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§ 7-101
Rocky Top
Title 7 : Fire Protection and Fireworks
Chapter 1 : Fire Code

7-104 : Modifications.

  1. The following sections of the fire code are hereby modified:
    1. Insert: City of Rocky Top, Tennessee for the name of the jurisdiction.
    2. Insert: Zero dollars ($0.00) for the first amount and fifty dollars ($50.00) for the second amount.
    3. In addition to 507.5.1, the following requirements shall be required:
      1. Fire hydrants, where required; Residential. The maximum distance between fire hydrants, measured along street centerlines, shall be four hundred fifty feet (450').
      2. Fire hydrants, where required; Non-Residential. On roadways, the maximum distance between fire hydrants, measured along street centerlines, shall be one thousand feet (1,000').
      3. Buildings required to have a sprinkler fire protection system installed, one (1) accessible hydrant (either public or private) will be located not more than one hundred feet (100') from the fire department connection.
      4. For buildings over ten thousand (10,000) square feet with a sprinkler system, there will be one (1) accessible hydrant provided on each of two (2) opposing sides of the building. The hydrant required for the sprinkler system may be counted as one (1) of these hydrants. There shall be additional hydrants provided to meet the requirements as set forth in 507.5 distance between a hydrant and any part of the building first floor. [Example: A building of over ten thousand (10,000) square feet area, sprinklered, would need a minimum of two (2) hydrants (one (1) within one hundred feet (100') of the sprinkler fire department connection and one (1) on the opposing side of the building).]
      5. The hydrant(s) will be situated not less than two feet (2') and not more than ten feet (10') from the curb of an access road, parking area, or public road. If situated in a parking area, there will be an area of NO PARKING marked around the hydrant for an area of fifteen feet (15') on all sides.
      6. Paved access roads shall be required to be within ten feet (10') of each required fire hydrant.
    4. In addition to access requirements per International Fire Code 503, paved access of a minimum of twenty feet (20') in width shall be required within one hundred feet (100') of two (2) sides of each nonresidential building.
      1. Emergency access to each side of all buildings three (3) or more stories in height shall be provided by means of an unobstructed area of at least twelve feet (12') in width which would support the weight of a fire ladder truck. This area is not required to be a permanent roadway but must be accessible during an emergency. Prior to completion of grading and landscaping design, the fire department should be consulted.
  2. The square footage amounts referred to in certain sections of the fire code are hereby deleted and replaced as follows:
    1. In Sections 903.2.1.1, 903.2.1.3, and 903.2.1.4 of the International Fire Code (requiring sprinkler systems to be installed at a square footage threshold), replace the number twelve thousand (12,000) with the number seven thousand five hundred (7,500).
    2. In Section 903.2.3 of the International Fire Code (requiring sprinkler systems to be installed at a square footage threshold in Educational Occupancies), replace the number twelve thousand (12,000) with the number seven thousand five hundred (7,500).
    3. In Sections 903.2.4, and 903.2.7 of the International Fire Code (requiring sprinkler systems to be installed at a square footage threshold), replace the number twelve thousand (12,000) with the number seven thousand five hundred (7,500).
    4. In Sections 903.2.9, 903.2.9.1, and 903.2.10 of the International Fire Code (requiring sprinkler systems to be installed at a square footage threshold), replace the number twelve thousand (12,000) with the number seven thousand five hundred (7,500).
    5. Buildings over seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet hereafter constructed shall be provided with a listed fire alarm system complying with all applicable codes and § 12-202(12)(b)(6) - Detection System or sprinkler system for smaller buildings.
      1. Fire alarm control panel or fire alarm remote annunciator must be located at the main entrance or other approved location by the fire official.
  3. The geographic limits referred to in certain sections of the fire code are hereby established as follows:
    1. In addition to Section 5504.3.1.1, (geographic limits in which the storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers is prohibited): All Zones (as defined in the City of Rocky Top Zoning Ordinance) except Ml and M2. (Ord. #539, Feb. 2020, modified)