic sprinkler systems serving a sprinklered building
in excess of five thousand square feet or serving more than one
hundred sprinklers, shall be supervised by an approved central,
proprietary or remote station service or a local alarm which will
give an audible signal at a constantly attended location."
1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
Bernardino at a meeting thereof,
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City Clerk
The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this
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, 1985.
Mayor of the City of San Bernardino
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