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ORDINANCE NO. 5 I 8 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
AUBURN CITY CODE SECTION 15.38.010 ENTITLED "DEFINITIONS "
WHICH IS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 15.38 ENTITLED "FIRE PROTECTION
REQUIREMENTS" AND TO ADD A REFERENCE TO AUBURN CITY CODE
15.36.
WHEREAS,
Code Chapter
contained in
Requirements"
15.36.
15.38.010 entitled "Definitions"
Chapter 15.38 entitled "Fire
and to add a reference to Auburn
the City of Auburn desires to amend Auburn City
which is
Protection
City Code
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Ordinance is to
amend Auburn City Code 15.38.010 entitled "Definitions" which
is contained in Chapter 15.38 entitled "Fire Protection
Requirements" and to add a reference to Auburn City Code
15.36.
Section 2. AMENDMENT. Chapter 15.38 of the Auburn City
Code entitled "Fire Protection Requirements" is hereby
amended as set forth in attached Exhibit "A" which is attached
hereto and incorporated herein.
Ordinance No. 5187
December 14, 1998
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Section 3. SRV~RABILITY. Should any section,
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
remainin9 portions of this ordinance.
Section 4. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement
such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry
out the directions of this legislation.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall
force five days from and after its
publication as provided by law.
take effect and be in
passage, approval and
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
APPROVED:
December 21, 1998
December 21, 1998
December 21, 1998
ATTEST:
CHARLES A. BOOTH
MAYOR
Danielle E. Daskam,
City Clerk
Ordinance No. 5187
December 14, 1998
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Michael J. Reynolds,
City Attorney
Ordinance NO. 5187
December 14, 1998
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ORDINANCE NO. 5187
EXHIBIT "A"
Chapter 15.38
FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
Sections:
15.38.010 Definitions.
15.38.020 General.
15.38.030 Standards.
15.38.040 Application.
15.38.050 Enforcement.
15.38.010 Definitions.
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" as described in Section 504.6
of the Uniform Building Code shall not be considered to
separate 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 considered a separate building.
B. "Automatic fire extinguishing system" means an
integrated system of piping, including the underground piping
which only serves the sprinkler system, connected to a water
supply with sprinklers which will automatically initiate water
discharge over a fire, and must conform to the requirements of
Ordinance NO. 5187
Exhibit "A"
December 14, 1998
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Buildin9 Code Standards 9-1 unless otherwise provided for in
this chapter.
C. "Building code" means the Uniform Building Code as
published by the International Conference of Building
Officials as adopted as the building code by the city adopted
by reference in Chapter 15.08 ACC.
D. "Building code standards" shall mean the Uniform
Building Code Standards as published by the International
Conference of Building Officials and adopted by reference in
Chapter 15.08 ACC.
E. "Fire code" shall mean the Uniform Fire Code as
published by the International Fire Code Institute and adopted
by reference in Chapter 15.36 ACC.
F. "Floor area" means and includes 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 building, or portion thereof, not provided with
surrounded exterior walls shall be the usable area under the
horizontal projection of the roof or floor above. Area
separation walls shall not be considered when calculating the
total floor area.
G. "Story" means a floor level within the surrounding
exterior wall, including basements and mezzanines.
15.38.020 General.
A. Automatic fire extinguishing systems shall be
installed in accordance with this chapter and/or as approved
by both the building official and fire chief.
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.
Ordinance No. 5187
Exhibit '~A"
December 14, 1998
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C. The location of fire department hose connections
shall be located within 50 feet of and no closer than five
feet of an approved water supply and the connection shall be
located on the same side of the fire access roadway as the
approved water supply and must be approved by the fire chief.
D. Buildings used for high piled combustible storage
shall comply with the fire protection requirements of the fire
code and ACC 15.36.
E. For additional provisions on special hazards see the
fire code and building code for requirements.
15.38.030 Standards.
Automatic fire extinguishing
the building code standards.
systems shall comply with
15.38.040 Application.
An automatic fire extinguishing system shall be installed
and maintained in an operable condition as specified in this
chapter in the following locations:
A. All buildings that do not have adequate fire flow or
do not have adequate emergency fire vehicle access as required
in the fire code and as determined by the fire chief.
B. All buildings except those classed as Group R,
Division 3 and Group U, when:
1. The building has more than 10,000 square feet
of floor area, or is higher than 30 feet, or requires
more than 2,000 gallons per minute of fire flow.
2. The building does not have openings as required
in Article 1003.2.2 of the fire code and Section 904.2.2
of the building code.
C. At the top of rubbish and linen chutes and in their
terminal rooms. Chutes extending through three or more floors
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Exhibit "A"
December 14, 1998
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shall have additional sprinkler heads installed within such
chutes at alternate floors. Sprinkler heads shall be easily
accessible for servicin9.
D. In rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled.
E. In protected combustible fiber storage vaults as
defined in the fire code.
F. In spray booths or rooms used for application of
flammable or combustible finishes.
G. All buildings that contain more than 8,000 square
feet of Group A occupancies and in:
1. All assembly rooms used primarily for
entertaining occupants who are consuming alcoholic or
nonalcoholic beverages or dining in unseparated areas
where the total floor area is more than 5,000 square
feet. For uses to be considered separated, the
separation shall not be less than a one-hour occupancy
separation as defined in the building code.
2. All basements classified as a Group A occupancy
when the basements are more than 1,500 square feet in
floor area.
3. All enclosed usable space below or over a
stairway in Group A, Divisions 2, 2.1, 3 and 4
occupancies.
4. All buildings containing a multitheater
complex.
5. 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.
6. 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
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Exhibit "A"
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that are more than 500 square feet in area; and in
dressing rooms, workshops and storerooms accessory to
such stages or platforms, with the exceptions noted in
the building code under Section 904.2.3.7 and the fire
code in Article 1003.2.3.7.
H. All basements classified as a Group E occupancy when
the basements are more than 1,500 square feet in floor area,
and in:
1. All enclosed usable space below or over a
stairway in all Group E occupancies.
2. All buildings that are classified as Group E,
Division 1, except portable school classrooms, provided:
(a) the aggregate area of clusters of portable school
classrooms does not exceed 5,000 square feet and (b) that
the clusters of portable school classrooms are separated
as required in Chapter 3 of the building code.
3. All buildings classified as Group E, Division
E, Division
Divisions 1,
4. Ail buildings classified as Group
3.
I. Ail occupancies classified as Group H,
3 and 7 occupancies, and in:
1. All occupancies classified
Divisions 4 and 5 more than 3,000 square
area.
2. All buildings containing
as Group H,
feet of floor
an occupancy
classified as a Group H, Division 6. The system shall be
designed and installed per the building code standard and
as follows: Fabrication areas, service corridors, and
storage rooms without dispensing shall be classed as
ordinary hazard group 2. Storage rooms with dispensing
shall be classed as extra hazard group 2. Exit corridors
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Exhibit "A"
December 14, 1998
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in
shall be classed as ordinary hazard 9roup 2
if the sprinkler system servin9 the corridor
one row of sprinklers the maximum number
that need be calculated is 13.
J. All occupancies classed as a Group I.
jails, prisons and reformatories the piping
except that
consists of
of sprinklers
Except that
system may be
dry; provided a manually operated valve is installed at a
continually monitored location. Opening of the valve will
cause the 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.
K. 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 congregate residences classed as Group R,
Division 1. In Group R, Division 1 occupancies and congregate
residences facilities, automatic fire extinguishing systems
may be designed to buildin9 code standard 9-3 when those
buildings are not more than two stories, or over 15 apartment
units, or over 19 hotel units, or over 49 total occupants in a
congregate residence and:
1. Listed quick response residential sprinkler
heads shall be used in the dwelling units and guest room
portions of the building.
L. All congregate residences which are classed as Group
R, Division 3 when the occupant load is more than six and less
than 11, the automatic fire extin~uishin~ system may be
designed to meet the requirements of the 1994 National Fire
Protection Association standard 13D.
M. All licensed care (LC) facilities with six or more
clients, excluding staff. LC facilities may design the
automatic fire extin~uishin~ system to building code standard
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Exhibit "A"
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9-3 when those buildings are not more than two stories in
height or over 5,000 square feet in floor area. In other LC
facilities the automatic fire extinguishing system may be
designed to meet the requirements of the 1994 National Fire
Protection Association Standard 13D; provided that the
facility is within the scope of that standard.
N. Automatic fire extinguishing systems shall be
supervised by an approved central station, proprietary or
remote station service or a local alarm which will give an
audible signal at a constantly attended location when the
number of sprinkler heads is more than:
1. Nineteen in Group I, Division 1.1 and 1.2 and
LC facilities;
2. Ninety-nine in all other occupancies;
3. All amusement buildings.
O. An approved audible sprinkler flow alarm to alert
the occupants shall be provided in the interior of the
building in a normally occupied location when the system is
designed to meet building code standards 9-1 and 9-3.
P. Additions, alterations and repairs. For the purpose
of this chapter any alteration or repair which changes the
character of the occupancy or use, and which increases the
fire or life safety or structural hazards shall comply with
the requirements of this chapter and:
1. Any additions that increase the floor area of a
building shall require that the entire building comply
with this chapter; and
2. These determinations shall be made by the
building official and the fire chief.
Q. Plans. In addition to the requirements in the
building and fire codes all plans for automatic fire
extinguishing systems, includinq sprinkler system underqro~nd
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Exhibit "A"
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mlmlno, shall bear the stamp and signature of a Washington
State professional engineer who is registered as qualified in
fire protection engineering, or registered as a certified
sprinkler contractor through the Washington State Fire
Marshal's Office, or as approved by the fire chief.
R. Conflict. In case of conflict between the
requirements contained in Chapter 15.08 ACC and this chapter,
the requirements of this chapter shall govern and prevail.
15.38.050 Enforcement.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the
fire chief and building official in accordance with the
enforcement and penalty provisions as adopted in Chapter 15.36
ACC.
Ordinance NO. 5187
Exhibit "A"
December 14, 1998
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