Attachment 3.

Copy of Town Code 7-56 Automatic Sprinklers Required

Sec. 7-56.  Automatic fire sprinklers required.

An automatic fire sprinkler system meeting the requirements of NFPA Standard #13 is required to be installed in non-residential construction, as follows.

(1)   In new non-residential structures if:

a.   The building has more than 6,000 square feet of floor area;

b.   Twenty (20) per cent or more of the total floor area is more than two hundred (200) feet of travel distance from the nearest access point for a fire truck; or

c.   The building exceeds two (2) stories or twenty-four (24) feet in height from the average grade of the lot to the windows on the topmost occupied floor.

(2)   In a structural addition to a non-residential building of more than six thousand (6,000) square feet where the cost of the addition exceeds fifty (50) per cent of the value of the building. Sprinklers are required in the addition.

(3)   In a non-residential building of more than six thousand (6,000) square feet which is either renovated at a cost greater than fifty (50) per cent of value or which is damaged and rebuilt at a cost greater than fifty (50) per cent of value.

In addition, all connections shall be located on the street side of each building, and activation of the sprinkler system shall activate both a local building alarm and a supervisory alarm at a twenty-four (24) hour certified and licensed alarm monitoring service.

(Ord. No. 96-11-11/O-6f, § 1, 11-11-96; Ord. No. 96-12-4/O-2.1, § 1, 12-4-96; Ord. No. 97-1-27/O-2, §§ 3, 4, 1-27-97)