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Title 17 — BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

Petaluma Municipal Code Ch. 80 Referenced Standards

Petaluma Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Petaluma

Cite as: Petaluma Municipal Code Chapter 80 · Text as of 2026-10-04

13-23: Standard for the installation of Sprinkler Systems as amended**

** NFPA 13, additional amended sections as follows:

Revise Section 29.4.1 as follows:

29.4.1 The installing contractor shall identify a hydraulically designed sprinkler…

raised, stamped or etched marked weatherproof metal or ridged plastic sign secured with corrosion

resistant wire, chain, or other approved means. Such signs shall be placed at the alarm valve, dry pipe

valve, preaction valve, or deluge valve supplying the corresponding hydraulically designed area. Pipe

schedule systems shall be provided with a sign indicating that the system was designed and installed as

a pipe schedule system and the hazard classiZcation(s) included in the design.

Chapter 80, NFPA, 13D-25 is amended as follows:

NFPA 13D-25—Standard for the installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and

Manufactured Homes NFPA 13D, Amended additional Sections as follows:

Revise Section 5.1.1.2 to read as follows:

NFPA 13D.5.1.1.2. A supply of at least three sprinklers shall be maintained on the premises so that any

sprinklers that have operated or been damaged in any way can be promptly replaced.

NFPA 13D.5.1.1.2.1. The sprinklers shall correspond to the types and temperature ratings of the

sprinklers in the property. The stock sprinklers shall include not less than one sprinkler of all types and

ratings installed.

NFPA 13D.5.1.1.2.2. The sprinklers shall be kept in a mounted and accessible cabinet located where the

temperature to which they are subjected will at no time exceed the maximum ceiling temperatures

speciZed in Section 7.5.6 (Temperature Ratings) for each of the sprinklers within the cabinet.

Add Section 5.1.1.2.3 as follows:

NFPA 13D.5.1.1.2.3. One sprinkler wrench as speciZed by the sprinkler manufacturer shall be provided

in the cabinet for each type of sprinkler installed to be used for the removal and installation of sprinklers

in the system.

NFPA 13D 6.2.1

Revise Section 6.2.1 as follows:

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17.20.060 New materials, processes or occupancies which may require

permits.

The city manager, the Zre chief and the Zre code o\cial shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after

giving a]ected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies for which

permits are required in addition to those now enumerated in this code. The Zre code o\cial shall post such list in

a conspicuous place at the Zre prevention bureau and distribute copies thereof to interested persons. (Ord. 2915

NCS §§1, 3, 2025.)

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17.20.070 Adoption of Fire Code Chapter 56—Explosives and Fireworks.

Pursuant to Section 50022.2 of the California Government Code, the following codes are adopted by reference,

including the amendments listed in this chapter which are made pursuant to the Zndings of fact set forth in the

ordinance codiZed in this section:

A. Part 9—2025 California Fire Code Chapter 56—Explosives and Fireworks.

Section 5608.1.2 is added to read as follows:

5608.1.2 Permit required. A permit shall be obtained from the Zre code o\cial in accordance with

Section 105.6 prior to the performance of any Zrework display. Application for such approval shall be

made in writing no less than twenty (20) days prior to the proposed display. The application shall be

considered and acted upon by the Zre code o\cial or authorized designee pursuant to this Chapter and

Title 19, Chapter 6, Article 3 - Licenses of the California Code of Regulations. Any permit for a Zreworks

display may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Fire code o\cial or authorized designee.

Section 5608.2 is added to read as follows:

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5608.2 Limitations.

Possession, storage, o]er or expose for sale, sale at retail, gift or give away, use,

explosion, discharge, or in any manner disposal of Zreworks is prohibited within the City of Petaluma.

Exception: Pyrotechnic displays authorized pursuant to section 5608.1 for which a permit has been

issued.

(Ord. 2915 NCS §§1, 3, 2025; Ord. 2835 NCS §§1, 3, 2023.)

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