§ 9-5. Automatic fire protection systems.  


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  • Existing building or structure, for purposes of this section, means a building or structure for which an application for building permits is sought after the date of the adoption of this chapter.
    (a) All automatic fire protection systems (i.e., sprinkler, standpipe, fire pump systems and other suppression systems) shall be maintained under a written service contract with service companies licensed by the State of Florida to provide such services, and which possess a current business tax receipt for the city, providing for regular maintenance and testing of the systems in accordance with all applicable codes and standards.
    (1) The service company performing the maintenance and tests shall forward a written report to the Fire and Life Safety Division, indicating the nature of any repairs, modifications and/or corrections completed by the service company, the date and time of such tests and inspections, and any other information which may be required by the Fire Rescue Department. In addition, a copy of the service report must be maintained on the premises, and it shall be subject to inspection at any time.
    (2) All fire alarm signal systems, automatic extinguishing and/or detection systems shall be provided with an approved annunciator panel designed to indicate the floor number and the section of the building reporting a fire alarm or fire condition. Each alarm-initiating device shall indicate an individual location on such annunciator. The alarm initiating device shall indicate its individual location to the monitoring central station. The annunciator shall respond to either manual or automatic devices, and all devices within the system shall be connected to the annunciator. The location of the annunciator panel shall be designated by the Fire and Life Safety Division, and it shall be so located as to be immediately available to the Fire Rescue Services Department at all times. In a complex with multiple buildings, each building shall have its own transmitter for alarm signal disposition to the central station.
    (3) All new buildings and structures more than three (3) stories or thirty-six (36) feet in height, or all buildings more than two (2) stories in height and more than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet per floor level, shall be equipped with approved Class 1 standpipes to provide reasonable safety to persons and property.
    (4) Approved automatic fire sprinkler systems, as hereinafter defined, shall be installed throughout the following buildings and structures: buildings of an institutional or educational character, hospitals, nursing homes, homes for the aged, convalescent centers, rehabilitation facilities, day care centers for more than twelve (12) clients under one (1) year of age, adult congregate living facilities, and all occupancies and uses of similar nature to those herein stated, without regard to the type of construction or height of the building involved.
    (b) An approved audible and visual waterflow alarm (horn/strobe) shall be provided on the exterior of the building in an approved location, facing the street front of the building.
    (c) A weatherproof horn/strobe or speaker/ strobe shall be installed directly above the key box at a height easily seen upon approach to the area.
    (Ord. 18-008, § 3, 5-1-18)