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<br />I, <br /> <br />NFPA 101,~Life Safety Code 1997 <br />,. , <br /> <br />8-3.5 Extinguishing Requirements <br />8-3.5.1 Buildings containing assembly 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 consistiri,g of a single multi-purpose room of less than' <br />12,000 sq. ft. and not used for e~hibition or display and are not part of a <br />mixed occupancy , I <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, equipment 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 sprinklered, 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 />L' <br />-"~~'''J!- <br /> <br />I' . <br />r <br />~ ~Summary <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />1. A monitored fire alarm system per NFPA 72 and portable fire <br />extinguishers per NFPA 10 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 /> <br />4. <br /> <br />7 <br />