For all new multifamily construction within
the corporate limits of Snow Hill, a sprinkler system in accordance
with the following shall be installed:
A. National Fire Protection Code NFPA 13 Standard for
the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, as from time to time amended,
shall apply to all multifamily construction over four stories or having
more than 25 units.
B. National Fire Protection Code NFPA 13R Standard for
the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, as from time to time amended,
shall apply to all multifamily construction to which NFPA 13 does
not apply.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
UNIT
Includes, without limitation, townhouses, apartments, lodging,
boarding- and rooming house rooms, hotel or motel rooms and dormitory
beds.
In addition to any sprinkler system required
under any other subsection hereof, for all new commercial structures
classified as Group F - Factory and industrial buildings, Group H
- High-hazard buildings and Group S - Storage buildings in the current
edition of the Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) Building
Code in excess of 12,000 square feet, measured from outside wall to
outside wall regardless of the number and type of interior walls,
a sprinkler system shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 13 Standard
for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, as from time to time amended.
For the purpose of this requirement, all commercial buildings constructed
on the same parcel erected less than 10 feet apart shall be classified
as one building.