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1 ATTACHMENT #1
2 Special Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee Meeting of 12-13-07
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4 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN
5 COUNCIL MET:
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7 That Chapter 46, Article III, be amended by adding Section 46-128, as follows:
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9 Sec. 46-128 Sprinkler Requirements in Townhouses.
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11 (a) Definitions
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13 (1) For the purposes of this section, a townhouse shall be defined as a single-family unit in a row
14 of three or more attached units that are separated by walls constructed as two-hour rated fire
15 barrier walls, separated by property lines and with open space on at least two sides, and shall be
16 served by an exit directly to the exterior at grade level.
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18 (b) Requirements
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20 (1) All new Townhouses constructed after _____________ shall be required to install
21 residential sprinkler systems in accordance with adopted codes of the City of
22 Dover. A permit must be obtained in accordance with the provisions of
23 Sec. 46-126. This section shall not apply to existing townhouses or townhouses
24 that have received final Planning Commission approval prior to the effective date
25 this section.
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27 (2) Townhouse units constructed prior to the effective date of this ordinance that have
28 been damaged by fire, weather, or other cause shall not be required to install
29 residential sprinklers as part of their reconstruction, provided, however, that
30 where such fire, weather or other cause results damage to three or more adjacent
31 townhouse units under common ownership and such damage exceeds 50% of the
32 pre-damage assessed value of each living unit, the installation of residential
33 sprinklers in the units that were damaged shall be required as part of the
34 reconstruction.
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36 (3) Where three or more adjacent townhouse units under common ownership which
37 were constructed prior to the effective date of this ordinance are subsequently
38 renovated and the costs of the renovations exceed fifty percent (50%) of the pre-
39 renovation assessed value of each living unit, the installation of residential
40 sprinklers in each unit renovated shall be required as part of the renovations. For
41 the purposes of this subsection, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that this
42 subsection applies if building permits for renovations are obtained for adjacent
43 units during any twenty-four (24) month period.
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45 (4) For purposes of this section, the assessed value of any townhouse unit shall be as
46 determined by the City Assessor.
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48 (5) The owner of a townhouse used as a rental property shall ensure that the sprinkler
49 system is functioning each time a new tenant moves in.
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51 (6) Sprinkler systems shall be designed so that an alarm, clearly audible inside the
52 townhouse, will sound upon activation of a sprinkler head within a unit.
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54 (7) Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy the City of Dover Fire
55 Marshals Office shall be furnished with a fully completed Certificated of
56 Installation signed by the sprinkler installer indicating the proper installation of
57 the sprinkler system.
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59 (8) Any service needed on any residential sprinkler system shall be conducted by
60 a vendor licensed by the State Fire Marshals Office.
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63 (9) Any sprinkler activation as a result of a fire shall be reported to the Fire
64 Department.
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66 (10) Anyone found to have tampered with or disconnected a townhouse residential fire
67 sprinkler system shall be fined pursuant to Section 1-17 of the Dover Code of
68 Ordinances.
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71 ADOPTED: *
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