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<br />Provosed Code Amendment <br /> <br />The Planning Commission has asked that staff develop an ordinance which would provide fire <br />sprinkler requirements that are similar to those currently in place in the City of Livermore and <br />other communities. Attachment 2 provides a comparison of residential fire sprinkler <br />requirements found in other communities in close proximity. The Planning Commission <br />recommends that the Pleasanton Municipal Code be amended to include the following: <br /> <br />I. All new residential construction would be required to have sprinklers regardless of size or <br />type: second units, single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, etc. <br /> <br />2. All new commercial, office, and industrial buildings would be required to have sprinklers <br />regardless of size, type of construction, or building use. <br /> <br />3. All additions to existing residential units would be required to have sprinklers with a <br />future determination of an exempted square footage. <br /> <br />4. All additions to existing commercial, office, and industrial structures would be required <br />to have sprinklers; consideration could be given to exempting additions below a specified <br />square footage. <br /> <br />5. Existing residences would be required to retrofit the existing structure depending on the <br />size of the addition. <br /> <br />Process <br /> <br />Typically, an ordinance amendment would undergo a process which would include studying the <br />various issues, concerns, and impacts, conduct community outreach efforts, and may include the <br />opportunity for a public workshop with the Planning Commission and City Council, or both. <br />This process would provide important feedback to staff to amend the existing ordinance, or to <br />craft a new ordinance, which could include the content suggested by the Planning Commission <br />noted above. <br /> <br />Citv Council Work Plan <br /> <br />The City Council has an adopted Work Plan that has established City priorities and deteremined <br />staff resource allocations for FY 2005-2006. Preparation of a revised fire sprinkler ordinance <br />was not included in the City Council's Work Plan. Therefore, since work on an ordinance <br />amendment as proposed by the Planning Commission would involve staff resources, adding this <br />project to the City's Work Plan may impact other priority projects. <br /> <br />SR 06:205 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />