11-26-04-Ordinance-Requiring Fire Alarms and Water Sprinklers Commercial Buildings-11/01/2004ORDINANCE 11-26-04
THAT CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 3.2100 REQUIRING FIRE ALARMS AND WATER
SPRINKLERS FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AMENDED;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 3, Article 3.2100 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Sanger, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
66ARTICLE 3.2100 FIRE ALARMS AND WATER SPRINKLERS FOR CERTAIN
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
A. This article establishes fire alarm and water sprinkler requirement for Newly
Constructed Commercial Units in the City of Sanger.
B. All newly constructed commercial buildings, exceeding 3500 square feet, must have
water sprinklers throughout the attic. The sprinkler system may be either wet or dry
depending on the use of the building. There must be a designated Fire Department
Connection to boost the sprinkler system on the exterior of the building.
C. All newly constructed commercial buildings must have off -site monitoring of fire
alarms, and have an audible and visual alarm on the exterior of the building."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the
extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable
and, if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be
declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
_jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section.
Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in
accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.109 of this Code.
Section 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this the 1st day of November
A.D., 2004, by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Denton County, Texas.
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