G76-05Ordinance No. G76 -05
AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING THE "NFPA 101, LIFE SAFETY CODE, 2003 EDITION"
AS THE LIFE SAFETY CODE OF THE CITY OF ELGIN
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Title 16, entitled "Buildings and Construction," of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby amended to create Chapter 16.29, entitled "Life Safety
Code," to read as follows:
CHAPTER 16.29
LIFE SAFETY CODE
SECTION:
16.29.010:
Adopted- Exceptions.
16.29.020:
Fire Prevention Bureau.
16.29.030:
Addition, Insertions, and Changes.
16.29.040:
Conflicts With Other Provisions
16.29.010: ADOPTED; EXCEPTIONS:
A certain document, one copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, being marked
and designated as the "NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2003 Edition," as published by the National
Fire Protection Association, be and is hereby adopted as and shall be known as the Life Safety
Code of the City for establishing minimum requirements, with due regard to function, for the
design, operation, and maintenance of buildings and structures for safety to life from fires; and
each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said NFPA 101,
Life Safety Code, 2003 Edition are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully
set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes prescribed in this
chapter.
16.29.020: FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU:
A. The life safety code shall be enforced by the Fire Marshal of the Fire Prevention Bureau
of the City of Elgin Fire Department, sometimes referred to in this chapter as the Fire
Department, which is established and which shall be operated under the supervision of
the Chief of the Fire Department.
B. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of the Fire Department as
inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. The Chief of the Fire Department shall
recommend to the City Manager the employment of technical inspectors.
16.29.030: ADDITIONS, INSERTIONS, AND CHANGES:
The NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2003 Edition is amended and revised in the following respects
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
A. Day Care Centers. Those facilities regulated under Chapters 16 and 17 (Day -
Care Centers) of the Life Safety Code shall include only:
1. Any facility licensed as a Day Care Center by the Department of Children and
Family Services;
2. Any unlicensed facility that regularly provides day care for less than 24 hours
per day for more than 8 children in a family home, or more than 3 children in a
facility other than a family home;
3. Part day child care facilities, as defined in the Child Care Act of 1969.
B. Day Care Homes. Those facilities regulated under Chapters 16 and 17 (Family
Day -Care Homes) of the Life Safety Code shall include only:
1. Any facility licensed as a day care home by the Department of Children and
Family Services;
2. Any unlicensed facility that is a family home that receives more than 3 up to a
maximum of 12 children for less than 24 hours per day. The number counted
includes the family's natural or adopted children and all other persons under the
age of 12. This subsection (b)(1)(B) does not affect facilities that receive only
children from a single household.
C. Group Day Care Homes. Those facilities regulated under Chapters 16 and 17
(Group Day -Care Homes) of the Life Safety Code shall include only:
1. Any facility licensed as a group day care home by the Department of Children
and Family Services; or
2. Any unlicensed facility that is a family home that receives more than 3 up to a
maximum of 16 children for less than 24 hours per day. The number counted
includes the family's natural or adopted children and all other persons under the
age of 12.
D. For purpose of determining the classification of a child care facility, current
Department of Children and Family Services guidelines will be applied.
CHILD -TO -STAFF RATIOS
Child -to -Staff ratios in day care facilities shall comply with 89 Ill. Adm. Code
406 and 407 and with the Child Care Act of 1969. Any conflicting provisions of
the Life Safety Code are inapplicable.
ONE- AND TWO - FAMILY DWELLINGS
Chapter 24 (One- and Two - Family Dwellings) is adopted as recommended
guidelines only.
EXITS IN DAY CARE HOME OR GROUP DAY CARE HOME OCCUPANCIES
When clients occupy a level below the leve
or group day care home occupancy, exiting
the requirements of the applicable edition
following:
A. Primary Means of Egress
I of exit discharge in a day care home
shall be provided in accordance with
of the Life Safety Code, or with the
1. If an exit discharging directly to the outside at the basement level is not
provided, and therefore occupants must traverse another level of the home to exit,
the path of egress through the level of exit discharge shall be separated from the
remainder of that level of the home by construction providing a minimum fire
resistance rating of 1 -hour, or
2. The home shall be equipped with smoke detectors permanently powered by the
building's electrical system and wired so that the actuation of one detector will
actuate all the detectors in the dwelling. At least one such smoke detector shall be
located on each level of the occupancy (excluding unoccupied attics), and the path
of egress through the level of exit discharge (from the basement door to the
exterior door of the home) must be protected by automatic fire sprinklers. Listed
residential sprinklers shall be used and the installation shall be made in
accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard #13D, Installation
of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two - Family Dwellings and Manufactured
Homes - 1994 edition.
B. Secondary Means of Egress
If a window is used where the size is not in accordance with the applicable edition
of the Life Safety Code, the owner or operator of the day care or group day care
home must demonstrate to an on -site representative of the Office of the State Fire
Marshal that all occupants (staff and clients) can escape through the window to
the exterior of the home in 3 minutes or less. The bottom sill of any window used
as a secondary means of escape shall be within 44 inches of the floor as required
by the Life Safety Code, or a permanently fixed stair or ramp shall be installed at
the window to allow occupants to be within 44 inches of the bottom window sill
when standing atop the stair or ramp.
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16.29.040: CONFLICTS WITH OTHER PROVISIONS:
When a provision of this chapter conflicts with any other provision of this code regulating the
same subject matter, the more stringent or restrictive provision shall apply. Where the conflict
involves circumstances or conditions where level of restrictiveness is not clear or applicable, the
provisions of the other provisions of this code shall apply.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately after its
passage in the manner provided by law.
Ed Schock, gayor
Presented: August 10, 2005
Passed: August 10, 2005
Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 7 Nays:
Recorded: August 11, 2005
Published:
Attest:
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk