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CITY OF IO WA CITY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Iowa City Board of Appeals will convene at 4:00 p.m. on Monday
November 5, 2012 in the Helling Conference Room, 410 Washington St.,
Iowa City, Iowa
TENTATIVE AGENDA
1. Meeting to be called to order
2. Elect Officers for 2012 (Chair and Vice Chair)
3. Discussion and possible recommendation to Council regarding
adoption of the 2012 International Fire Code.
4. Adjournment
CITY OF IOWA CITY
Date: November 2, 2012
To: Board of Appeals
From: John Grier, Fire Marshal
MEMORANDUM
Re: Notable changes to the 2012 edition of the International Fire Code
The fire department presents for your review, notable changes to the 2012 International Fire Code (IFC)
101 REVISED. Organization- The 2012 version of the code was reorganized in its entirety
to make it easier to use. The new organization establishes certain placeholders in the
event future chapters are developed and approved.
102.7.2 NEW SECTION. Provisions in Referenced Codes and Standards — Establishes that the
provisions of the fire code shall take precedence over the provisions in the referenced
code or standard.
105.7.5 NEW SECTION. Emergency Responder Radio Coverage System — A construction
permit is required for installation or modification to emergency responder radio coverage
systems and related equipment.
202 NEW DEFINITIONS. General Definitions —Requirements for the various types of
medical or occupant care and their occupancy classifications are now based on defined
terms, the number of persons, and whether persons are capable of self - preservation.
316.4 NEW SECTION. Obstructions on Roofs — Establishes criteria for arrangement of roof
obstructions so emergency workers are not accidentally injured by their presence.
317 NEW SECTION. Roof Gardens and Landscaped Roofs — The requirements in this
section limit the area of roof gardens, require the use of roof assemblies designed for
severe fire exposure, and provide for the maintenance of vegetation to reduce fire risk.
503.4.1 NEW SECTION. Traffic Calming Devices — Prohibits the installation of traffic calming
devices without the approval of the fire code official.
506.1 NEW SECTION. Non - Standardized Fire Service Elevator Keys — Establishes
installation requirements for key boxes provided for fire service elevator keys.
507.5.1.1 NEW AMENDMENT. Hydrant for Fire Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems — Requires
water supply for systems to be located not more than 100 feet from a hydrant. This
amendment was previously found in Section 912.
508.1.5 REVISED SECTION. Required Features — Supplemental documentation for use by
firefighters and emergency responders is now required in buildings that require a fire
command center.
510 REVISED SECTION. Emergency Responder Radio Coverage —New requirements
now address the signal coverage of public safety radio systems in new buildings, system
design, qualifications of design personnel, and system maintenance.
604.5 NEW SECTION. Emergency Lighting Equipment — Establishes requirements for
monthly and annual activation testing of emergency lighting equipment.
605.11 NEW SECTION. Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems — Establishes requirements for the
installation of solar power systems on building roofs.
610 NEW SECTION. Commercial Kitchen Cooking Oil Storage —Many restaurants are
now recycling and reusing cooking oil to reduce disposal costs. The requirements
address the indoor and outdoor storage of cooking oils.
901.4.6 NEW SECTION. Pump and Riser Room Size — Establishes new requirements to ensure
rooms housing fire protection system risers or fire pumps and their components have
adequate space to facilitate their maintenance.
901.9 NEW SECTION. Discontinuation or Change of Service — Requires the business
providing the fire protection monitoring service to provide written notification to the fire
code official upon termination of monitoring services.
907.1.4 NEW AMENDMENTS. Fire Alarm Control Panels and Fire Alarm Annunciator
Panels — Outlines requirements regarding the number, type, security features, and
mounting restrictions of fire alarm control and annunciator panels.
907.6.5 REVISED AMENDMENT. Monitoring — Supervisory alarm conditions are no longer
required to be reported to the Emergency Communications Center.
908.7 NEW SECTION. Carbon Monoxide Alarms — Carbon monoxide alarms are now
required in Group R and I occupancies with fuel- burning appliances or attached garages
in new and existing buildings.
1005.1 MODIFIED SECTION. Minimum Required Egress Width — The allowance for a
reduction in the minimum required calculated means of egress width due to the presence
of an automatic sprinkler system has been reestablished.
10112 NEW SECTION. Floor -Level Exit Signs in Group R -1— Low -level exit signs must be
provided in the egress system serving guest rooms.
3208.3.1 NEW SECTION. Flue Space Protection — The installation of approved devices
designed to protect rack storage flue spaces from obstruction can be prescribed by the
fire code official.
6104.3.1 NEW SECTION. Installation on Roof Prohibited — The installation of a stationary LP-
gas container on the roof of a building is not allowed.
6109.15 NEW SECTION. LP -Gas Cylinder Exchange for Resale — Requires all cylinder
exchange cabinets, regardless of whether they are manual or automatic, to be designed so
that the cabinet naturally ventilates the stored cylinders and is equipped with a means of
securing cylinders from tampering.
Prepared by: John Grier, Fire Marshal, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 1, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, BY
ADOPTING THE 2012 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE TO REGULATE AND
GOVERN THE SAFEGUARDING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE AND EXPLOSION
HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE STORAGE, HANDLING AND USE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,
MATERIALS AND DEVICES, AND FROM CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE OR PROPERTY IN
THE OCCUPANCY OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISES IN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY,
IOWA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.
1. Section 1, entitled, "Fire Code Adopted," is hereby deleted and the following new Section 1 is
inserted in lieu thereof:
That a certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Iowa City, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2012 edition, including Appendix
Chapters B, C. D, E, F. G, H, and I as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby
adopted as the Fire Code of the City of Iowa City, in the State of Iowa regulating and governing the
safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and
use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in
the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided, providing for the issuance of permits and
each, and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Fire Code on file in the
office of the City Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this
ordinance, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, prescribed in the following sections of
this ordinance.
2. Section 2, entitled "Amendments to Fire Code," is deleted in its entirety and the following new
Section 2 is inserted in lieu thereof:
That the following sections are hereby revised:
Section 101.1 Insert: Iowa City, Iowa
Section 102.1 Modify by adding a fifth applicability requirement to the end as follows:
5. A. A. A -2 Occupancies that existed prior to August 1, 2007 with an occupant load of 50 -298 located
on a floor other than the level of exit discharge and with an ABDL shall comply with Section 903.2.1.2 by
July 1, 2013.
B. B Occupancies that existed prior to August 1, 2007 located on a floor other than the level of exit
discharge and with an ABDL shall comply with Section 903.2.1.2 by July 1, 2013.
C. All A -2 Occupancies that existed prior to August 1, 2007 with an occupant load of 100 -298 with an
ABDL shall comply with Section 903.2.1.2, provided that there is a change in business ownership, defined
as the sale, transfer, or assignment of any legal or equitable ownership interest, except that the owner
may show to the building official's satisfaction that said change in ownership is one of form and not
substance.
Section 104.1.1 Add a new section to read as follows: The code official and members of the fire
prevention bureau shall have the powers of a peace officer in performing their duties under this Code.
Section 104.1.2 Add a new section to read as follows: The Fire Chief may appoint and designate
such members of the Fire Department as fire /police investigators upon being certified by the Iowa Law
Enforcement Academy. Fire /police investigators shall have the powers of a peace officer in performing
their duties under this Code, including full powers of arrest to effectuate their duties of enforcing city
ordinances and state statutes. Notwithstanding his /her status as a peace officer, a fire /police investigator
shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Iowa City Fire Department for all purposes and shall
perform such functions as the Fire Chief shall assign.
Ordinance No.
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Section 104.12 Add a new section to read as follows: The code official is authorized to order an
operation or use stopped or the evacuation of any premises, building, or vehicle or portion thereof which
has or is a fire, life safety or health hazard.
Section 105.2 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Application for an
operational permit shall be submitted with all required information not less than 14 days prior to the event
requiring a permit.
Section 106.2 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: The fire code official at the
official's sole discretion may send plans to a qualified agency for review. The fire code official shall
designate the plans review agency. The applicant shall pay all fees associated with the plan review
directly to the outside agency.
Section 108. Delete in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof: See Title 17 Chapter 12 of this Code.
Section 109.4 Delete the section and replace with: Persons who shall violate a provision of this code
or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do
work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a
permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor or
municipal infraction, as prescribed in 1 -4 -2D. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has
been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section 111.4 Delete the section and replace with: No person shall continue any work after having
been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a
violation or unsafe condition
Section 202 Add a new definition to read as follows: CODE OFFICIAL. The Chief Officer of the Fire
Department, the Fire Marshal, or the Chiefs authorized representative.
Section 202 Add a new definition to read as follows: EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
The Johnson County Joint Emergency Communications Center.
Section 202 Add a sentence to the end of FIRE LANE definition to read as follows: See City Code 9-
4-13 for additional rules and regulations.
Section 202 Delete the existing R -4 definition and substitute the following: R-4 Residential
occupancies shall include buildings arranged for occupancy as residential care /assisted living facilities
including more than five but not more than 16 occupants, excluding staff.
Group R -4 occupancies shall meet the requirements for construction as defined in the
International Building Code for Group R -3, except as otherwise provided for in that code.
Section 307 See also 6 -6 of this Code.
Section 307.1.1 Delete the section and replace with: Prohibited burning. Burning that is offensive or
objectionable because of smoke or odor emissions or when atmospheric conditions or local
circumstances make such fires hazardous shall be prohibited.
Section 307.1.2 Add a new section to read as follows: Hours of operation. A person shall not
maintain any outdoor burning from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. unless permitted and approved by the fire code
official.
Section 307.3 Delete the section and replace with: Extinguishment authority. The fire code official is
authorized to order the extinguishment by the responsible person or the fire department of any burning
that creates or adds to a hazardous or objectionable situation.
Ordinance No.
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Section 315.3 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Combustible material
storage shall be confined to approved storage areas, such that the presence of incidental storage in any
other area of the building does not constitute a hazard.
Section 401.9 Add a new section to read as follows: Building evacuation. Upon activation of the
building fire alarm system or upon notification by other means of detecting and reporting unwanted fire, all
building occupants shall promptly evacuate the building.
Exception: When the emergency evacuation plan, as approved by the fire code official, does not
require the immediate total evacuation of the building.
Section 402.1 Add a new definition to read as follows: CROWD MANAGEMENT. Crowd
management meshes the design features of a facility, the established operating features of that facility,
and an understanding of the occupants' expected natural behavior in that facility for a specific type of
event.
Section 403.4 Add a new section to read as follows: A -2 Occupancy Crowd Managers. Group A -2
occupancies shall be provided with a minimum of one (1) trained crowd manager anytime occupancy
reaches 50 or more. Where the occupant load exceeds 250, additional trained crowd managers shall be
provided at a ratio of one (1) crowd manager for every 250 occupants. The crowd manager shall annually
receive training approved by the fire code official in crowd management techniques.
Section 405.2 Add to the end of the section as follows: Fire and evacuation drills in Group E
occupancies shall be conducted in accordance with Section 100.31 of the Code of Iowa. Fire drills in
Group R, Division 2, Fraternities and Sororities, shall be conducted once per academic semester.
Section 503.2.9 Add a new section to read as follows: Thickness. Fire apparatus access roads shall
be constructed of Portland cement concrete conforming to the specifications of the Iowa Department of
Transportation C -3 or M -3 mixes. The concrete access road shall be a minimum of 7 inches thick over
compacted soil.
Section 505.1 Delete the section and replace with: New and existing buildings shall have approved
address numbers, building numbers or approved building identification placed in a position that is plainly
legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property. These numbers shall contrast with their
background. Address numbers shall be Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters. Numbers shall be a
minimum of 4 inches high with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch. From 100 -199 ft from the street the
number shall be a minimum of 6 inches high with a minimum stroke of 0.5 inches. From 200 -299 ft from
the street the number shall be a minimum of 8 inches high with a minimum stroke of 0.5 inches. For each
additional 100 ft from the street, the number shall increase by an additional 2 inches in height.
Measurements to determine the minimum number size shall be measured from the approved address
location to the center line of the street for which the premises is addressed. Where access is by means
of a private road and the building cannot be viewed from the public way, a monument, pole or other sign
or means shall be used to identify the structure.
Section 506.1 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: An approved key box shall
be installed in an approved location on all new construction.
Exceptions: Group R -3 and unsecured R -2 occupancies.
Section 507.5.1 Delete exceptions 1 & 2.
Section 507.5.1.1 Delete the section and replace with: Hydrant for fire sprinkler and standpipe
systems, A fire hydrant shall be located not more than 100 feet from a fire sprinkler or standpipe system
connection and on the same side of the fire department access as the connection or as approved by the
code official.
Section 510.1 Delete exception 1.
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Section 605.9 Delete the section and replace with: Temporary wiring. Temporary wiring for electrical
power and lighting installations is allowed for a period not to exceed 90 days for holiday decorative
lighting, carnivals and similar purposes. Temporary wiring methods shall meet the applicable provisions of
the Iowa City Electrical Code.
Exception: Temporary wiring for electrical power and lighting installations is allowed during periods of
construction, remodeling, repair or demolition of buildings, structures, equipment or similar activities.
Temporary wiring methods shall meet the applicable provisions of the Iowa City Electrical Code.
Section 605.10.5 Add a new section to read as follows: Fully enclosed. Portable, electric space
heaters shall be fully enclosed space heaters that by design have no external surfaces that reach
temperatures capable of igniting materials placed against the surface.
Section 804.5 Add a new section to read as follows: Maintenance. The interior finish of buildings
shall be maintained in accordance with the conditions of original approval. Any change to the interior
finish that is regulated by the provisions of this code or the building code shall be made in accordance
with all applicable requirements.
Section 806.1 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Natural or resin - bearing
cut trees and natural decorative vegetation used in buildings open to the general public shall be properly
treated with an approved flame retardant.
Section 806.1.1 Delete the section and replace with: Restricted occupancies. Natural cut trees shall
be prohibited in Group A, B, E, 1 -1, 1 -2, 1 -3, 1 -4, M, R -1, and R -4 occupancies.
Exception: Trees located in areas protected by an approved automatic sprinkler system installed in
accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2 shall not be prohibited in Groups A, B, E, M and R -1.
Section 807.4.3.1 Delete exceptions 1 & 2.
Section 807.4.4.1 Delete exceptions 1 & 2.
Section 901.2 (a) Add a new section to read as follows: Water based fire protection systems. Working
plans submitted to the fire department for water based fire protection systems shall be stamped and
approved by a qualified person to be in compliance with applicable NFPA standards and the Iowa City
Fire Code. Any changes to the working plans shall be approved by a qualified person. A qualified person
shall have a minimum National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies [NICET] Level III
certification for Automatic Sprinkler System Layout OR be a licensed engineer with experience in life
safety system design. Other qualifications may be approved by the code official.
Section 901.2 (b) Add a new section to read as follows: Fire alarm systems. Working plans submitted
to the fire department by a qualified person for fire alarm systems shall be stamped and approved by a
qualified person to be in compliance with applicable NFPA standards and the Iowa City Fire Code. Any
changes to the working plans shall be approved by a qualified person. A qualified person shall have a
minimum National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies [NICET] Level III certification for
Fire Alarm Systems OR be a licensed engineer with experience in life safety system design. Other
qualifications may be approved by the code official.
Section 903.1.2 Add a new section to read as follows: Water supply safety margin. Automatic
sprinkler systems shall be designed with a minimum of 10% or 5 psi safety margin (whichever is greater)
above static pressure in the fire protection system hydraulic calculations.
Section 903.2.1.2 Delete Section 903.2.1.2 and insert in lieu thereof the following: Section 903.2.1.2
A. New Group A -2 Occupancies. An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided if one of the following
conditions exist:
1) The fire area exceeds 5,000 square feet;
2) The fire area has an occupant load of 100 or more; or
3) The fire area is located on a floor other than the level of exit discharge.
Ordinance No.
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B. Existing Group A -2 Occupancies and Group B Occupancies that existed prior to August 1, 2007. An
automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout the A -2 occupancy if one of the following
conditions exists:
1) The A -2 occupancy has an occupant load of 299 or more and has an ABDL.
Exemption: Single business occupancies in single story nonabutting buildings; or
2) The A -2 occupancy has an occupant load of 50 -298 and is located on a floor other than the level of
exit discharge and has an ABDL; or
3) Group B Occupancies located on a floor other than the level of exit discharge and which have an
ABDL; or
4) Group A -2 Occupancies with occupant load of 100 or more that have an ABDL and are not
regulated in B1 or B2 above, provided:
There is a change in business ownership, defined as the sale, transfer, or assignment of any
legal or equitable ownership interest, except that the owner may show to the building official's
satisfaction that said change in ownership is one of form and not substance.
Section 903.2.1.6 Add a new Section to read as follows: An automatic sprinkler system shall be
provided throughout buildings and portions thereof used as new Group B occupancies with an ABDL or
existing group B occupancy with a new (not a renewal) ABDL located on a floor other than the level of exit
discharge. The automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout the floor area where the new
Group B occupancy with an ABDL or where the group B occupancy with a new ABDL is located and in all
floors between the Group B occupancy and the level of exit discharge.
Section 903.2.2 Delete the section and replace with: Ambulatory care facilities. An automatic sprinkler
system shall be installed throughout all fire areas containing an ambulatory care facility and all floors
between the ambulatory care facility and the level of exit discharge serving such a facility.
Section 903.4.2 Delete the section and replace with: Alarms. An approved weatherproof horn /strobe
device shall be mounted directly above the fire department connection between seven (7) and ten (10)
feet in height above grade. The water -flow alarm device shall be activated by water flow equivalent to the
flow of a single sprinkler of the smallest orifice size installed in the system. Approved and supervised
audible visual notification appliances shall be installed on each level of the interior of the building as
required by the fire code official and NFPA 72.
Section 903.7 Add a new section to read as follows: Zones. Automatic sprinkler system zones shall
not exceed the area permitted by NFPA 13 or NFPA 13R and shall provide a sprinkler control valve and
waterflow device for each normally occupied floor. The location of sprinkler control valves must be
approved by the fire code official.
Section 906.1 Delete the exception without substitution.
Section 906.3 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: The minimum rating of any
required portable fire extinguisher for Class A, Class B, or Class C hazard shall be 2 -A, 10 -B C.
Section 907.1.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire alarm control panels and Fire alarm
annunciator panels. Installation of fire alarm control panels and fire alarm annunciator panels shall be
installed in accordance with section 907.1.4.1 through 907.1.4.5.
Section 907.1.4.1 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire Alarm Panel Height: Installation of fire
alarm panels shall not exceed 6 feet in height measured from the floor to the top of the panel. Exception:
Panel height may be altered by the code official.
Section 907.1.4.2 Add a new section to read as follows: Number of Fire Alarm Control Panels in
Buildings: Only one listed fire alarm control panel shall be allowed per building and shall lock in the alarm
until the system is reset and shall not be canceled by the operation of an audible — alarm silencing switch.
This control panel shall only receive alarm signals from fire protection equipment.
Ordinance No.
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Section 907.1.4.3 Add a new section to read as follows: Combination Fire /Security Alarm System
Panels. A listed combination fire /security alarm system panel that meets all the requirements of this code
and amendments may be permitted by approval of the fire code official. The fire /security panel shall be
capable of providing a signal that can differentiate between the fire and security alarm.
Section 907.1.4.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Password /PIN Protection Prohibited: Fire
alarm control panels and/or fire alarm annunciator panels that require a password /PIN to silence an
alarm /supervisory /trouble signal and/or to reset an alarm /supervisory /trouble signal shall be prohibited.
Section 907.1.4.5 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire Alarm Annunciator Panels: The fire code
official can require the addition of fire alarm annunciator panels based on the size of building and access
to the building. These panels shall meet the requirements of Sections 907.1.4 and 907.2.
Section 907.2 Delete the section and replace with: Where required —new buildings and structures. An
approved and addressable fire alarm system installed in accordance with the provisions of this code and
NFPA 72 shall be provided in new buildings and structures in accordance with Sections 907.2.1 through
907.2.23 and provide occupant notification in accordance with 907.5, unless other requirements are
provided by another section of this code.
A minimum of one manual fire alarm box shall be provided in an approved location to initiate a fire
alarm signal for fire alarm systems employing automatic fire detectors or water -flow detection devices.
Where other sections of this code allow elimination of fire alarm boxes due to sprinklers, a single fire
alarm box shall be installed.
EXCEPTION:
1. The manual fire alarm box is not required for fire alarm systems dedicated to elevator recall control
and supervisory service.
Section 907.2.1 Delete the exception in Section 907.2.1 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the
following exceptions:
EXCEPTION:
1) Except for Group A -2 occupancies with occupant loads of 200 or more, manual fire alarm boxes
are not required where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system
and the alarm notification appliances will activate upon sprinkler water flow.
2) Group A -2. An automatic /manual fire alarm system shall be installed in Group A -2 occupancies
with occupant loads of 200 or more. Activation of the fire alarm shall additionally cause:
a. Illumination of the protected premises to not less than 10 foot - candles over the area of
the room at a height of 30 inches above the floor; and
b. All conflicting or confusing sounds and visual distraction to automatically stop.
Section 907.2.3 Modify by adding a sentence to the end of the first paragraph as follows:
New and existing educational occupancies shall have a monitored fire alarm system.
Section 907.2.3 Modify by adding a 4h exception as follows:
4. Day care occupancies classified as Group E Occupancy shall not require a monitored fire alarm system
unless required elsewhere in the code.
Section 907.2.9.1 Delete exception 2 without substitution.
Section 907.2.11.2 Modify by adding a fourth location requirement as follows:
4) Supervised smoke alarms shall be installed in all common corridors and at the top and bottom of all
stairway enclosures in Groups R -2, R -4 and 1 -1 occupancies. In corridors, detectors shall be located
within fifteen (15) feet of the end of the corridor and in such a way that one detector is located for each
thirty (30) feet of corridor length or spaced as allowed by the code.
Section 907.2.13.2 Delete the section without substitution.
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Section 907.4.2 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Where in the opinion of
the code official manual fire alarm boxes may be used to cause false fire alarms, the code official is
authorized to modify the requirements for manual fire alarm boxes.
Section 907.6.3 Modify by deleting the exception and inserting in lieu thereof: Exception: Automatic
sprinkler system zones shall not exceed the area permitted by NFPA 13 and shall provide a sprinkler
control valve and waterflow device for each normally occupied floor.
Section 907.6.3.3 Add a section to read as follows: Zone and address location labeling. Fire alarm
and /or annunciator panels shall have all zones and address points plainly and permanently labeled as to
their location on the outside of the panel or on an easily readable map of the building.
Section 907.6.5 Add to the end of the section as follows: Each address point identification shall have
an alpha /numeric descriptor location. Alpha /numeric descriptor locations are required to be reported to
the Emergency Communications Center upon activation of alarm conditions as specified by the fire code
official. Supervisory alarm conditions are required to be reported to the fire code official by an approved
manner.
Section 910.1 Delete exception 2 without substitution.
Section 910.3.2.2 Delete section and replace with: Sprinklered buildings. Where installed in
buildings provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke and heat vents shall be designed
to operate automatically by actuation of a heat - responsive device rated at least 100 degrees F (38
degrees C) above the operating temperature of the sprinkler.
Exception: Gravity- operated drop -out vents complying with Section 910.3.2.1.
Section 910.4.3 Delete section and replace with: Operation. Mechanical smoke exhaust fans shall be
automatically activated by heat detectors having operating characteristics equivalent to those described in
Section 910.3.2. Individual manual controls for each fan unit shall also be provided.
Section 912.7 Add a section to read as follows: Size. Minimum fire department connection size shall
be 2 V National Standard Thread.
Section 1028.2 Add the following exception:
EXCEPTION: The main entrance /exit of A -2 occupancies shall be of a width that accommodates not
less than two- thirds of the total occupant load.
Section 1029.1 Modify by deleting exceptions 1 and 3.
Section 3206.7 Modify by deleting footnote "J" from TABLE 3206.2.
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 5601.1.3 Delete exception 4 and insert in lieu thereof: The possession, storage, sale,
handling and use of gold star producing sparklers on wires which contain no magnesium or chlorate or
perchlorate, flitter sparklers in paper tubes that do not exceed one - eighth of an inch in diameter, toy
snakes which contain no mercury or caps used in cap pistols.
Section 5704.2.9 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: For aboveground
storage tanks of 276 gallons capacity or more, the minimum distance between such aboveground tanks
and any Residential Zone boundary must be at least 100 feet. If the aboveground tank is located in an
approved vault, the minimum separation distance from a Residential Zone boundary may be reduced to
no less than 50 feet.
Section 5704.2.11.2 Add a #4 to the end of the section to read as follows:
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4) A minimum distance of ten (10) feet shall be maintained between underground tanks and any
Residential Zone boundary.
Section 5704.2.13.2.4 Add a section to read as follows: Existing above - ground tank hazards.
Existing above - ground tank installations, even if previously approved, that are determined to constitute a
hazard by the fire code official, shall not be continued in service. Unsafe tanks shall be removed as
required by the fire code official and in accordance with this code.
Section 5705.5.1 Add an exception to read as follows:
6) Corridor installations are prohibited in Group -E occupancies.
3. Section 3. That the geographic limits referred to in certain sections of the 2012 International Fire
Code are hereby established as follows:
Section 5704.2.9.6.1. The storage of Class I and Class II liquids in above - ground tanks outside of
buildings is prohibited in the entire City of Iowa City, Iowa.
Exception: Zones 1 1 &2, Cl 1 and /or as approved by the Fire Chief.
Section 5706.2.4.4. The storage of Class I and Class II liquids in above - ground tanks is prohibited in
the entire City of Iowa City, Iowa.
Exception: Zones 1 1 &2, Cl 1 and /or as approved by the Fire Chief.
Section 6104.2. The storage of liquefied petroleum gas is prohibited in the entire City of Iowa City,
Iowa.
Exception: Zones 11 &2, CI 1 and /or as approved by the Fire Chief.
SECTION II. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. SEVERABILITY. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be
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.
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect January 1, 2013, after
final passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
Passed and approved this day of 2012.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
Approved by:
City Attorney's Office