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ORDINANCE NO. 2411
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9 (HEALTH AND
SAFETY) CHAPTER 9.20 (FIRE PREVENTION) BY
AMENDING SECTION 9.20.0IOC.I AND ADDING SECTION
9.20.065 OF THE CITY OF REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING THRESHOLDS FOR RETROFITTING
EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH SPRINKLERS AND
LOCATION, SPACING AND FIRE FLOW ASSOCIATED
WITH FIRE HYDRANTS
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. Title 9, Chapter 9.20.01OC.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.20.010 California Fire Code Adopted.
C. As an amendment to the California Fire Code, in addition to the requirements of Section
903.3 of the California Fire Code, no structure requiring a fire flow of more than two
thousand GPM as determined by Appendix B of the California Fire Code, Fire Flow
Requirements for buildings, or structures more than two stories in height, or multiple
townhouses, shall be constructed or altered per the California Building Code unless protected
by an automatic sprinkler system meeting the requirements of Section 903.3 of the California
Fire Code. Buildings with four-hour fire walls are allowed to be considered as separate fire
flow areas. Buildings not separated by four-hour fire walls shall have a twenty-foot
separation to be considered as a separate fire flow area. Buildings with less than a twenty-
foot separation shall be considered as one building for fire flow calculations. Light hazard
buildings as defined by NFP A 13, requiring a fire flow exceeding two thousand GPM but
less than three thousand GPM, may satisty the automatic sprinkler head standards. The fire
department connection (FDC) for light hazard occupancies may be installed on the building
exterior when not obscured or blocked by landscape or other fixed obstructions. The FDC
must be accessible and be within one hundred feet of a fire hydrant. University of Southern
California approved devices may be installed inside the structure with approval of the city
water utility, so long as the installation satisfies all required service and testing access
requirements as defined in the California Plumbing Code. Actuation of a fire sprinkler
system shall sound an audible signal throughout the building. All existing structures shall
meet the requirements of this section when, in the opinion of the chief, a change of
occupancy or character of the occupancy is made and a greater hazard to life or property
exists or the required fire flows are increased.
Exceptions:
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Additions, alterations or remodels not exceeding the allowable thresholds in
Table I of the "Fire Sprinkler Threshold."
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FIRE "NKLERRETRbFi~ THREeOLDS1
TABLE 1
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Fire Sprinkler
Thresholds I
Square Footage Percent /Square Feet! Valuation of Sprinkler Sprinkler
Examnle Remodel or Addition Addition Existing Building
:S 6,200 2 < 6,820 N N
:S 9,8002 < 10,780 N N
> 6,200 :S 10% or 1,000 square feet maximum y N
> 9,800 :S 10% or 1,000 square feet maximum y N
> 6,200 > 10% or 1,000 square feet maximum or y y
> 9,800 > 20% added to building valuation y y
NOTE:
A. All building additions which occur after the effective date of the ordinance will be
combined with the original building square footage for the purposes of determining
the level of improvements required per the fire sprinkler threshold table.
8. Where domestic service cannot supply fire sprinkler demand according to California
Fire Code 903.3.5.1, then a dedicated fire service line sized for the entire building
shall be provided with backflow protection.
I Fire sprinkler threshold is determined by building construction type at 2,000 gallons per minute
according to Appendix B of the California Fire Code. The two examples given in column one are
only two of nine possible types of construction.
2 Should the floor area of the new addition exceed 50% of the existing building, and exceeds the
6,200/9,800 threshold as applicable, then the entire building must meet fire sprinkler requirements.
Section 2. Title 9, Chapter 9.20, Section 9.20.065 is hereby added to read as follows:
9.20.065 Fire Hydrants Associated with New Development.
With respect to design and approval of new development, fire hydrant location, spacing and fire flow
shall comply with the California Fire Code and be approved by the Fire Marshal. Exception:
Residential (R-3) occupancies may be located up to 500 feet from a fire hydrant instead of the 250
foot maximum set forth in the California Fire Code if the structure is protected with an approved fire
sprinkler system. If a fire hydrant is located on private property, adequate easement access shall be
dedicated to and around the hydrant, and the hydrant shall be located in such a manner as to be
visible and accessible by fire trucks, without intervening grade, landscape, vehicles or fences.
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Section 3. The passage ofthis ordinance is not a "project" according to the definition in
the California Environmental Quality Act, and therefore is not subject to the provisions requiring
environmental review.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City
Council at a regular meeting on the 3rd day of June, 2008; and was duly read and adopted at a
regular meeting on the 17th day of June, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bosetti, Dickerson, Jones, Murray and Stegall
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Attest:
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Form Approved:
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CONNIE STROHMAYE I Clerk
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