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ATTY/ORD.410/FIRE SPRINKLER <br />REV: 06-02-15 PT <br />Page 7 of 9 <br />(a) New Buildings: All new buildings or structures with a total floor area of three <br />thousand (3,000) square feet or more. <br />(b) Existing Buildings: (i) Group R-3 occupancy dwellings and structures which add <br />one thousand (1,000) square feet or more floor area, or are demolished to the <br />foundation or structural framework; (ii) all other buildings or structures which add <br />floor area so that the floor area of the existing building plus the floor area of the <br />addition is three thousand (3,000) square feet or more. <br />(c) Change in Occupancy Group: When there is a change in occupancy group or use <br />from a less hazardous to a more hazardous occupancy group or use. <br />(d) Limited area sprinkler systems: Existing Group R-2 occupancies, (apartment <br />buildings) that have ground level, open parking garages, located below apartment <br />units, and have direct access to a public way, will be required to install such a <br />system as per section 903.3.5.1.1, when a permit for the installation of a new roof <br />(re-roof), has been issued by the City of Redwood City. Limited area sprinkler <br />systems are exempt from fire department fees and are permitted to be supplied off <br />of the buildings domestic water system. <br />(e) Effective July 1, 2020, all multi-unit residential buildings, regardless of when <br />constructed, classified as R-2 as defined by the State of California Building Code, <br />with four units or more and lacking a City permitted Automatic Sprinkler System. <br />In recognition that multi-unit residential buildings permitted prior to July 1, 1989, <br />were not required to install Automatic Sprinkler Systems, the Fire Marshal may <br />approve alternative methods and means of fire suppression when requested by a <br />property owner, provided that the Fire Marshal finds that the requested alternative <br />method and means meets the intent of this section and serves to preserve and <br />promote life, health and safety. <br /> <br />Section 4. Section 12.15 of Chapter 12 – Fire Prevention, of the City Code, is <br />amended to read as follows: <br />Sec. 12.15. - SECTION 109.4 AMENDED: <br />Section 109.4 is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />109.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall <br />fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, <br />repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of <br />the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, <br />shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable as specified in subsection 1.7B of the <br />Municipal Code. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served <br />shall be deemed a separate offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person, firm, <br />or corporation violating Section 903.2.13(e) regarding Automatic Sprinkler Systems <br />shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person, firm, or corporation <br />shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof <br />during which such violation exists and shall be punished as set forth in Section 1.7A <br />of the Redwood City Code. The act of violating Section 903.2.13(e) shall include <br />maintaining a property without an Automatic Sprinkler System as required by Section <br />903.2.13(e). <br />7.4.A. - Page 9