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ORDINANCE NS-2274 153 Page 9 hydrant. (b) Subsection 1003.2.3 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to read as follows: 1003.2.3 Places of Publlo Assemblage An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in any portion of a building, whether newly constructed or preexist- ing, in or into which the following use is initiated or expanded: 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, worship activities, entertainment, amusement, or the awaiting of transportation, or in a dining or drinking establishment. (c) Subsection 1003.2.5 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to read as follows: 1003.2.5 Group H Oeoupaneies An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in any portion of a building, whether newly constructed or preexist- ing, in or into which the following use is initiated or expanded: A Group H occupancy, as defined in the building code of the city of Santa Ana. (d) Subsection 1003.2.9 is added to the Uniform Fire Code, to read as follows: 1003.2.9 Special Hazards. An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in buildings hereafter constructed, or when additions, alter- ations, 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 follow- ing 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 occu- pancies, 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 such structures exceed two (2) stories in height, constructed of noncombustible materials above grade, and