HomeMy WebLinkAbout5368-9/26/2016 Prepared by Kelley Felchle, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo,
IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5368
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That Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 2 Codes Adopted, Subsection A is hereby repealed and a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, 2015 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That Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 8 Amendments is hereby repealed and a new Title 9,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 2015 International Fire Code are hereby revised:
Section 101.1. Insert City of Waterloo
Insert a new subsection 104.7.3 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 parry 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
Ordinance No. 5368
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in buildings over 15,000 square feet and 3 or more stories in height. The location of the sprinkler
control valves shall be approved by the fire code official.
INTRODUCED: September 12,2016
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: September 12, 2016
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: September 19, 2016
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: September 26, 2016
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of September 2016.
Quentin Hart, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kelley Fele
City Clerk
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