Senate File 2439 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2439 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SF 310) (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1094) A BILL FOR An Act relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in certain 1 residential properties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2244SZ (2) 91 ss/ns
S.F. 2439 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 103A.8E Fire protection sprinkler 1 systems. 2 1. The commissioner shall adopt as part of the state 3 building code a prohibition on the required installation of 4 a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached 5 single-family residences consisting of eighteen thousand square 6 feet or less. 7 2. A local building regulation shall not require the 8 installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a series 9 of attached single-family residences consisting of eighteen 10 thousand square feet or less. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill requires the state building code commissioner to 15 adopt as part of the state building code a prohibition on the 16 required installation of a fire protection sprinkler system 17 in a series of attached single-family residences consisting 18 of 18,000 square feet or less. The bill also prohibits a 19 local building regulation from requiring the installation of 20 a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached 21 single-family residences consisting of 18,000 square feet or 22 less. 23 -1- LSB 2244SZ (2) 91 ss/ns 1/ 1