That is just about the same language used and passed in the State of Missouri.
Mike Cabral ---- David Blackwell <[email protected]> wrote: > The South Carolina Building Codes Council (BCC) voted yesterday to keep > the IRC sprinkler requirement in its adoption of the 2009 IRC. The vote > was 6 to 3 in favor of keeping the sprinkler requirements in the code. > The battle over sprinklers took up most of the allotted time and all > proposed modifications were not able to be heard, so they will be > scheduling another BCC meeting to address the remaining other proposed > code modifications that are being contested, such as the requirement for > tamper resistant electrical receptacles. > > We aren't out of the woods yet! With regards to sprinklers, there is > still the possibility of the effect of the current session of the state > legislature to worry about. There is a Senate bill, S1057, that could > interfere as seen below. The latest version of the bill can be read at: > http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/prever/1057_20100203.htm > > The main problem is the language in this section > > / SECTION ___. A. Chapter 9, Title 6 of the 1976 > Code is amended by adding: > > "Section 6-9-55. (A) No building code provision that requires an > automatic residential fire sprinkler system be installed in a new > one-family or two-family dwelling shall be enforced. > > (B) A prospective homeowner of a one-family or two-family dwelling in > a jurisdiction in which installation of an automatic fire sprinkler > system is required by a building code provision may choose whether to > have the sprinkler system installed. > > (C) A residential builder or general contractor of a one-family or > two-family dwelling in a jurisdiction in which an automatic fire > sprinkler system is required by the International Residential Code shall > offer the homeowner the option of installing an approved automatic fire > sprinkler system in accordance with the International Residential Code. > > (D) To the extent that the provisions of this section conflict with > any law or local ordinance, this section shall control." > > B. This section takes effect January 1, 2011. / > > > > > David W. S. Blackwell, II, PE, CFI-I, CFPE > Engineering > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Office of State Fire Marshal > 141 Monticello Trail > Columbia, SC 29203 > Phone: 803.896.9833 > Fax: 803.896.9806 > Email: [email protected] > OSFM Website: http://www.llr.state.sc.us/firemarshal.asp > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
