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Fire Sprinkler System Requirement Clarification - For the purpose of clarifying that the fire sprinkler systems requirements of ? 17.20.120(A) and when the requirement goes into effect; updating subsections B through D to comply with current national standards; reformatting the section; and generally dealing with City fire sprinkler requirements.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 32-24
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Referred to:
Economic Matters Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Fire Sprinkler System Requirement Clarification
FOR the purpose of clarifying that the fire sprinkler systems requirements of ? 17.20.120(A) and when the requirement goes into effect; updating subsections B through D to comply with current national standards; reformatting the section; and generally dealing with City fire sprinkler requirements.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2024 Edition
17.20.120
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Title 17 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 17.20 - Fire Prevention Code
Section 17.20.120 Fire sprinkler systems.
A. Applicability. All commercial buildings located on Main Street or Francis Street in the Historic District that are adjacent to existing underground lateral lines are required to be sprinklered no later than five years from the date of passage of this ordinance. Any commercial building within the City of Annapolis that subsequently benefits from the installation of adjacent underground lateral lines after the date of passage of this ordinance shall be sprinklered no later than five years from the date of the laterial line installation.
B. Requirement to Have Fire Sprinkler System. All buildings to which this section applies shall have a fully functioning interior fire sprinkler system. When activated, the system shall ...
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