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SECTION--904 BUILDING HEIGHT. <br /> <br />No building shall hereafter be constructed which exceeds fifty-five (55) feet in <br />height, measured from the pavement surface of fire department vehicular access <br />to the top of the floor surface of the highest story designed for human <br />occupancy. <br /> <br /> SECTION 77: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares that adoption of Section 14-30 amending California Fire Code section 1003 <br />is necessary due to artificially created topographic conditions. The City is 27 square <br />miles with a population is excess of 320,000 with extensive traffic congestion. <br />Depending of time of day and climatic conditions response times may be impacted. <br />Therefore those occupancies that have the potential to large loss of life (Type "A") and <br />those that have the highest potential for conflagration (Type "H") make it necessary to <br />provide automatic on-site fire extinguishing systems in order to protect occupants and <br />property. <br /> <br /> SECTION 78: That section 14-30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in <br />strikeout for tracking purposes only): <br /> <br />Sec. 14-30. Installation of automatic sprinkler systems (Section 1003). <br /> <br />(a) Subsection 1003.1.1 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended by adding to said <br />subsection the following paragraph: <br /> <br />All sprinkler systems shall have the Fire Department pumper connection <br />located at the property line, on the address side of the building as close as <br />practical to the public hydrant. <br /> <br />(b) Subsection 1003.2.3.1 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to read as follows: <br /> 1003.2.3.1 Places of Public Assemblage <br /> <br />An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in any portion of a building, <br />whether newly constructed or preexisting, in or into which the following use is <br />initiated or expanded: A place of public assemblage which provides for the <br />gathering together of one hundred (100) or more persons, for such purposes <br />as deliberation, education, instruction, worship activities, entertainment, <br />amusement, or the awaiting of transportation, or in a dining or drinking <br />establishment. <br /> <br />(c) Subsection 1003.2.6.1 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />1003.2.6. 1 Group H Occupancies <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2522 <br />Page 42 of 47 <br /> <br /> <br />