§ 155.02 Fire Safety Provisions

The following situations shall require sprinkler systems, as follows: An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout:

1. Every apartment house with three (3) floors of residential occupancy, three (3) or more stories in height, or containing nine (9) or more dwelling units;

2. Every congregate residence of three (3) floors, three (3) or more stories in height, or having an occupant load of twenty (20) or more; and

3. Every hotel three (3) or more stories in height or containing twenty (20) or more guest rooms. Residential or quick-response standard sprinklers shall be used in dwelling units and guest room portions of the building. For the purpose of this section, area separation walls used to define separate buildings shall have no openings.

4. Exceptions:

a. Sprinklers may be omitted in townhouse style buildings containing less than nine (9) dwelling units and three (3) floors of residential occupancy.

b. This section shall not apply to those buildings listed in 155.02(1) when construction was completed before December 31, 2008, and which have had no additions or alterations since that date.