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REL :adg-21 10/1/85 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1803 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 14-30 OF THE SANTA ANA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WHEN AN ASSEMBLAGE OR HAZARDOUS USE IS EXPANDED FROM ONE PORTION OF A BUILDING TO ANOTHER THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 14-30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 14-30. Installation of automatic sprinkler systems (Section 10.301(b)). Section 10.301, subsection (b), of the Uniform Fire Code is amended by adding to said subsection the following para- graphs: An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in buildings hereafter constructed, or when additions, alterations, or repairs are such as to require the building to comply with all the requirements of the building code of the City of Santa Ana for new buildings, in either of the following circumstances= (a) The building would require a fire flow of more than three thousand five hundred (3,500) gallons per minute if such system were not installed; (b) The building exceeds two (2) stories in height, unless the building is designed for Group R, occupancies, as defined in the building code of the City of Santa Ana, or is a building or structure accessory thereto. EXCEPTION: Open, freestanding parking structures, whether or not structures exceed two (2) stories in height, con- structed of noncombustible materials entirely above grade, and meeting all of the provisions of the building code of the City of Santa Ana and National Fire Protection Association Standard 88A, need not be provided with automatic fire sprinklers unless such sprinklers would be required due to the area and height'