HomeMy WebLinkAbout1134 04-12-1994ORDINANCE NO. 1134
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 34 -105 "AMENDMENTS TO THE
FIRE CODE" OF ARTICLE IV "STANDARDS" OF CHAPTER 34 "FIRE
PREVENTION AND PROTECTION ", AND SECTION 14 -2 "AMENDMENTS
TO THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE" OF ARTICLE I "IN GENERAL"
OF CHAPTER 14 "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS" OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, AS
AMENDED; CLARIFYING PROVISIONS REGARDING INSTANCES IN
WHICH AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ARE REQUIRED; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
THAT, Paragraph 15 "Section 10.507" of Section 34 -105 "Amendments
to the Fire Code" of Article IV "Standards" of Chapter 34 "FIRE
PREVENTION AND PROTECTION" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Euless, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and
read as follows:
(15) Section 10.507. Section 10.507, paragraphs (c)1., (c) 3.
and (d) are amended to read as follows:
1. Night clubs, discos and restaurants. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed in all occupancies use for
drinking or dining when the total occupancy area exceeds 5,000
square feet, regardless of the area wall separation from other
unseparated rooms or area uses.
3.1. Assembly Areas, Exhibition and Display Rooms. An
automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in Group A
occupancies which have more than 10,000 square feet of floor
area which can be used for exhibition, assembly or display
purposes.
3.2. Any compartmentalization of a structure, or occupancy
use shall comply with the fire sprinkler provisions based on
the aggregate square footage of all areas not separated by
area separation wall(s) which have no openings.
(d) 1. Group B, Division 2 Occupancies. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed in all occupancies classed
as Group B, Division 2 where the floor area exceeds twelve
thousand (12,000) square feet on any floor or twenty -four
(24,000) thousand square feet on all floors, or in Group B,
Division 2 occupancies three (3) or more stories in height,
the area of mezzanines shall be included in determining the
areas where sprinklers are required.
(d) 2. Any compartmentalization of a structure or occupancy
use shall comply with the fire sprinkler provisions based on
the aggregate square footage of all areas not separated by
area separation wall(s) which have no openings.
II.
THAT, Paragraph (16) "Section 3802" of Section 14 -2 "Amendments to
the Uniform Building Code" of Article I "In General" of Chapter 14
"BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS" of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Euless, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to
hereafter be and read as follows:
(16) Section 3802. Subsections (b), (c) 1., (c) 3., and (d)
of Section 3802 are amended to read as follows:
(b) Add item 5. Approved automatic fire - extinguishing system
shall be installed in all buildings consisting of four or more
stories.
(c)1. Group A occupancies. 1. Night club, discos and
restaurants. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed
in all occupancies used for drinking or dining, when the total
occupancy area exceeds 5,000 square feet, regardless of the
area wall separations from other unseparated rooms or area
uses.
(c)3.1 Assembly Areas, Exhibition and Display Rooms. An
automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in Group A
occupancies which have more than 10,000 square feet of floor
area which can be used for exhibition, assembly or display
purposes.
(c)3.2 Any compartmentalization of a structure, or occupancy
use shall comply with the fire sprinkler provisions based on
the aggregate square footage of all areas not separated by
area separation wall(s) which have no openings.
(d) 1. Group B, Division 2 Occupancies. An automatic sprinkler
system shall be installed in all occupancies classed as Group
B, Division 2 where the floor area exceeds twelve thousand
(12,000) square feet on any floor or twenty -four (24,000)
thousand square feet on all floors, or in Group B, Division 2
occupancies three (3) or more stories in height, the area of
mezzanines shall be included in determining the areas where
sprinklers are required.
(d)2. Any compartmentalization of a structure or occupancy
use shall comply with the fire sprinkler provisions based on
the aggregate square footage of all areas not separated by
area separation wall(s) which have no openings.
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III.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the
intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and
if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
WA
SAVINGS CLAUSE. That Chapters 14 and 34 shall remain in full force
and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
V.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as provided by the
Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on first and final reading on the 12th day of
April , 1994, at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Euless, Texas, by a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays and
0 abstentions.
Mary tib Saleh, Mayor
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SEasa rim City Sedretary
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City Attorney
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