HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 08 of 1999 Amend LL 7 of 1988 Sprinklers
TOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO. 8 OF THE YEAR 1999
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING LOCAL LAW NO. 7 OF
THE YEAR 1988 REQUIRING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS TO BE INSTALLED
IN BUILDINGS IN THE TOWN OF ITHACA
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of Town of Ithaca Local Law No. 7 of the year 1988, which section is
entitled "Section 4. Existing buildings required to install sprinkler systems" is repealed.
Section 2. Subdivision (b) of Section 5 of such local law, which section is entitled "Section
5. Building Permit" is deleted and a new Subdivision (b) inserted instead reading as follows:
"(b) If
(i) An application for a building permit for repairs, conversions, alterations,
additions to, or for removal of, an existing building is submitted; and
(ii) The building, upon completion of the work for which the building permit is
sought, is or will be a building listed in Section 3; and
(iii) By reason of the work identified in the building permit application, the entire
building would normally thereafter have to be in compliance with Subchapter B of the New
York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code or any similar successor statute,
(e.g. if the cost of alterations exceeds 50% of the replacement cost of the building)
such building permit shall not be issued unless an approved sprinkler system is included in the
plans for the work submitted for the building permit."
Section 3. Partial Invalidity. If any provision of this law is found invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this local law which
shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. This local law shall take effect ten days after publication of this local law or an
abstract or summary of same in the Ithaca Journal.