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ORDINANCE NO.�,,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2243, ADOPTED BY THE
COMKON COUNCIL MARCH 279 1922 AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR
MARCH 30, 1922, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BUILDING CODE OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL of the City of South Bend,
Indiana that Article XXXII of Ordinance No. 2243 be amended by the
additign of the following sections:
Section 678a. It shall be unlawful for any person firm or corpora-
tion to occupy or continue to occupy any basement or cellar story of
any building within the fireproof district of this city, as it now
exists or as it may hereafter be defined by ordinance, when such
occupancy consists wholly or in part of the storage or display of
goods or any materials of a combustible nature, unless such basement
or cellar story is equipped with appurtenances for fire extenguish«
ment as are herein specified,
Section 678b, Equipment to meet the requirements of this ordinance
may be approved automatic sprinklers or semi - automatic dry -pipe equip-
ment.
Oection 6780. Semi- automatic dry pipe equipment may be used in build
ings when only the basement or cellar story of the building is requir-
ed,to be so equipped. This equipment shall consist of dry -pipe with
automatic sprinkler heads of size, type and arrangement required for
automatic sprinkler system, Such :dry -pipes shall be:
(a) connected to the public water supply or to elevated
tank.with not less than two connections and controlled by manually
operated valves, Or
(b) provided with outside connections for the attachmant of
equipment of the South Bend Fire Department,
Where the cellar or basement section is used for the storage of
flammable liquids or paints, or the floor area exceeds 5000 square
feet, and a semi automatic dry -pipe equipment is installed, there shall
be provided also a thermostatic fire alarm system which shall, in the
event of fire, transmit the alarm to the fire department.
Section 678de Manually operated valves connecting with the water supp-
ly shall be not less than 4" valves and not more than one such conneo.
tion or valve shall be located in the basement or cellar story itself.
Either of the valves and connections shall be sufficient to supply the
necessary volume and pressure to operate the whole number of sprinkler
heads at one time.
Section 679ee Where outside connections are provided, they shall meet
the requirements for Siamese connections specified elsewhere in this
article.
Section 679f, Within 60 days after the passage of this ordinance, the
owner or owners, or occupant or occupants of each basement or cellar
apace, within the district aforesaid, occupied or to be occupied shall
file with the chief of the Fire Department of South Bend, duplicate
prints of the basement or cellar story equipped or to be equipped with
the aforesaid fire protection. Such prints shall be on cloth 12 inches
by 18 inches with a 2 inch binding edge at the left -hand 12 inch side,
The prints shall show alldetails of the basement or cellar story drawn
to scale, the construction of walls, floor and floor above, together
with all openings in the same, all means of ingress and egress, all
means for receiving or discharging goods, elevators and shafts, parts -�
tion walls and openings therein, location and kind of heating plant/
with its pipes and ducts, fuel storage, ventilating equipment and
duc*s, head—room and points of variation therein, gas pipes and
meters, electric conductorev outlets and switches, and no changes
in such appurtenances shall be made without first notifying the
Chief of the Fire Department In writing*
Section 678go After the sprinklers are installed, it shall be
unlawful to store goods or materials of any kind in such a as will
Interfere with the effective operation of the sprinklers. Storage
racks, casesi boxes, or piles shall not extend closer than eijhteen
inches below the level of the sprinkler heads.
Section 678h4 All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict,
with the provisions hereof are hereby.repealedo
This Ordinance shall be in full force-And effect from and after
its ptasage and legal publication*
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