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<br />Adoption of Residential Sprinkler Requirements <br />September 4, 2009 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />The Committee also needs to be sensitive to the housing market and its impact on local <br />jurisdictions, as well as the time it will take to remove barriers that have a direct impact <br />on the cost of sprinkler systems. Therefore, the Committee recommends the following <br />uniform approach to the adoption process. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />1. Encourage the adoption of the 2009 IRC, including the re <br />sprinklers and Section P2904. <br />o Now is the time for decision-makers and the citi <br />and commit to their mandatory installation. <br /> <br /> <br />e installation of <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />ensur e fire-resistance rating of the <br />nly reduced when a sprinkler system is <br /> <br />ased on the assumption that all new <br />y sprinklers upon adoption of the IRC. <br />mmen on #2 recommends a delay in the effective <br />ers, it is appropriate to also ensure that any code <br />the sprinklers are installed. <br /> <br />4. Amen pt existing developments that are already in progress or <br />substanti <br />o The cern is the size of the domestic water mains and water <br />meters e already been installed for the development. If they are too <br />small, th ere may be a significant cost to upgrading this infrastructure. <br />The philo ophy would be to exempt the subdivision since the code of record <br />under which it was designed did not contemplate sprinklers. <br />o Any new developments that have not started site preparation would not be <br />exempt and would have ample time to prepare the necessary infrastructure. <br />