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<br />r <br /> <br />_ NFPA 101,~Life Safety Code 1997 _ ~ <br /> <br />, <br />8-3.5 Extinguishing Requirements <br />8-3.5.1 Buildings containing ass~mbly occupancies with occupant loads greater <br />than 300 shall be protected by a:n approved, supervised automatic sprinkler <br />system <br /> <br />Exception No.2. <br />Assembly occupancies consistirtg of a single multi-purpose room of less than' <br />12,000 sq. ft. and not used for "hibition or display and are not part of a <br />mixed occupancy ; ; <br /> <br />Appendix A <br />It is the intent to permit a single multipurpose room of less than 12,000 sq. ft. <br />to have certain small rooms as part of the single room. These small rooms <br />could be a kitchen, office, equipjnent room, and the like. It is also the intent <br />that an addition could be made to an existing building without requiring that <br />the existing building be sprinkle~ed, where both the new and existing buildings <br />have Independent means of egress and a fire-rated separation is provided to <br />isolate on building from another~ <br />a school gymnasium with egres~ independent of and separate from the school <br />would be included in this exception as would a function hall attached to a <br />church with a similar egress arr~ngement. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />....~... <br /> <br />.' <br />., <br />. <br />, <br /> <br />)' , <br /> <br />l~umma~ ~ <br /> <br />1. A monitored fire alarm system per NFPA 72 and portable fire <br />extinguishers per NFPA10 will be installed. <br /> <br />2. A 4 hour party wall will be built between the existing church <br />and the new addition creating 2 separate buildings with separate <br />means of Egress. <br /> <br />3. The building size is 11,010 sq. ft. which is below the maximum of <br />12,397 sq. ft. therefore a fire sprinkler system is not required per <br />Standard Building Code (1994). <br /> <br />3. According to the La Port;e Amendments to the 1994 Standard Fire <br />Code in a Class C Assembly Occupancy a fire sprinkler system is <br />not required.' <br /> <br />4. Per NFPA 101 (1997) thi~ type of assembly building with an <br />occupant load of less than 300 does not require a fire sprinkler. <br />Generally an allowance 4!!xists for all assembly buildings under <br />12,000 Square Feet to not require any type of automatic fire <br />,extingUiShing system. <br /> <br />...~... <br /> <br />7 <br />