HomeMy WebLinkAbout71.55 ORDINANCE NO. ?1. 55
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY O1~ SARATOGA AMENDING
SUBSECYFIONS 14-25.110(d) AND 15-80.090(d) PERTAINING
TO THE EARLY WARNING IqRE ALARM SYSTEM;
AMENDING SECTION 16-15.110 PERTAINING TO
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS FOR GARAGES; AND REPEALING
SECTION 16-25,050 PERTAINING TO SIZE Ol~ BUILDING
SEWERS
The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION h Paragraph (d) of Section 14-25.110 in Article 14-25 of the City
Code is amended to read as follows:
"(d) Determination of gross floor area and fifty percent expsnsion. For
the purposes of this Section:
(1) The determination of gross floor area, as defined in Subsection 14-
10.100(b) of this Chapter, shall include any basement or portion
thereof occupied as habitable space; and
(2) The determination as to whether a structure will be expanded by
fifty percent or more in gross floor area shah be made in the same
manner as provided in Subsection 14-15.020(c) of this Chapter,
relating to the requirement for building site approval."
SECTION 2: Paragraph (d) of Section 15-80.090 in Article 15-80 of the City
Code is amended to read as follows:
"(d) Determination of gross floor area and fifty percent expansion. For
the purposes of this Section:
(1) The determination of gross floor area, as defined in Subsection 15-
06.280(b) of this Chapter, shah include any basement or portion
thereof occupied as habitable space; and
(2) The determination as to whether a structure will be expanded by
fifty percent or more in gross floor area shall be made in the same
manner as provided in Subsection 14-15.020(c) of the Subdivision
Ordinance relating to the requirement for building site approval."
SECTION 3: Section 16-15.110 in Article 16-15 of the City Code is amended to
read as follows:
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"S16-15.110 Section 3802(h) added to require automatic sprinklers for eertnin
Section 3802(h) is hereby added to the Building Code, to read as follows:
(h) Garage sprinklers. In each of the following eases, a garage for the
parking of motor vehicles shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system:
1. Any newly constructed attached or detached garage.
2. Any existing garage that constitutes a portion of an existing
dwelling which is altered, added to, or expanded so as to increase the
floor space under roof by fifty percent or more of the amount of floor
space under roof immediately prior to such alteration, repair, addition,
or expansion. For the purposes of this paragraph, any alteration, repair,
addition or expansion shall be considered as equalling or exceeding the
above fifty percent limit where the work of construction or improvement
is done at different time intervals requiring two or more building permits
within a period of five years after completion of the first improvement,
where although each is for a project encompassing an addition of less
than fifty percent of increased floor space, but which when combined
with other expansions during said five year period of time, increased the
amount of floor space under roof by fifty percent or more of that
amount which existed immediately prior to the commencement of the
first of the several alterations, repairs, additions or expansions.
3. Any existing garage whieh is altered, added to, or expanded so as
to increase the size of such garage by either 200 or more square feet or
thirty-three or more percent of the original size, whichever is less.
The area of a garage shah include all contiguous areas within the
structure utilized for workshop or storage purposes which are not
constructed as habitable space in accordance with the requirements of
this Code, whether or net such contiguous areas are designed or utilized
for the storage of motor vehicles.
Any automatic sprinkler system installed pursuant to this Section shall
comply with the standards set forth in National Fire Protection
Association Document 13D.
All garage sprinkler systems installed pursuant to this Section shall be
equipped with water flow switches that are connected to audible warning
devices of sufficient number and adequately located within the dwelling
so as to cause, when activated, a level of audibility of not less than
fifteen decibels above ambient noise levels measured four feet above the
floor with bedroom doors closed. If the dwelling serviced by the garage
in which a sprinkler system is being installed is required to be equipped
with an early warning fire alarm system pursuant to Chapter 16, Article
16-60 of the Saratoga City Code, the water flow switches referred to
herein shall also be connected to the digital alarm communicator
transmitter or the fire alarm control panel described in Section 16-
60.020 of said Code. However, if the dwelling serviced by the garage is
not equipped with such early warning fire alarm system, the water flow
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switches shall be connected to an outside audible alarm that will cause,
when activated, a level of audibility at the property line nearest to the
alarm of not less than fifteen decibels above the ambient noise level at
such property line. The provisions contained herein shall apply to both
attached and detached garages.
This amendment to the Uniform Building Code, 1985 Edition, is required because of
the higher risk and greater intensity of fire in garages and storage areas."
SECTION 4: Section 16-25.050 in Article 16-25 of the City Code is repealed.
SECTION 5: 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 6: 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
m~c~ of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 1st day of
., 1989, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers CleVenger, MDylesf Peterson, Stutzman and Mayor AndersoD
NOES: None
MKYOR ~
ATTEST:
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