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In accordance with Section 103.7 of the
VCC and as set out herein, the following buildings are
required to be provided with certain fire protection
equipment or systems or other retrofitted components.
In
accordance with § 36-99.3 of the Code of Virginia,
college and university buildings containing dormitories
for sleeping purposes shall be provided with battery-powered or AC-powered smoke detector devices
installed therein in accordance with this code in effect on
July 1, 1982. All public and private college and
university dormitories shall have installed such detectors
regardless of when the building was constructed. The
chief administrative office of the college or university
shall obtain a certificate of compliance with the
provisions of this subsection from the building official of
the locality in which the college or university is located
or, in the case of state-owned buildings, from the Director
of the Virginia Department of General Services. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any dormitory
at a state-supported military college or university that is
patrolled 24 hours a day by military guards.
In accordance with § 36-99.4 of the Code of
Virginia, battery-powered or AC-powered smoke
detectors shall be installed in all local and regional
detention homes, group homes, and other residential care
facilities for children and juveniles that are operated by
or under the auspices of the Virginia Department of
Juvenile Justice, regardless of when the building was
constructed, by July 1, 1986, in accordance with the
provisions of this code that were in effect on July 1, 1984.
Administrators of such homes and facilities shall be
responsible for the installation of the smoke detector
devices.
In accordance with § 36-99.5 of the Code of
Virginia, smoke detectors providing an effective
intensity of not less than 100 candela to warn a deaf or
hearing-impaired individual shall be provided, upon
request by the occupant to the landlord or proprietor, to
any deaf or hearing-impaired occupant of any of the
following occupancies, regardless of when constructed:
A hotel or motel shall have available no fewer than one such smoke detector for each 70 units or portion thereof, except that this requirement shall not apply to any hotel or motel with fewer than 35 units. The proprietor of the hotel or motel shall post in a conspicuous place at the registration desk or counter a permanent sign stating the availability of smoke detectors for the hearing impaired. Visual detectors shall be provided for all meeting rooms for which an advance request has been made.
- All dormitory buildings arranged for the shelter and sleeping accommodations of more than 20 individuals;
- All multiple-family dwellings having more than two dwelling units, including all dormitories and boarding and lodging houses arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations of more than 5 individuals; or
- All buildings arranged for use as one-family or two-family dwelling units.
A hotel or motel shall have available no fewer than one such smoke detector for each 70 units or portion thereof, except that this requirement shall not apply to any hotel or motel with fewer than 35 units. The proprietor of the hotel or motel shall post in a conspicuous place at the registration desk or counter a permanent sign stating the availability of smoke detectors for the hearing impaired. Visual detectors shall be provided for all meeting rooms for which an advance request has been made.
Existing
assisted living facilities licensed by the Virginia
Department of Social Services shall comply with this
section.
A fire protective signaling system
and an automatic fire detection system meeting the
requirements of the USBC, Volume I, 1987 Edition,
Third Amendment, shall be installed in assisted
living facilities by August 1, 1994.
Exception: Assisted living facilities that are
equipped throughout with a fire protective
signaling system and an automatic fire detection
system.
Battery or AC-powered single-station and multiple-station smoke detectors meeting
the requirements of the USBC, Volume I, 1987
Edition, Third Amendment, shall be installed in
assisted living facilities by August 1, 1994.
Exception: Assisted living facilities that are
equipped throughout with single-station and
multiple-station smoke detectors.
AC-powered smoke detectors with
battery backup or an equivalent device shall be required
to be installed to replace a defective or inoperative
battery-powered smoke detector located in buildings
containing one or more dwelling units or rooming houses
offering to rent overnight sleeping accommodations
when it is determined by the building official that the
responsible party of such building or dwelling unit fails
to maintain battery-powered smoke detectors in working
condition.
Fire
suppression systems as required by the edition of this
code in effect on October 1, 1990, shall be installed in all
nursing facilities licensed by the Virginia Department of
Health by January 1, 1993, regardless of when such
facilities or institutions were constructed. Units
consisting of certified long-term care beds located on the
ground floor of general hospitals shall be exempt from
the requirements of this section.
Fire alarm or fire detector systems, or both, as required by the edition of this code in effect on October 1, 1990, shall be installed in all nursing homes and nursing facilities licensed by the Virginia Department of Health by August 1, 1994.
Fire alarm or fire detector systems, or both, as required by the edition of this code in effect on October 1, 1990, shall be installed in all nursing homes and nursing facilities licensed by the Virginia Department of Health by August 1, 1994.
Fire
suppression systems shall be installed in all hospitals
licensed by the Virginia Department of Health as
required by the edition of this code in effect on October
1, 1995, regardless of when such facilities were
constructed.
All parking spaces reserved for the
use of persons with disabilities shall be identified by
above grade signs, regardless of whether identification of
such spaces by above grade signs was required when any
particular space was reserved for the use of persons with
disabilities. A sign or symbol painted or otherwise
displayed on the pavement of a parking space shall not
constitute an above grade sign. Any parking space not
identified by an above grade sign shall not be a parking
space reserved for the disabled within the meaning of this
section. All above grade disabled parking space signs
shall have the bottom edge of the sign no lower than 4 feet (1219 mm) nor higher than 7 feet (2133 mm) above
the parking surface. Such signs shall be designed and
constructed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
11 of this code. All disabled parking signs shall include
the following language: "PENALTY, $100-500 Fine,
TOW-AWAY ZONE." Such language may be placed on
a separate sign and attached below existing above grade
disabled parking signs, provided that the bottom edge of
the attached sign is no lower than 4 feet above the parking
surface.
Smoke
detectors shall be installed in hotels and motels as
required by the edition of VR 394-01-22, USBC, Volume
II, in effect on March 1, 1990, by the dates indicated,
regardless of when constructed.
By
September 1, 1997, an automatic sprinkler system shall
be installed in hotels and motels as required by the edition
of VR 394-01-22, USBC, Volume II, in effect on March
1, 1990, regardless of when constructed.
An
automatic fire suppression system shall be provided
throughout all buildings having a Group R-2 fire area that
are more than 75 feet (22,860 mm) or 6 stories above the
lowest level of exit discharge and are used, in whole or
in part, as a dormitory to house students by any public or
private institution of higher education, regardless of
when such buildings were constructed, in accordance
with the edition of this code in effect on August 20, 1997,
and the requirements for sprinkler systems under the
edition of the NFPA 13 standard referenced by that code.
The automatic fire suppression system shall be installed
by September 1, 1999. The chief administrative office of
the college or university shall obtain a certificate of
compliance from the building official of the locality in
which the college or university is located or, in the case
of state-owned buildings, from the Director of the
Virginia Department of General Services.
Exceptions:
- Buildings equipped with an automatic fire suppression system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 of the 1983 or later editions of NFPA 13.
- Any dormitory at a state-supported military college or university that is patrolled 24 hours a day by military guards.
- Application of the requirements of this
section shall be modified in accordance
with the following:
- Building systems, equipment, or components other than the fire suppression system shall not be required to be added or upgraded except as necessary for the installation of the fire suppression system and shall only be required to be added or upgraded where the installation of the fire suppression system creates an unsafe condition.
- Residential sprinklers shall be used in all sleeping rooms. Other sprinklers shall be quick response or residential unless deemed unsuitable for a space. Standard response sprinklers shall be used in elevator hoistways and machine rooms.
- Sprinklers shall not be required in
wardrobes in sleeping rooms that are
considered part of the building
construction or in closets in sleeping
rooms when such wardrobes or
closets (i) do not exceed 24 square
feet (2.23 m2) in area, (ii) have the
smallest dimension less than 36
inches (914 mm), and (iii) comply
with all of the following:
- A single-station smoke detector monitored by the building fire alarm system is installed in the room containing the wardrobe or closet that will activate the general alarm for the building if the single station smoke detector is not cleared within five minutes after activation.
- The minimum number of sprinklers required for calculating the hydraulic demand of the system for the room shall be increased by two and the two additional sprinklers shall be corridor sprinklers where the wardrobe or closet is used to divide the room. Rooms divided by a wardrobe or closet shall be considered one room for the purpose of this requirement.
- The ceiling of the wardrobe, closet, or room shall have a fire resistance rating of not less than 1/2 hour.
- Not more than one sprinkler shall be required in bathrooms within sleeping rooms or suites having a floor area between 55 square feet (5.12 m2) and 120 square feet (11.16 m2), provided the sprinkler is located to protect the lavatory area and the plumbing fixtures are of a noncombustible material.
- Existing standpipe residual pressure shall be permitted to be reduced when the standpipe serves as the water supply for the fire suppression system, provided the water supply requirements of NFPA 13-94 are met.
- Limited service controllers shall be permitted for fire pumps when used in accordance with their listing.
- Where a standby power system is required, a source of power in accordance with Section 701-11 (d) or 701-11 (e) of NFPA 70-96 shall be permitted.
SRCFs shall be provided with at least one
approved type ABC portable fire extinguisher with a
minimum rating of 2A10BC installed in each kitchen. In
addition, SRCFs shall provide at least one approved and
properly installed battery operated smoke detector
outside of each sleeping area in the vicinity of bedrooms
and bedroom hallways and on each additional floor.
Battery-powered or AC-powered smoke detector devices
shall be installed in all adult day care centers licensed by
the Virginia Department of Social Services, regardless of
when the building was constructed. The location and
installation of the smoke detectors shall be determined by
the provisions of this code in effect on October 1, 1990.
The licensee shall obtain a certificate of compliance from
the building official of the locality in which the center is
located or, in the case of state-owned buildings, from the
Director of the Virginia Department of General Services.
Every room or space
that is an assembly occupancy, and where the occupant
load of that room or space is 50 or more, shall have the
occupant load of the room or space as determined by the
building official posted in a conspicuous place, near the
main exit or exit access doorway from the room or space.
Posted signs shall be of an approved legible permanent
design and shall be maintained by the owner or owner's
authorized agent.
Existing ALFSTs, regardless of when
constructed, shall by October 1, 2011, meet the
applicable requirements of API 653 and TFI RMIP for
suitability for service and inspections and shall provide a
secondary containment system complying with Section
426.3 of the VCC.
In
accordance with § 36-99.2 of the Code of Virginia, any
replacement glass installed in buildings constructed prior
to the first edition of the USBC shall meet the quality and
installation standards for glass installed in new buildings
as are in effect at the time of installation. In addition, as
a requirement of this code, the installation or replacement
of glass in buildings constructed under any edition of the
USBC shall be as required for new installations.
