§ 12-42.1. Amendments to the 2018 International Fire Code.

The Standard Fire Prevention Code is hereby amended as follows:

(1)

Section 105, Board of adjustments and appeals is deleted.

(2)

Section 602.6 is amended so that fire lanes will be twenty-four (24) feet in width, instead of twenty (20) feet as otherwise provided.

(3)

All buildings in the fire limits (see section 8-1 Fire limits) with a forty (40) percent remodel or greater shall be equipped with an automatic fire detection system or automatic sprinkler system, determined by the chief building official and the fire code official.

a.

The forty (40) percent rule refers to the square footage of the building remodeled.

b.

All fire detection systems shall be monitored by an approved central station.

c.

All new restaurants located in the fire limits regardless of percentage of remodel, size, or occupancy shall require an automatic fire alarm and a vent-a-hood suppression system.

(Ord. No. 1636, 6-6-88; Ord. No. 1766, 12-21-92; Ord. No. 1879, § 3, 9-16-96; Ord. No. 2620, 8-15-11; Ord. No. 3078, 1-7-19 )