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HomeMy WebLinkAbout71.82 ORDINANCE NO. 71. 82 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY O1~ SARATOGA AMENDING SECTION 16-60.020 OF THE CITY CODE CONCERNING THE EARLY WARNING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM The City Council of the City of Saratoga ordains as follows: SECTION h Section 16-60.020 in Article 16-60 of the City Code is amended to read as follows: "~16-60.020 Required components Each early warning fire alarm system installed pursuant to this Article shah include, contain, and incorporate the following components connected in such a manner as to be capable of automatically transmitting by standard telephone lines or such other means as may be designated and required from time to time by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Saratoga Fire District, designated alarm signals from any such installation to the Saratoga Fire District digital alarm communicator receiver: (a) Digital alarm eommunieator transmitter. A California State Fire Marshal listed and approyed solid state electronic digital alarm communicator transmitter and control panel (either combined with the transmitter or separately connected thereto) shah be installed with provision for connection of supervised integrating zone circuits. Such transmitter and control panel shah meet the requirements of National Fire Protection Association Document 72A or 74 in the case of residential structures, or Chapter 5 of NFPA Document 71 in the case of commercial structures, or equivalent method as approved by the Chief of the Saratoga Fire District. If a separate fire alarm control panel is used, the connection between the fire alarm control panel and the digital alarm communicator transmitter shah be through dry relay contacts on the fire alarm control panel, or other California State Fire Marshal listed configuration for the digital alarm communicator transmitter can be used. In addition, the digital alarm communicator transmitter and/or fire alarm control panel used shall incorporate the following features: (1) The digital alarm communicator transmitter shah be capable of transmitting to the Saratoga Fire District one or more multiple numbers, as may be assigned by the Saratoga Fire District, via commercial telephone lines or such other means as may be designated and required, from time to time, by the Board of Commissioners of the Saratoga Fire District, and shall communicate information in such a manner and of such content as to be compatible with such specifications as may be made and published by the Chief of the Saratoga Fire District. (2) The digital alarm communicator transmitter shah have a capacity of not less than eight separate zones and shah be capable of transmitting a separate and distinct code for each of the following conditions: -1- Zone 1.. Smoke detection zone in alarm Zone 2: Heat detection zone in alarm Zone 3: Manual station zone in alarm Zone 4: Sprinkler zone in alarm Zone 5: Medical emergency in alarm Zones 6, 7, 8 As determined by the Saratoga Fire District The functions designated for Zones 6, 7 and 8 above may be placed in that configuration or in an alternative configuration or format compatible with the Saratoga Fire District digital alarm communicator receiver. If the digital alarm communicator transmitter and/or the fire alarm control panel incorporate Class "A" initiating zones, they shah be dedicated to fire alarm zones 1 through 4 above. (3) The digital alarm eommunicator transmitter shall be capable of communicating an entire alarm signal transmission within thirty seconds of the time at which the connection of the call is completed. (4) The digital alarm communicator transmitter, and fire alarm control panel if used, shall contain an internal continuously charging battery, capable of powering the system for a period of at least twenty-four hours in the standby mode, and five minutes under alarm conditions. (5) Electrical supervision of the heat detection zone, manual station zone, and the smoke detection zone (and power to the smoke detectors) shall be provided by the digital alarm communicator transmitter or the fire alarm control panel. A single open or ground fault condition in one of these zones in the digital alarm eommunicator transmitter, or the fire alarm control panel, shall be indicated by a distinctive, audible trouble signal in the structure in which the system is installed. The digital alarm communicator transmitter shah also be capable of transmitting a trouble signal to the Saratoga Fire District digital alarm communicator receiver in the event of a single open or ground fault condition in one of the aforementioned zones in the digital alarm eommunicator transmitter or the fire alarm control panel. (6) The digital alarm communicator transmitter employed in the structure for transmitting signals shall be capable of assuming line seizure priority over any other digital alarm communicator transmitter employed for other purposes in the same structure. The fire alarm communicator transmitter connections to telephone lines shah be made ahead of those employed for burglar alarm or other purposes, and shall electrically disconnect other digital alarm communicator transmitters while transmitting signals. -2- (7) All digital alarm communicator transmitters shall be capable of being programmed to send signals, over telephone lines and over radio frequency transmitter, that are compatible with the Saratoga Fire District digital alarm communicator receiver, which shall be deemed a remote receiving station as referenced in National Fire Protection Association Document 72C. (8) The digital alarm communicator transmitter and the fire alarm control panel shall receive their primary power from the external electrical supply provided to the structure and shall be powered by a separate circuit that shall have its own circuit breaker switch. (b) Smoke detectors. California State Fire Marshal and Underwriter's Laboratory, Inc. approved and listed automatic detectors, capable of responding to visible products of combustion, arranged to communicate with the digital alarm communicator transmitter or the fire alarm control panel, shall be installed in accordance with the standards contained in National Fire Protection Association Document 72E-1982, or as otherwise directed by the Fire Chief. Where any portion of the structure is used for sleeping purposes, such detectors shall be installed in the following areas at points approved by the Fire Chief: (1) On the ceiling or wall at a point located in the corridors or areas giving access to rooms used for sleeping purposes. (2) In each bedroom, located on the ceiling or wall of the room. (3) On the ceiling or wall near the base of any stairway where sleeping rooms are on an upper level. (c) Ileat detectors. California State Fire Marshal and Underwriter's Laboratory, Inc. approved and listed automatic detectors, of the combination fixed- temperature rate-of-rise type, arranged to communicate with the digital alarm communicator transmitter or the fire alarm control panel, shall be installed in accordance with the standards contained in National Fire Protection Association Document 72E-1982, or as otherwise directed by the Fire Chief. Where any portion of the structure is used for sleeping purposes, such detectors shall be installed in the following areas at points approved by the Fire Chief: (1) All rooms in the dwelling, including furnace rooms, excepting those areas specified in Paragraph (b) of this Section, and bathrooms. (2) Attics. (3) Garages. Exceptions to these standards may be permitted by the Fire Chief. (d) Actuating devices. Manual pull stations shall be installed on each floor of the premises in a visible accessible position, and shall be located in exit ways adjacent exit doors and doors leading to exit stairs, as determined by the Fire Chief. Each device shall be securely mounted with the bottom of the device not less than four and one-half feet nor more than six feet above the floor level. -3- (e) Medical emergency push buttons. Medical emergency push buttons shall be installed in the kitchen area near the telephone and either in or near the master bedroom. Additional buttons may be required~ as determined by the Fire Chief... (f) Warning devices. In the case of any structures used for sleeping purpose"~, California State Fire Marshal and Underwriter's Laboratory, Inc. approved and listed audible warning devices of sufficient number and adequately located, pursuant to National Fire Protection Association Document 74-1984, shall be installed within the sleeping area of the structure so as to cause a level of audibility of not less than fifteen decibels above ambient noise levels measured four feet above the floor with bedroom doors closed. ~ Alternative requirements where sprinkler system installed. Where an automatic sprinkler system is installed equipped with water flow switches that have a built-in retard assembly which will send an alarm signal when activated to the digital alarm communieator transmitter or the fire alarm control panel, no heat detectors as described in Paragraph (c) of this Section shall be required and smoke detectors as described in Paragraph (b) of this Section shall be required only in those areas specified in Subparagraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this Section." SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be held invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage and adoption. The above and foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and after the waiting time required by law, was thereafter passed and adopted at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 7th day of Au.qust , 1990, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Anderson, Clevenger, Kohler, Monia, and Mayor Stutzman NOES: None ABSENT: None ' MAY(~R ATTEST: ~ ~ ~ ~'he above '~nd 'foFcq~iff~ 'is ~ 'true ~hd ~offect CITY CLERK ,copy ~f Cr.:;n.~n,.c ~_1,_~'~_~__- which has been 'pubfishcd ~ccording to law. e