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06/08/2015 <br />a. This ordinance requires mandatory retrofitting of all residential buildings with <br />four or more units lacking an approved Automatic Sprinkler System . The City <br />Council finds that this requirement is reasonable and necessary in ligh t of the <br />City’s particular climatic, geological, and topographical conditions; that it is <br />reasonable and necessary in order to protect and maintain the life, health, <br />and safety of this community; that it is reasonable in order to conserve water <br />in a City a nd State that suffers from drought and must properly manage it s <br />water resources for the future; and that it is helpful in limiting the release of <br />greenhouse gases associated with a fire and the carbon footprint associated <br />with rebu ilding; and provides othe r benefits as well. <br /> <br />b. City Code Section 9.57, which amends the City’s Building Code, requires that <br />automatic sprinkler systems shall be required as provided in the City’s Fire <br />Code. A separate ordinance, therefore, is not required to amend the City’s <br />Build ing Code. <br /> <br />c. In recognition of the planning and resources necessary to implement the <br />requirements of this ordinance, compliance shall be voluntary for the first five <br />(5) years. <br /> <br />d. After five years, affected building owners will have had adequate time to plan <br />and set aside resources to comply with this new requirement to install <br />automatic fire sprinkler systems in their buildings and therefore <br />implementation at that time shall be required. <br /> <br />e. The City Council, in its sole and unfettered discretion, may provide ce rtain <br />economic incentives to encourage compliance as may be more fully set forth <br />by resolution of the City Council. <br /> <br />Section 2. <br /> Text in brackets [example] is explanatory and not part of these <br /> <br />ordinance amendments; text in underline ( example ) is an addition; text with strikeout <br />( example ) shows deleted text, is new or changed text. <br /> <br />Section 3. <br /> Section 12.18 of Chapter 12 – Fire Prevention, of the City Code, is <br />amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 12.18 -- SECTION 903.2.13 Added: <br /> <br />Section 903.2.13 is hereby added to read as follows: <br /> <br />[Editorial Note: Automatic Sprinkler System is defined in the 2013 California Fire and <br />Building Codes at Section 202, General Definitions.] <br /> <br />[The ordinance remained unchanged through subsection “d” ex cept for capitalizing <br />some words. Subsection “e” is added as new language.] <br /> <br />ATTY/ORD.410/FIRE SPRINKLER ORD. # 2413 <br />REV: 0 6 - 0 2 - 15 PT FORMERLY MUFF # 705 <br />Page 6 of 9 <br /> <br />