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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1981-078 ORDINANCE NO. 81-78 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 80-13 ON THE 4TH DAY OF MARCH, 1980, AMEND- ING SECTION 3802 (b) OF CHAPTER 38 OF THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE TO PROVIDE ALL STORIES OF MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS THREE (3) OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT, EXCLUDING GARAGES USED SOLELY AS PARKING GARAGES , SHALL BE PRO- TECTED BY AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM; AMENDING SECTION 3805 OF CHAPT�� 38 OF THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF A STANDPIPE SYSTEM IN EACH ENCLOSED STAIRWAY OR SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURE IN ALL BUILDINGS THREE (3) OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT, EXCEPT GARAGES USED SOLELY AS PARKING GARAGES; AMENDING CHAPTER 38 OF THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE BY ADDING SECTION 3808 PROVIDING THE DEFINITION OF A COMBINED STANDPIPE SYSTEM; AMENDING SUB- SECTION (a) OF SECTION 1807 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE TO PROVIDE THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO ALL BUILDINGS THREE (3) OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT, EXCLUDING GARAGES USED SOLELY AS PARK- ING GARAGES, AND REQUIRING SAID BUILDINGS TO BE PROVIDED WITH AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM; AMENDING SUBSECTION (m) OF SECTION 1807 OF CHAP- TER 18 OF THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILD- ING CODE PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE REQUIRED AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED IN BUILDINGS THREE (3) STORIES OR MORE IN HEIGHT; REPEALING SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION 1807 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE 1979 EDITION � OF THE UNIFORI�4 BUILDING CODE; PROVIDING NO - CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SHALL BE ISSUED FOR ANY BUILDING THREE (3) STORIES OR MORE UNTIL SAID BUILDING COMPLIES WITH THE AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDI- NANCE AND AUTHORIZING WATER AND/OR SEWER DIS- CONNECTIONS FOR BUILDINGS IN VIOLATION; PROVID- ING THAT ANY VIOLATION SHALL BE UNLAWFUL AND SHALL CARRY A TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR ($200. 00) PER DAY FINE AND EACH DAY SUCH VIOLATION SHALL CON- TINUE SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE; PRO- VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That Section 3802 (b) of Chapter 38 of the 1979 Edition of the Uniform Building Code adopted by Ordinance No. 80-13 on the 4th day of March, 1980, is hereby amended by addition of paragraph twelve (12) as follows, to-wit: Section 3802 (b) Where Reguired 12. Approved automatic extinguishing systems shall be installed in all stories of multi-story buildings three (3) or more stories in height, excluding garages used solely as parking garages, without exception. Building three (3) stories or more in height shall have a hydraulically designed sprinkler system that meets all the requirements of U. B. C. Section 1807 (m) , as amended. Stand- pipes may be combined with sprinkler systems. , Section 2. That Section 3805 of Chapter 38 of the 1979 Edition of the Uniform Building Code adopted by Ordinance No. 80-13 on the 4th day of March, 1980, is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: Combined Standpipe Systems Section 3805 (a) General. All combined standpipe systems shall comply with the requirements of this section. Design and installation shall be in accordance with U. B. C. Standard No. 38-3, unless otherwise stated in this section. Where a combina- tion standpipe system is insta�'_ed in accordance with this section, a separate dry standpipe system need not be installed. (b) Where Required. One combined standpipe system shall be required for every enclosed stairway or smokeproof enclosure in all buildings three (3) or more stories in height, excluding garages used solely as parking garages, without exception. Section 3 . That Chapter 38 of the 1979 Edition of the Uniform Building Code adopted by Ordinance No. 80-13 on the 4th day of March, 1980 , is hereby amended, by adding Section 3808 thereto as follows, to-wit: Section 3808 (a) General. A combined standpipe system is a system in which vertical riser piping supplies both the 2 1/2 inch outlets for the Fire Depart- ment use and in addition supplies an automatic fire extinguishing system. Design and installa- tion shall be in accordance with U. B. C. Stan- dard No. 38-3, unless otherwise stated in this section. Where a combined standpipe system is installed in accordance with this section, a separate dry standpipe system need not be installed. (b) Where Required. A combined standpipe system may �e utilized in all buildings when standpipe systems and sprinkler systems are both required by other sections of the Code. Section 4 . That subsection (a) and (m) of Section 1807 of Chapter 18 of the 1979 Edition of the Uniform Building Code adopted by Ordinance No. 80-13 on the 4th day of March, 1980, are hereby amended as follows, to-wit: Section 1807 {a) Scope. This section shall apply to all buildings three (3) or more stories in height, excluding garages used solely as parking garages, without exception. Such buildings shall be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with 1807 (m) as amended. Section 1807 (m) Fire Sprinkle�s. Sprinkler pro- tection conforming to the following shall be pro- vided: l. The sprinkler system is hydraulically designed using the parameters set forth in U. B. C. Standard No. 38-1, N.F.P.A. Standard No. 13 and the following: (i) The sprinkler system shall be looped be- tween standpipe risers at the bottom in all buildings. (ii) A minimum of one fire pump shall be provided and sized for the sprinkler demand and for a ' minimum 500 gallons per minute Fire Department standpipe operation. (iii) Operation of the sprinkler system shall activate the voice communication system. 2 . When the automatic sprinkler system described above is installed, the following reductions from the requirements of this Code are permitted: (i) The fire-resistive time periods set forth in Table No. 17A may be one hour for interior bearing walls, exterior bearing, and non-bearing walls, roofs, and the beams supporting roofs, provided they do not frame into colum�. All building par- titions required to be of one-hour, fire- resistive construction by Table No. 17A and Section 3304 (g) may be of non- combustible construction without a fire- resistive time period. Openings in corri- dor walls shall be protected by tight- fitting, self-closing doors that need not have a fire-resistive time period. In Group R, Division I Occupancies , corridors and dwelling unit or guest room separation may be reduced to one-half hour. (ii) The 1 1/2 inch hose lines and nozzles may be omitted. (iii) Travel distance to a horizontal exit or to an enclosed stairwell may be 300 feet. (iv) Smokeproof enclosures may be eliminated if each required stairway is pressurized as provided in Section 3309 (h) to . 15 inches of water column. Section 5. That Subsection (b) of Section 1807 of the 1979 Edition of the Uniform Building Code adopted by Ordinance No. 80-13 on the 4th day of March, 1980, is hereby repealed except for appli- cation to those buildings wherein complete building permits have been issued at the date of passage of this Ordinance and said Section (b) shall be applicable to the construction of said buildings. Section 6. That no certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any building subject to the terms of this Ordinance until the building construction conforms to the requirements of this Ordinance. Should water and/or sewer connections have been made to the City of Grapevine water and/or sewer system, the Department of Building Inspection is hereby authorized and directed to disconnect said service should any building subject to the terms of this Ordinance fail to conform to the requirements of this Ordinance. Section 7. In addition to any other enforcement provision con- tained herein, any failure to comply with the terms, rules , condi- tions and requirements of this Ordinance shall be declared to be a violation and unlawful and shall be punishable by a fine not exceed- ing two hundred dollars ($200. 00) and each day such violation shall ccntinue shall constitute a separate offense. Section 8. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to b� severable and that if the validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be declared to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance. Section 9 . The fact that the present ordinances and regula- tions of the City of Grapevine are inadequate to provide for fire protection for multi-story buildings within the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, creates an emergency for the immediate pre- servation of the public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which requires that this Ordinance shall become effective on the 15th day of December, 1981, however, if an architect certifies by sworn instrument in writing and draw- ings prior to the lst day of January, 1982 , that the project has progressed at least through the "Sustantially Complete Working Drawing" stage by the 15th day of December, 1981, and a building permit for this complete structure is issued prior to the lst day of February, 1982 , the construction may proceed pursuant to the 1979 Uniform Building Code which was in effect on the date of passage of this Ordinance as provided by the Charter of the City of Grapevine, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, on this the 15th day of December, 1981. APPROVED: � Mayor ATTEST: City Secre r APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney