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ORDINANCE NO. 72 -21
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
EXPANDING FIRE PREVENTION PROVISIONS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 5 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
Section 5 -301. FIRE PREVENTION POLICY STATEMENT.
It is declared to be the policy of the City of Brooklyn Center to vigorously
promote the safety and welfare of its citizens. In this context, the traditional
approach to fire service - -- suppressing fires once ignited, rescuing survivors,
and too frequently exposing firemen to physical danger and death, all at a dis-
proportionately high community investment of resources in manpower and equipment
- -- is declared unacceptable for Brooklyn Center. Rather, it is the fire safety
policy of the City of Brooklyn Center to efficiently utilize its resources and
maximize life, safety, and citizen welfare by requiring that fire prevention and
extinguishing systems be built into certain new structures. Thus, the effectiveness
of the Brooklyn Center Volunteer Fire Department is enhanced and extended at a
lower cost to the citizenry, life safety is allocated a priority at least as great as
property protection, and the owner cost of built -in fire protection is partially or
wholly repaid in savings on initial construction costs and annual fire insurance
premiums.
Section 5 -302. FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS REQUIRED.
Every story, basement, or cellar in every building hereafter erected in
the I -1 (Industrial Park) , I -2 (General Industry) , C -1 (Service Office) , C -lA
(Service /Office) , and C -2 (Commerce) zoning districts shall have installed and
be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system which system shall
comply with provisions of the Sprinkler Standard, N. F. P. A. No. 13. Every
story, basement, or cellar in every buildina exceeding three stories in height
hereafter erected in any residential (R1 throuah R7) district shall have installed
and be equipped with an automatic fire extinauishinq system which system shall
comply with provisions of the Sprinkler Standard, N. F. P. A. No. 13. The fire
extinguishing system shall be connected to the City of Brooklyn Center Remote
Station Fire Alarm System according to the provisions of Section 5 -501 through
5 -505 of the City Ordinances or shall be connected to a central station system
approved and listed by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc, and shall remain so
connected and maintained during the life of the building.
Exception: Buildings having a gross floor area less than 2,000 sq. ft.
shall not be required to install a fire extinguishing system, provided each story
of the building has at least 20 sq. ft. of opening above grade in each segment
of the 50 lineal ft, of exterior wall on at least one side of the building.
Ordinance No. 72 -21
Section 2: This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon
thirty (30) days following its legal publication.
Adopted this 18th day of December 19 72 .
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Published in the Official Newspaper December 7, 1972
Effective Date Tanuary 6. 1973
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