NS-2810 - Amending Chapter 8 and 14 of Santa Ana Municipal Code to Adopt and Amend Recently Enacted California Building Code

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• SECTION 13: That section 8 -104 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended such that it reads as follows: Sec. 8 -104. Emergency voice /alarm communication system (Section 907.5.2.2). Section 907.5.2.2 is amended to read as a follows: [F] 907.5.2.2 Emergency voice /alarm communication system. Emergency voice /alarm communication system required by this code shall be designed and installed in accordance with NFPA 72. The operation of any automatic fire detector, sprinkler waterflow device or manual fire alarm box shall automatically sound an alert tone followed by voice instructions giving approved information and directions for a general or staged evacuation in accordance with the building's fire safety and evacuation plans required by Section 404. In high -rise buildings having occupied floors located more than 55 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access, the system shall operate on a minimum of the alarming floor, the floor above and the floor below. Speakers shall be provided throughout the building by paging zones. At a minimum, paging zones shall be provided as follows: 1. Elevator groups. • 2. Exit stairways. 3. Each floor. 4. Areas of refuge as defined in Section 1002.1. 5. Dwelling Units in apartment houses. 6. Hotel guest rooms or suites. Exception: In Group 1 -1 and R -2.1 occupancies, the alarm shall sound in a constantly attended area and a general occupant notification shall be broadcast over the overhead page. SECTION 14: That section 8 -105 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended such that it reads as follows: Sec. 8 -105. High -rise buildings (Section 907.6.3.2). Section 907.6.3.2 is amended to read as a follows: 907.6.3.2 High -rise buildings. High -rise buildings having occupied floors • located more than 55 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle Ordinance No. NS -2810 Page 7 of 43