City of Gainesville - File #: 120051.

• File #: 120051.
• Version: 1
• Name: FIRE PREVENTION CODE AMENDMENT (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Filed
• File created: 8/16/2012
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 2/7/2013
• Title: FIRE PREVENTION CODE AMENDMENT (B) Ordinance No. 120051 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Gainesville, relating to fire prevention; amending Sec. 10-10. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.3 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-11. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.4 18.3.3 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-12. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.3 18.3.6 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-13. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.7 18.4.5 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-50. - Definitions; Sec. 10-51. - Requirements for assembly occupancy owners and crowd managers; Sec. 10-52. - Fire rescue connections; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/6/2012	1	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
8/16/2012	1	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
7/19/2012	0	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass

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FIRE PREVENTION CODE AMENDMENT (B)

Ordinance No. 120051
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Gainesville, relating to fire prevention; amending Sec. 10-10. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.3 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-11. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.4 18.3.3 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-12. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.3 18.3.6 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-13. - Amendments to NFPA 1 Section 13.1.7 18.4.5 of the Florida Fire Prevention Code; Sec. 10-50. - Definitions; Sec. 10-51. - Requirements for assembly occupancy owners and crowd managers; Sec. 10-52. - Fire rescue connections; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation

The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation

The Fire Chief, City of Gainesville, requests to amend the City Of Gainesville Ordinances to supplement the State of Florida's newly adopted Fire Prevention Code. The State of Florida engages in triennial adoption of the latest edition of the Fire Prevention Code which encompasses NFPA Fire Code 1 and NFPA Life Safety 101. Associated with this process is the opportunity for the City to memorialize any desired amendments. Historically, the City of Gainesville has maintained an elevated standard related to ensuring an adequate water supply for critical firefighting. Due to the sunsetting of the City's current ordinances when the State of Florida adopted the new Fire Prevention Code, the City's Code requires revisions to ensure the inclusion of components which afford greater consideration for the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems. Therefore, the need to reestablish any desired amendments which afford a greater level of fire and life safety protection is now present. Additional revisions w...