75A - CA AND INTERNATIONAL BULDING AND FIRE CODES

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505.1 Address identification. New and existing buildings shall have approved address numbers, building numbers or approved building identification placed in a position that is plainly legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property. These numbers shall contrast with their background. Where required by the fire code official, address numbers shall be provided in additional approved locations to facilitate emergency response. Address numbers shall be Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters. Numbers shall be a minimum of 4 inches (101.6 mm) high with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) for R-3 occupancies, for all other occupancies the numbers shall be a minimum of 6 inches high with a minimum stroke width of 1 inch. Where access is by means of a private road and the building cannot be viewed from the public way, a monument, pole or other sign or means shall be used to identify the structure. Address numbers shall be maintained. (c) Section 510.1 Emergency responder radio coverage in new buildings is revised to read as follows: 510.1 Emergency responder radio coverage in new buildings. All new buildings shall have approved radio coverage for emergency responders within the building based upon the existing coverage levels of the public safety communication systems of-t#e utilized by the jurisdiction measured at the exterior of the building. This section shall not require improvement of the existing public safety communication systems. The Emergency Responder Radio Coverage System shall comply with the aeoal-autho ity- ving jjFisdietlea s-erd+naase ard-th-+s-oede-Orange County Sheriff's Department, Communications and Technology Division guidelines and specifications and, where the functionality or performance requirements in the California Fire Code are more stringent, this code. Exceptions: 1. There-it-+s-#ete-m ned-by-the-fire-ende- off leial-that-the-radie-eeve�age system 4s-net-needed- 2. 4n-#ac-44--s-where-emergency-4espendeK retie-eeue age is required and sueh-systems-sempenents-eK-eq+ipment-requlred-Eeuld-haue-a-nee impact-e4-f-the-44oKma4 eperat+ens-et that #ae li:" #ire -cede e# ial-shall have tWe-auther�ty� wept an-autematsally aelvated en e ge sy-rad+e eeuerage-system- �h+s seetlen�l�all-net--apply t�the#eNewing: 4—€*is#ng-bu+k4P@s er structures-unless-Kequ ed-t3y the-�u+ld+ng-9#isial and- 8S€,4-far-hu+ld+ngs-and�truetuKes undercde+ng extensive Kemedel ap,44r--expans+en7 2—. Qevators- Ordinance No. NS-XXXX Page 18 of 36 75A-20