WS - E - Proposed Ordinance - 2021 International Fire Code with Amendments

3. Automatic sprinkler systems in one and two-family dwellings 4. Fire alarm systems in one- and two-family dwellings Section 907.7.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Device/Zone Map. An easily readable fire alarm device and/ or zone map of the building shall be permanently mounted in or near the fire alarm control panel and documentation cabinet showing the location of all initiating devices when required by the Fire Code Official. Section 907.11 Add a new section to read as follows: Approved hold-open devices. When installed in buildings that have a fire alarm system and/ or sprinkler system, all approved hold-open devices shall release upon activation of a fire alarm and/ or sprinkler water-flow activation. Section 912.4.1 Delete the sentence and replace with: Locking fire department connections caps. Locking fire department connections caps approved by the fire department are required for all new construction that have a water-based fire protective system and existing structures that have a water-based fire protective system immediately after conducting the five-year obstruction and maintenance testing or if one or more of the fire department caps are missing. Section 912.8 Add a section to read as follows: Fire Department Connection Height. The fire department connection shall be located not less than 18 inches from the bottom of the cap(s) and not more than 3 feet from the top of the cap(s) above the level of the adjacent grade or access level. Deviation from this height may be granted by the Fire Code Official for just cause. Section 912.9 Add a new section to read as follows: Size. Minimum fire department connection size shall be 2 ½-inch National Standard Thread Siamese connection. Section 1008.3.3 Delete number 5 and replace with: 5. Public restrooms designed for simultaneous use by more than one occupant. Section 1008.3.6 Add a new section to read as follows: Additional emergency lights: Emergency lights may be required at the discretion of the Fire Code Official for illumination in the event of a power failure. Section 1103.11 Add a new section to read as follows: Existing fire alarm systems monitoring requirements. Existing fire alarms systems that are currently not monitored by an approved UL listed Central Station shall become monitored within 1 year from receiving notice in accordance with section 907.6.6. Section 5003.5 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Signs shall also comply with the requirements of the Iowa Right to Know law. Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 4. Severability Clause. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.