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ORDINANCB NO. 4 5 5 7
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AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A NEW AUBURN CITY CODE '::HAPTER 15.38
ENTITLED "FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS" TO BE ADDED TO AUBURN
CITY CODE TITLE 15 ENTITLED "BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION"
ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL FIRE PROTECTION.
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WHEREAS, the city of Auburn desires to add a new Auburn
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ci ty Code Chapter
fire
15.38
establishing additional
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protection to be entitled "Fire Protection Requirements" to
Title 15 entitled "Buildings and Construction".
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
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WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. PURPOS8. The purpose of this Ordinance is to
add Chapter 15.38 to the Auburn City Code entitled "Fire
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Protection Requirements" which provides for automatic fire
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extinguishing systems based on occupancy type and associated
hazards for the protection of the health, safety and welfare
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of the general public.
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Section 2.
There is added a new
NEW CHAPTER 15.38.
Chapter 15.38 entitled "Fire Protection Requirements" to Title
15 entitled "Buildings and Construction" of the Auburn city
Code as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein.
Section 3 .
INTBNT.
The express intent of the Auburn
City Council is that responsibility for compliance with the
provisions of the new Chapter 15.38 in rega.rd to fire
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protection availability to a specific development shall rest
exclusively with the permit applicant and agent.
This new
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Chapter 15.38 and its provisions are adopted with the express
intent to protect the health, safety and welfare of the
general public and are not intended to protect any particular
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class of individuals or organizations.
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section 4.
SEVBRABILITY.
Should ~my section,
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subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any
reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
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remaining portions of this Ordinance.
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Section 5. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement
such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry
out the directives of this legislation.
Section II.
This Ordinance shall take effec~t and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and
publication, as provided by law.
INTRODUCED:
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PASSED:
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
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Rob1n Wohlhueter,
City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
Published:
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BXHIBIT "A"
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Chapter 15.38
FIRB PROTBCTION RBQUIREMENTS
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Sections:
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15.38.010
15.38.020
15.38.030
15.38.040
15.38.050
Derinition..
General.
Standard..
Application.
Bnrorc_ent.
15.38.010
DEFINITIONS.
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Unless otherwise provided for in this :section, the
definitions contained in the Uniform Building Code and the
Uniform Fire Code shall apply to this chapter.
For the
purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
A.
Area separation Wall.
"Area separation wall" as
described in Section 505(f) of the Uniform Building
Code shall not be considered to separat:e a building
so as to avoid the required Automatic Fire
Extinguishing System.
A building shall have a
minimum distance of five feet from any point of the
building to any point of another building and from
the property line in order to be c:onsidered a
separate building.
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B.
Automatic Fire Extinguishing syst_.
"Automatic
Fire Extinguishing System" shall mean an integrated
system of piping, including the under':Jround piping
which only serves the sprinkler system, connected to
a
water
will
with
supply
sprinklers
which
automatically initiate water discharge over a fire,
and must conform to the requirements of Building
Code Standards 38-l unless otherwise provided for in
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this chapter.
Buildinq Code.
"Building Code" shall mean the
Uniform
Building
Code
published
by
as
the
International Conference of Building Officials as
adopted as the Building Code by the city of Auburn
in Auburn City Code Chapter 15.08.
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Building Code Standards.
"Building Code Standards"
shall mean the Uniform Building Code Standards as
published by the International Conference of
Building Officials and adopted in Auburn City Code
Chapter 15.08.
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Fire Code. "Fire Code" shall mean the Uniform Fire
Code as published by the International Fire Code
Insti tute and adopted in Auburn City Code Chapter
15.36.
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F. Ploor Area. "Floor area" sha 11 include the total
floor area of a building within thE! surrounding
exterior walls on all floor levels including
basements and mezzanines. The floor area of a
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building, or portion thereof, not provided with
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surrounded exterior walls shall be thE! usable area
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under the horizontal projection of the roof or floor
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above.
Area separation walls shall not be
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considered when calculating the total floor area.
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A "story" shall mean a floor level within
story.
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the surrounding exterior wall, including basements
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and mezzanines.
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15.38.020.
GBNERAL.
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A.
Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems shall be
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installed in accordance with this chap1:er and/or as
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approved by both the Building Official and Fire
Chief.
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B.
Fire hose threads used in connection with Automatic
Fire
Extinguishing Systems
shall
be
national
standard hose threads or as approved by the Fire
Chief.
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The location of Fire Department Hose Connections
shall be located within fifty feet of alnd no closer
than five feet of an approved water supply and the
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connection shall be located on the same side of the
fire access roadway as the approved wat,er supply and
must be approved by the Fire Chief.
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D.
Buildings used for high piled combus1:ible storage
shall comply with the fire protection requirements
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of the Fire Code.
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For additional provisions on special hazards see the
Fire Code and Building Code for requirements.
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15.38.030.
STANDARDS.
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Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems shall comply with
the Building Code Standards.
15.38.040.
APPLICATION.
An Automatic Fire Extinguishing System shall be installed
and maintained in an operable condition as specified in this
ordinance in the following locations:
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All buildings that do not have adequate fire flow or
do not have adequate emergency fire ve,hicle access
as required in the Fire Code and as d.etermined by
the Fire Chief.
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All buildings except those classed as Group R,
Division 3 and Group M, Division 1 and .1 when:
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The building has more than 10,000 square feet
of floor area, or is higher than 30 feet, or
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requires more than 2000 gallons ]per minute of
fire flow.
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The building does not have openingrs as required
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in Article 10.507(b)1 of the Fire Code and
Section 3802(b)l of the Building Code.
At the top of rubbish and linen chutes and in their
terminal rooms.
Chutes extending thrc)ugh three or
more floor shall have additional sprinkler heads
installed within such shutes at alternate floors.
Sprinkler heads shall be easily ac'cessible for
servicing.
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In rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled.
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In protected combustible fiber stora':Je vaults as
defined in the Fire Code.
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In spray booths or rooms used for application
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flammable or combustible finishes.
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All buildings that contain more than 8,000 square
feet of Group A occupancies and in:
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All
rooms
assembly
primarily
used
for
entertaining
occupants
are
consuming
who
alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages or dining
in unseparated areas where the total floor area
is more than 5,000 square feet. F,or uses to be
considered separated, the separation shall not
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be less than a one-hour occupancy separation as
defined in the Building Code.
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All basements classified as a Group A occupancy
when the basements is more than. 1500 square
feet in floor area.
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All enclosed usable space belO107 or over a
stairway in Group A, Divisions 2, 2.1, 3 and 4
occupancies.
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All
buildings
a
multi theater
containing
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complex.
All amusement buildings except those that are
both less than 1,000 square feet ,of floor area
and have an exit travel distance from any point
that is less than 50 feet.
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Areas under roof and gridiron, in the tie and
fly galleries, and in all places behind the
proscenium wall of stages; over and within the
permanent platforms that are mc.re than 500
square feet in area; and in drE!ssing rooms,
workshops and storerooms accessory to such
stages or platforms, with the exc,aptions noted
in the Building Code under section 3802(c)7 and
the Fire Code in Article 10.507(c)7.
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H.
All basements classified as a Group E (,ccupancy when
the basements are more than l500 square feet in
floor area, and in:
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All enclosed usable space belol" or over a
stairway in all Group E occupancies.
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All buildings that are classifiedl as Group E,
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Division l, except portable school classrooms,
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provided:
(a) the aggregate areël of clusters
of portable school classrooms dOE!S not exceed
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5,000 square feet and (b) that th,e clusters of
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portable school classrooms are separated as
required in Chapter 5 of the Building Code.
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All buildings classified as Group E, Division
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For rooms used as Group E, Division 2 and
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located on the first floor in Group R, Division
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than 6 and less than 20, the Automatic Fire
Extinguishing system may be desic:Jned to meet
the requirements of the 1991 N,ational Fire
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Protection Association Standard 13D. For rooms
used as Group E, Division 2 loca'ted in other
than Group R, Division 3 with an clccupant load
of more than 6 and less than 20, t:he Automatic
Fire Extinguishing System may be designed to
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meet the requirements of Building Code Standard
38-3.
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All buildings classified as Group E, Division
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3. For rooms used as Group E, D:i vision 3 and
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located on the first floor in Group R, Division
3 occupancies with an occupant load of less
than 13, the Automatic Fire Extinguishing
System may be designed to meet the requirements
of
the
National
1991
Fire
Protection
Association Standard 13D.
For rooms used as
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Group E, Division 3 located in other than in
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Group R, Division 3 with an occupant load of
less than 13, the Automatic Fire il!:xtinguishing
System may be designed to meet the requirements
of Building Code Standard 38-3.
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All occupancies classified as Group H, Divisions 1,
2, 3 and 7 occupancies, and in:
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All
occupancies
classified
Group
H,
as
Divisions 4 and 5 more than 3,000 square feet
of floor area.
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All
Buildings
containing
an
occupancy
classified as a Group H, Division 6.
The
system shall be designed and installed per the
Building Code Standard and as follc~s:
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Fabrication areas,
and
service corridors,
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storage rooms without dispensing shall be
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classed as ordinary Hazard Group 3.
storage
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rooms with dispensing shall be clalssed as Extra
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Hazard Group 2.
Exit corride,rs shall be
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classed as Ordinary Hazard Group 3 except that
if the sprinkler system serving the corridor
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consists of one row of sprinklerl; the maximum
number of sprinklers that need be calculated is
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All occupancies classed as a Group I.
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Except that
in jails, prisons, and reformatorieEI the piping
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system may be dry, provided a manu~llly operated
valve is installed at a continually monitored
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location.
Opening of the valve will cause the
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piping system to be charged.
Sprinkler heads in
such systems shall be equipped with fusible elements
or the system shall be designed as required for
deluge systems in the Building Code Standards.
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All buildings classed as a Group R, Division 1 with
more than four units or more than 5,000 square feet
of floor area, and in all congregat,e residences
classed as Group R, Division 1.
In Group R,
Division 1 occupancies and congregate residences
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facilities, Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems may
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be designed to Building Code Standard 38-J when
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those buildings are not more than tW() stories, or
over 15 apartment units, or over 19 hotel units, or
over 49 total occupants in a congregate residence
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Quick response standard sprinkler heads shall
be used in the dwelling units and guest room
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portions of the building.
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All congregate residences which are classed as Group
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R, Division 3 when the occupant load ils more than 6
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and less than 11, the Automatic Fire Extinguishing
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System may be designed to meet the requirements of
the 1991 National Fire Protection Association
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Standard l3D.
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All Group R, Division 4 and 5 occupanci,es. Group R,
Division 4 occupancies may design the Automatic Fire
Extinguishing System to meet the requirements of
Building Code standard 38-J when the building is not
more than two stories and not more than 5,000 square
feet in floor area.
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Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systemls shall be
supervised by an approved centrëLl station,
proprietary or remote station service or a local
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alarm which will give an audible signal at a
constantly attended location when the number of
sprinkler heads is more than:
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5 occupancies.
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99 in all other occupancies.
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All amusement buildings.
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Additions, alterations and repairs. For the purpose
of this ordinance any alteration or repair which
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changes the character of the occupancy' or use, and
which increases the fire or life safety or
structural hazards shall comply with the
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requirements of this ordinance and;
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Any additions that increase the fl'Dor area of a
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building shall require that the entire building
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comply with this ordinance and;
These determinations shall be made by the
Building Official and the Fire ChÌl~f.
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Plans.
In addition to the requirements in the
Building and Fire Codes all plans for automatic fire
extinguishing shall bear the stamp and signature of
a Washington State Professional Engineer who is
registered
qualified
in
as
Fire
Protection
Engineering, or registered as a certified Sprinkler
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Contractor through the Washington state Fire
Marshal's Office, or as approved by the, Fire Chief.
Q. Conflict. In case of conflict between the
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requirements contained in ACC Chapter 15.08 and this
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chapter, the requirements of this e'hapter shall
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govern and prevail.
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15.38.050.
ENFORCEMENT.
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The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the
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Fire Chief and Building Official in accordance with the
enforcement and penalty provisions as adopted in Auburn City
Code Chapter 15.36.
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