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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1727 PAGE FIVE EXCEPTION: Open, free standing parking structures, whether or not such structures exceed two (2) stories in height, constructed of non-combustible 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 limitations of the building code of the City of Santa Ana, Table No. 7A, or the estimated f~re flow exceeds five thousand five hundred (5,500) gallons per minute. Where a con- flict exists between the building code of the City of Santa Ana and National Fire .Protection Association Standard No. 88A, the ~re restrictive requirements shall apply. An automatic sprinkler syste~ must be installed in any portion of a building, whether newly Constructed or preexisting, in which either of the following uses is initiated: (a) A place of public assemblage which provides for the gathering together of one hundred (100) or more persons,'for such purposes as deliberation, education, instruction, worlh~ activities, enterta'inment, amusement, or the await- ing of transportation, or in a dining or drinking establishment; (b) A Group H occupancy, as defined in the building code of the City of Santa Ana. Sec. 14-31. Fire Flow Requirements (Section 10-301(~)). Code is Subsection (c) of Section 10.301 of amended to read as follows: the Uniform Fire (c) No building shall hereafter be constructed which would require a fire flow of more than five thousand five hundred (5,500) gallons per minute. No existing building shall be added to, altered, or 'changed in the character of its occupancy so as to increase its required fire flow above five thousand five hundred (5,500)~ gallons per minute. No existing, building wh~ich currently requires a fire flow of more than five thousand five hundred