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• ORDINANCE NO. 72 -8
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FIRE PREVENTION PROVISIONS
IN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 5 of the City Ordinances is amended by the
addition of the following:
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 - -- suppressinq fires once ignited, rescuinq survivors, and too
frequently exposing firemen to phvsical danger and death, all at a disproportion-
ately hiqh community investment of resources in manpower and equipment - --
is declared unacceptable for Brooklvn 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 reauirina that fire prevention and extinauish-
inq 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 citizenrv, 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 savinas on initial construction costs and annual fire
insurance premiums.
Section 5 -302. FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS REQUIRED. Every story„
basement, or cellar in every buildinq hereafter erected in the I -1 (Industrial Park) .
I -2 Meneral Industry) . C -1 (Service /Office) . C -lA (Service /Office) , and C -2
(Commerce) zoninq districts shall have installed and be equipped with an auto-
matic fire extinquishina system which system shall comply with provisions of
the Sprinkler Standard, N. F.R.A. No. 13. The fire extinquishina system shall
be connected to the City of Brooklyn Center Remote Station Fire Alarm System
accordinq to the provisions of Section 5 -501 throuah 5 -505 of the City Ordinances
or shall be connected to a central station system approved and listed by Underwrit
Laboratories Inc. and shall rpinain 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.
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Ordinance No. 72 -8
Section 5 -303. PENALTY. Anv person violating the provisions of
this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding
three hundred dollars ($300.00) and imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90)
days.
Section 2: This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and
on July 1, 1972.
Adopted this 12th day of June 19 72
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
Published in the Official Newspaper June 1 , 1972
Effective Date July 1 , 1972
(Underline indicates new matter)
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