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B104.2 Area separation. Portions of buildings which are separated by firewalls without openings, or by minimum three-hour fire barriers with automatic fire alarm closure initiation, constructed in accordance with the Everett Building Code, are allowed to be considered as separate fire-flow calculation areas. B. Subsection B105.2 of the IFC, entitled "Buildings other than one- and two-family dwellings," is hereby deleted and the following inserted in its place: B105.2 Buildings other than one- and two-family dwellings. The minimum fire-flow and flow duration for buildings other than one- and two-family dwellings shall be as specified in Table B105.1. Exceptions: 1. A reduction in required fire-flow up to 75 percent is allowed for permanent NFPA 13-defined Light Hazard and Ordinary Hazard (Group 1) occupancies when the building is provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 This does not apply to buildings having any residential occupancies. The resulting fire-flow shall not be less than 1500 gallons per minute for the prescribed duration as specified in Table B105.1. 2. Residential occupancies eligible for NFPA 13R sprinkler systems shall be allowed a 75 percent fire-flow reduction if a full NFPA 13 system is installed throughout the residential occupancies and any additional non-separated occupancies, in accordance with 903.3.1.1 The resulting fire-flow shall not be less than 1500 gallons per minute for the prescribed duration as specified in Table B105.1. Table 105.1 Note A is not applicable in this case. 3. Potentially non-permanent commercial NFPA 13-defined Light Hazard and Ordinary Hazard (Group 1), and Ordinary Hazard (Group 2) and Extra Hazard (Groups 1 and 2) occupancies shall have 50 percent of the required fire-flow indicated in Table 105.1 when provided with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1. The resulting fire-flow shall not be less than 1500 gallons per minute for the prescribed duration as specified in Table B105.1. Section 8: Repealer. Sections 1 through 8 of Ordinance No. 823-81 and Sections 1 through 4 of Ordinance No. 1380-87 (Chapter 8.28 EMC) are hereby repealed. Section 9: Severability. The City of Everett hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance or of the International Fire Code, 2006 edition and its appendices, or any of the additions, deletions and exceptions thereto made by the State of Washington through its Building Code Council, be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the City of 24