HomeMy WebLinkAbout5628-12.20.2021Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5628
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY
REPEALING TITLE 9, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2 CODES
ADOPTED, SUBSECTION A AND ENACTING IN LIEU
THEREOF A NEW TITLE 9, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2 CODES
ADOPTED, SUBSECTION A, AND REPEALING TITLE 9,
CHAPTER 2, SECTION 8 AMENDMENTS, AND ENACTING IN
LIEU THEREOF A NEW TITLE 9, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 8
AMENDMENTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA AS FOLLOWS:
That Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 2 Codes Adopted, Subsection A is hereby repealed
and a new Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 2 Codes Adopted, Subsection A, is enacted as follows:
A. International Fire Code: That certain document marked and designated as the international
fire code, 2021 edition, including appendix chapters B, C, D, and H, as published by the
International Code Council, Inc., be and the same is hereby adopted as the fire code of the
city, to prescribe regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the
safeguarding to a reasonable degree of life and property from the hazards of fire and
explosion arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and
devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of
buildings or premises.
That Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 8 Amendments is hereby repealed and a new Title 9,
Chapter 2, Section 8 Amendments, is hereby enacted as follows:
9-2-8: Amendments:
The following sections of the 2021 International Fire Code are hereby
revised: Section 101.1. Insert City ofWaterloo
Insert a new subsection 104.7.2 Automatic Third Party Review to read as follows: All
buildings with fire protection systems (sprinkler and/or fire alarm system) and a total square
footage over 15,000 square feet will require a third party review. Third party shall be
approved by the fire code official. Any building containing a fire pump, stand pipe system,
or special detection/suppression system regardless of square footage will require a 3rd party
review. Third party shall be approved by the fire code official.
Insert a new Subsection 106.5 Operational Inspections to read as follows: All occupancies
regulated by this code shall have initial pre -inspection conducted by Fire Code Official before
business is open to the general public, and records updated to reflect new business owners.
Subsection 903.4.2, Alarms, strike the first sentence to read as follows: an approved audible
device, suitable for outdoor use with 110 candela visual signal, located on the exterior of the
building in an approved location, shall be connected to each automatic sprinkler system.
Delete Subsection 903.4.3, Floor Control Valves in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof a new
Subsection 903.4.3, Floor Control Valves as follows: Approved supervised indicating
control valves and water flow alarms shall be provided at the point of connection to the riser
on each floor in buildings over 15,000 square feet and 3 or more stories in height. The
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location of the sprinkler control valves shall be approved by the fire code official.
Insert new subsection 1103.5.1.1 Occupancies that are identified as meeting the criteria set
forth in Section 1103.5.1, shall be given 12 months, from the date of adoption, to bring said
occupancy into compliance or have an accepted plan in place to meet this requirement.
INTRODUCED: December 20, 2021
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: December 20, 2021
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: December 20, 2021
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: December 20, 2021
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, this 20th
day of 2021, and approved by the Mayor on the 20th day of December, 2021.
ATTEST:
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
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Quentin Hart, Mayor
I, Kelley Felchle, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that the
preceding is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 5628, as passed and adopted by the
Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 20th day of December, 2021.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 20th day of December, 2021.
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk
SEAL