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<br />Sec. 14-29. Reserved. <br /> <br />SECTION 62: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determines and declares that adoption of Section 14-30 amending the California Fire <br />Code section 903 is necessary due to artificially created topographic conditions. The <br />City is 27 square miles with a population in excess of 350,000 with extensive traffic <br />congestion. Depending on time of day and climatic conditions response times may be <br />impacted. Therefore those occupancies that have the potential to large loss of life (Type <br />"A") and those that have the highest potential for conflagration (Type "H") make it <br />necessary to provide automatic on-site fire extinguishing systems in order to protect <br />occupants and property. <br /> <br />SECTION 63: That section 14-30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended such that it reads as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 14-30. Installation of automatic sprinkler systems (Section 903). <br /> <br />(a) Subsection 903.2.1 of the California Fire Code is amended as follows: <br /> <br />903.2.1 Places of Public Assemblage <br />An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in any portion of a building whether <br />newly constructed or preexisting, in or into which the following use is initiated or <br />expanded. A place of public assemblage which provides for the gathering together of <br />one hundred (100) or more persons, for such purposes of deliberation, education, <br />instruction, worship activities, entertainment, amusement, or the awaiting of <br />transportation, or in a dining or drinking establishment. <br /> <br />(b) Subsection 903.2.4.1 of the California Fire Code is amended as follows: <br /> <br />903.2.4.1 Group H Occupancies. <br /> <br />An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in any portion of a building, <br />whether newly constructed or preexisting, in or into all H occupancies as defined by the <br />City of Santa Ana building code. <br /> <br />(c) Subsections 903.2.3, 903.2.5, 903.2.6, 903.2.7, 903.2.8, 903.2.8.1, 903.2.8.2 and <br />903.2.9 of the California Fire Code are subject to sprinkler requirements stated in City of <br />Santa Ana Municipal code section 14-30 subsection 508.3 or the California Fire Code; <br />whichever is more restrictive. <br /> <br />(d) Subsection 903.3.7 of the California Fire Code is amended as follows: <br /> <br />903.3.7 Fire department connections. <br /> <br />All sprinkler systems shall have the Fire Department pumper connection located <br />at the property line, on the address side of the building as close as practical to the <br />public hydrant. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2760 <br />Page 32 of 36 <br />