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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />TO: CHIEF OWEILL <br />FROM: FIRE MARSHAL LOFI US <br />SUBJECT.- AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS IN R-2 OCCUPANCIES <br />DATE: 9/28/2011 <br />regarding the requirements for Automatic Fire Sprinklers in new and existing Apartment <br />Buildings (Building and Fire Code classification R-2), the following are the requirements based on the <br />Minnesota State Fire and Building Codes. <br />Definitions: Fire Code and Building Code both define Existing Structures as those structures <br />I <br />erected prior to the adoption of the appropriate code. <br />Applicability.- Fire Code and Building Code requirements apply to structures constructed after <br />the legal adoption of the codes. The Building and Fire Codes currently its were adopted by the <br />%-0 <br />State of Mmesota effective July 10, 2007. <br />Automatic Sprinkler Requirements for Apartment buildings: <br />1. Buildings constructed prior to the adoption of the first fire code in the State of Minnesota, <br />October 3., 1975, have no requirements for Automatic if not installed as an alternative at the <br />time of construction. <br />2. Buildings constructed after the adoption of the 2003 Fire and Building Codes (effective <br />date March 31, 2003) were required to be provided with Automatic Sprinkler protection if <br />there were more than 16 dwefling units in the building or if the building was over 3 stories in <br />height. All apartment building constructed prior the date of adoption are considered to be <br />existing and had NO automatic Sprinkler requirements. <br />I Buildings constructed after the adoption of the 2007 Building and Fire Codes which <br />became effective on July 10, 2007 arc required to be provided with Automatic Sprinkler <br />protection when the fire area exceeds 9,250 square feet or is more than 3 stories above <br />grade. <br />These requirements are found in both the Minnesota Fire Code and Minnesota Building Code. <br />Har Mar Apartments, 2225-2265 Snelling Avenue; <br />These buildings were built in 1964. As you see, there was no Fire Code adopted by the State <br />of Minnesota at the time of construction. Although there was a cosnactic and weatherization <br />project completed in 2010, the scope of work did not meet the threshold of new <br />