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ORDINANCE N0. 1034
A���P?DING SECTIOiJ 17.04.210 OF THE +IUIIICI-
FAL CODE CONCERNING AUTOMATIC SPRINILLER
SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Section 17.04.210 of the Municipal Code of
the City of Burlingame is amended to read as follows:
°'Section 14.4 of the Fire Prevention Code is amended to
'read and provide as follows:
A. All buildings on lands zoned C-4 in that area North
of Bayshore Freeway and East of the westerly line of Section 18,
Township 4 South, Range 4 West, M.D.B.: M., and all other build-
ings of a total floor area in excess of 20,000 square feet and
less than four stories in height shall be protected by an approv
automatic sprinkler fire extinguishing system, with the following
;specific provisions:
1. The shut-off valves and the water flow devices
shall be supervised, and their operations shall transmit
a signal to the fire department headquarters.
2. If there is a local fire alarm in the building,
the operation of the water flow devices shall activate the
local alarm system.
3. Any local fire alarm system shall be designed to
be heard by all occupants of the building and shall, when
activated, transmit an alarm to the fire department head-
quarters.
4. Exceptions: An approved automatic sprinkler fire
extinguishing system will not be required if fire walls,
without any openings or penetrations of any class or type,
are constructed as specified in Section 505(d) of the
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Building Code, and separate the building into areas of
less than a total of 20,000 square feet for all floors.
B. All buildings our (4) or more stories in height
and less than 75 feet in height shall be protected by an approved
automatic sprinkler fire extinguishing system with the following
specific provisions:
1. Shut-off valves and water flow devices shall be
provided on each floor. The water flow devices shall
activate the local fire alarm system. The shut-off valves
and water flow devices shall be supervised through an
annunciator board at a location approved by the fire
department, and the operation of either shall transmit a
signal to the fire department headquarters.
2. Any local fire alarm system in the building shall
be designed to be heard by all the occupants of the build-
ing and shall, when activated, transmit an alarm to fire
department headquarters. Each of the local fire alarm
boxes shall be annunciated at a location approved by the
fire department.
3. Combination dry standpipes and sprinkler system
may be allowed if designed for such use
4. Hose and equipment requirements as specified.
in Section 17.04.231, Burlingame Municipal Code, may be
reduced to installations on every other floor starting
with the third (3rd) floor.
5. An approved supervised system which will provide
for automatic detection of products of combustion other
than heat
shall
be installed
in every mechanical room
and in the
return
air portion
of every air conditioning
and mechanical
ventilation system
that serves floors
other than
the
floor on which
the equipment is located.
Detectors
shall
be located at
each opening into the
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vertical shaft. Detectors shall be supervised through
an annunciator board at a location approved by the fire
department, and their operation shall transmit a signal to
the fire department headquarters.
C. All buildings more than 75 feet in height shall
meet the appropriate requirements of Title 19 of the California
Administrative Code."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published as
required by law.
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I, HERBERT K. WIIITE, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
17th day of March, 1975, and adopted thereafter at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of April
19757 by the following vote:
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: clone
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