CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
NINETEENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S
O-11-62 ENACTMENT NO. __________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis LEWIS
ORDINANCE
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F/S Amending The City Of Albuquerque Fire Code Ordinance O-2005-034, Chapter 9, Section 903.2.1.2 To Remove The Requirement For All Pre-Existing A-2 Assembly Occupancies To Install A Fire Sprinkler System (Lewis)
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AMENDING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FIRE CODE ORDINANCE O-2005-034, CHAPTER 9, SECTION 903.2.1.2 TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PRE-EXISTING A-2 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES TO INSTALL A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9 Section 903.2.1.2 of the Albuquerque Fire Code is amended to read as follows:
“Group A-2. An automatic sprinkler system and required alarm system shall be provided for all Group A-2 occupancies where one of the following conditions exists:
1. The fire area exceeds 5,000 square feet (464.5m2);
2. The fire area has an occupant load of 300 or more; or
3. The fire area is located on a floor other than the level of exit discharge.
[By July 28, 2011, all owners of buildings that fall within the scope of these requirements shall have fire sprinkler plans submitted to the Fire Marshal's Office Plans Review Section for review and approval.] By July 28, 2012, every building falling within the scope of these requirements shall be in compliance [with the requirement to install the required alarm system], unless such building undergoes a repair, alteration or remodel of more than 50 percent of the aggregate square footage of the building or submits for an increase in the posted occupant load prior to the compliance date.
[Buildings existing as of the date of the City of Albuquerque's adoption of the 2003 International Fire Code, April 29, 2005, shall not be subject to the automatic sprinkler system requirements of Section 903.2.1.2 except as provided for in ...
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