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Commission asks staff to agendize review of San Gabriel's fire-sprinkler threshold for remodels
Summary
A commissioner asked the Planning Commission to consider whether the city's current fire-sprinkler trigger (remodels or additions exceeding 25% or over 4,000 sq ft) imposes unintended burdens on homeowners; the commission agreed to agendize a staff-led review and recommended sending the topic to Council if warranted.
During the commissioners' reports portion of the Feb. 9 meeting, Chair Kratman raised a request to study the city's application of its fire-sprinkler requirement (the provision cited in the discussion was printed as section 903.2 in the packet). Kratman told colleagues that the code, as currently interpreted, can require a homeowner to sprinkler an entire house after a relatively small…
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