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ORDINANCE NO. 69 -26
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF THE CITY
ORDINANCES REGARDING FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
THE CITY' COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 3 -102.7 is hereby amended as follows:
S Wction 3- 102.7. FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM REQUIRED.
Every story, basement, or cellar in every building hereafter erected
in the I -_ (Industrial Park), I -2 (General Industry), C -1 (Service /Office),
C -lA (Se--vice/Office), C -2 (Commerce) zoning districts shall have installed
and be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system which system
shall comply with provisions_ of Chapter 38, Uniform Building Code, Volume 1.
The fire extinguishing system shall be connected to the City of Brooklyn
Center Remote Station Fire Alarm System according to the provisions of Sections
5 -501 through 5 -505 of the City Ordinances or shall be connected to a Central
Station S approved and listed by Underwriters Laboratories. Inc. and
shall remain so connected and maintained during the life of the building.
(or so long as the municipal alarm system is available.)
EXCEPTION: Buildings having a gross floor area less
than 2000 square feet shall not be required to install
a fire extinguishing system, provided each story of
the building has at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.)
of opening above grade in each segment of the fifty lineal
feet (50 l.in.ft.) of exterior wall on at least one side of the
b ilding .
Section 2: This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and
upon thirty days following its legal publication.
Adopted this 15th day of December, 19 69 .
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
Published in the Official Newspaper December 4, 1969
Effective Date January 3, 1970
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