Ord 2023-009/Amending Ch 14 Bld and Bldg regulations and chapter 38 Fire Prevention and Protection of City of SM Code of Ordinance to adopt the 2021 International code ICC Family codes and the 2020 National Electric code with amendments

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3. The attic space is a part of the building's thermal, or heat, envelope, such that insulation is provided at the roof deck, rather than at the ceiling level. 903.3.1.4.2 Heat trace/insulation. Heat trace/insulation shall only be allowed where approved by the fire code official for small sections of large diameter water -filled pipe. Section 903.3.5; add a second paragraph to read as follows: Water supply as required for such systems shall be provided in conformance with the supply requirements of the respective NFPA standards; however, every water-based fire protection system shall be designed with a 5 psi safety factor. Reference Section 507.4 for additional design requirements. Section 903.4; add a second paragraph after the exceptions to read as follows: Sprinkler and standpipe system water -flow detectors shall be provided for each floor tap to the sprinkler system and shall cause an alarm upon detection of water flow for more than 45 seconds. All control valves in the sprinkler and standpipe systems except for fire department hose connection valves shall be electrically supervised to initiate a supervisory signal at the central station upon tampering. Section 903.4.2; add second paragraph to read as follows: The alarm device required on the exterior of the building shall be a weatherproof horn/strobe notification appliance with a minimum 75 candela strobe rating, installed as close as practicable to the fire department connection. Section 905.2; change to read as follows: 905.2 Installation Standard. Standpipe systems shall be installed in accordance with this section and NFPA 14. Approved, locking caps shall be installed on all standpipe connections that are installed as a result of new construction. Additionally, where remodeling of a building or structure requires the addition or alteration of a standpipe system, locking caps shall be installed. Where standpipes exist on current buildings, but the caps are missing or damaged, they must be replaced with locking caps, as approved by the fire code official. Section 905.3.9; add to read as follows: 905.3.9 Buildings Exceeding 10,000 sq. ft. In buildings exceeding 10,000 square feet in area per story and where any portion of the building's interior area is more than 200 feet (60960 mm) of travel, vertically and horizontally, from the nearest point of fire department vehicle access, Class I automatic wet or manual wet standpipes shall be provided. Exceptions: 1. Automatic dry, semi-automatic dry, and manual dry standpipes are allowed as provided for in NFPA 14 where approved by the fire code official. 2. R-2 occupancies of four stories or less in height having no interior corridors. Section 905.4; change Items 1, 3, and 5, and add Item 7 to read as follows: 1. In every required interior exit stairway, a hose connection shall be provided for each story above and below grade plane. Hose connections shall be located at an intermediate landing between stories, unless otherwise approved by the fire code official. Exception: {No change.} 2. {No change.} 3. In every exit passageway, at the entrance from the exit passageway to other areas of a building. (Supp. No. 35, Update 4) Page 13 of 44 Created: 2022-12-02 10:13:41 [EST]