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X23} Section 10.301~d} of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to read ~d} Standards. Fire extinguishing systems shall com 1 with the Standard for Installatio p y n of Sprinkler Systems, NFPA Standard #13, 1980 edition as adopted and copyri hted b the Nation ' Prote ~ ~ g y a1 Fire ct~on Assoc~at~on. EXCEPTIONS: 1. Automatic fire sprinkler systems shall have at least one water supply of adequate pressure, ca acit and rel i abi l i t. p y y ~. Automatic fire sprinkler systems may be connected to the domestic water supply main when approved b the chief rovided the dames ' y p tic water supply is of adequate pressure, capacity and sizing far the combined domestic and fires rink- ler re uirements, In su p q, ch case, the fire sprinkler system connection shall be made between the public water main or meter and the building shutoff valve and there shall not be intervening valves ar connections. The fire de artment con- nections ma be o ' p y mated when approved by the chief. 3. The sprinkler alarm valve for an autamatic fire sprinkler system may be omitted when the sprinklers stem serves less than si y x heads or where the system is connected to an.approved fire alarm system. ~~4} Section 10.308 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to • h add. ~ } Grou SR Occu ancies: 1. Division 1 Occu ancies, Partial autamatic s rinkler system is re uired as s p q pec~f~ed. ~a} Automatic sprinklers as specified in NFPA Standard 13, 1980 edition, using standard pie sizin and head s a ' p g p c~ng in required locations shall be installed ~n the following areas: ~1} exit corridors; ~~} exit stairways; ~3} inside room entrance corridor} doors or other openings which face on interior exit wa s. Sin le-head i y g ocat~on shall be na more than six and no less than four feet inside doors except that when side-wall sprinklers are used they sha] l be located above the opening. ~4} any other points necessary to ensure the protection of the exit way. fib} A water supply shall be provided sufficient to operate at 1 east five sprinkler heads si mul taneousiy for a period of 20 minutes at a residual pressure of not less than 15 pounds a square inch at the hi hest head in the s stem ~ g y Supply may or~g~nate from: ~1} domestic water supply; ~2} separate connections to public mains; ~3} on-site reservoirs or tanks, or ~4} wet standpipe lines. ~c} , Building fire-alarm systems shal l be connected to a sprinkler system water-flow device. ~d} Systems shall be equipped with afire de art- P Ordinance - 9