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O73-14ORDL~ANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AMENDING SECTION t2 OF THE FIRE PRE~MENTION CODE REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS IN CERTAIN OCCUPANCIES HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED IN TEE CIu~f OF BOYNTON BEACH INCLUDING INSTITUTIONAL BUDDINGS., RESIDEN~T~ B~IDDINGS, ARiD OTHER OGCUPAN~ C/ES; A5~D pROViDING~ FJRTEER FOR AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, ~P~I~ING PR@V~SIONS, S.~3;iNGS CLAUSE, AN EFFECTI%NE pu 0S s WHERE~ in the interest of lessening the danger to life and ~roperty from the hazards of fire, the CityCo'~ucil of the City of Eoynton Beach deems it necessary and desirable to amend the ~rovisions of the Fire Prevention Code heretofore adopted by the ~ity of Boyn~on Beach with regard to the provisions relating to ~utomatic sprinkler systems~ now, therefore, BE IT 0RDAI~ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BF~&CH ~ FLORIDA: Section l~ Section 1R-1 of the Codified 0rdinm~ces of the ~ity of Boynton Beach: Florida, be and is hereby amended to read zs follo~es: Section i2-!. National Fire Code - Adoption. ?here is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of prescrib~ug regulations governing con- ditions b~zardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the National: Fire Code recomended by the National Fire Protection Association, including all revisions thereof made from time to time, save ~ud except such portions as are hereinafter deleted~ modified or ~mended~ of which code not less th~u three c~nies have been ~ud are now filed in the office of the clerk of the city and same are hereby adop~ ted ~nd incorporated as fully as if the same were set out at length herein~ and from the date on which this article shall take effect~ the provisions thereof Shall be Controlling Within the limits of the city." Section R. Chapter 12 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, be ~ud is hereby amended by adding t~ere as Section 12-1.1 which reads as follows: Section !2-i. i. Sam~e - Amendment Approved automatic fire sprinkler systems as hereinafter defined shall be installed throughout the following buildings and structures or priate sections thereof: The following buildings of an institutional character: Hospitals, nursing homes, homes for t~e ag~d~ convalescent centers, jails ~nd oenal institutions nur ' ~ ~ series earl~ children which are bedridden and p~ueles ~nd uses of similar nature to those herein stated, ~rithout regard to the type of const~0.ction or height of the building or structure ~nvolved. The following buildings devoted t*.residential use or occupancy: Apartment buildinEs~ hotels~ motels~ boarding houses, condominiums, rooming houses~ dormitories ~nd orphanages subject to the following exceptions based upon type of construction and height of structure: All wood frame buildings ~ud structures which are two stories or less in height provided they do not exceed 20 feet in height. All buildings ~d st~ctures of a non~wood frame~ non-combustible type of conetruction~ which are four stories or less in height provided they do not exceed 40 feet in height. All other occupancies: All buildings ~nd strut. ~ures without regard to the type of construction which are used or occupied for purposes other than institutional or residential use as above defined shall have automatic fire sprinkler systems subject to the following exceptions based upon building area ~nd height: All buildings and structures which are four stories or less in height provided they do not exceed 40 feet in height and provided the gross square foot floor area of ~my one Floor does not exceed 30,000 square feet. Below grade occupancies: All portions or sec~ tions of build~ngs and structures which are below grade or which constitutes the basement area of a building or structure shall have automatic fire sprinkler systems~ regardless of square footage of floor area or type of construction. The automatic fire sprinkler systems herein referred to and the inst~llation thereof which is required by this ordinance shall all he ms contained in and pro- vided for accord~ug to the current edition of the National Fire Protection Association Standard Nco 13 ~utitled~ ~Standards for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems ~ ~" Se?~ion 3~ Authority ~o Codify:. Specific authority is hereby granted to codify and incorporate this 0rdina~.ce in the City's ~xist~ug Code~ Se~ 9tic? 4: ~eparability: F~ch of the provisions of this Ordinance are separable, including word, clauses phrase or sent- ence~ and if any portion thereof shall be declared invalid~ the remaining portion force ~ud effect. Section 5: of ordinances in Section 8: shall not be affected but shall remain Lu full Pro~ision~ s All ordinances or parts Repealing : conflict herewith are hereby repealed. An Effective Date:. This Ordinance shall ~ecome effective in the manner ~ud at the+'~me provided in the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boynton Beach~ Florida. First ~eading this ~?d__day of April Second~ final reading and passage this l~3a day of April CITY OF BOYI~TON B~CH~ FLORIDA By: ~ ~ ~' Mayo~ ATTEST: ~ C~y Clerk ~Council~.an Councilman