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Appeals board denies I10 Ice House owner’s request to avoid mandated fire sprinklers
Summary
The Building-Related Fire Codes Appeals Advisory Board on Feb. 10 denied an owner’s appeal to exclude circulation areas from occupant-load calculations that would have kept the I10 Ice House below the 300-person sprinkler threshold. Staff and the fire department said applicant-submitted calculations improperly omitted walkways; the board voted to deny the appeal and staff offered a six-month temporary compliance path while sprinklers are installed.
The Building-Related Fire Codes Appeals Advisory Board voted Feb. 10 to deny an appeal by the owner of the I10 Ice House seeking to avoid installing a fire sprinkler system required under the city’s adoption of the International Fire Code and related local amendments.
At the hearing, held at Development Services, board liaison Louis Veil told members staff had reviewed two occupancy calculations submitted by the applicant and concluded the proposal would amount to a waiver of the code. "The proposal to modify the calculated occupant load under section 1004.5 of the IBC amounts to a waiver of the code and is therefore denied," Veil told the board during his presentation of staff’s recommendation.
Why it matters: Under the current code amendments, bars and nightclubs that meet or exceed a 300-person calculated occupant…
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