Ordinance 807-81 - Laserfiche WebLink

(4) Where the means of starting the prime mover is a storage battery, it shall be suitable for the purpose and shall be equipped with an automatic charging means. (5) Generator sets which require more than 10 seconds to develop power are acceptable providing an auxiliary power supply will energize the emergency system until the generator can pick up the load. See Section 700-4 for test and maintenance requirements. (c) Uninterruptible Power supplies. Uninterruptible power supplies used to provide power for emergency systems shall comply with the applicable provision of Section 700-12(a) and (b). (d) Unit Equipment. Individual unit equipment for emergency illumination shall consist of: (1) a rechargeable battery; (2) a battery charging means; (3) provisions for one or more lamps mounted on the equipment and/or shall be permitted to have terminals for remote lamps; and (4) a relaying device arranged to energize the lamps automatically upon failure of the supply to the unit equipment. The batteries shall be of suitable rating and capacity to supply and maintain at not less than 87Y2 percent of the nominal battery voltage for the total lamp load associated with the unit for a period of at least l Y2 hours, or the unit equipment shall supply and maintain not less than 60 percent of the initial emergency illumination for a period of at least Di hours. Storage batteries, whether of the acid or alkali type, shall be designed and constructed to meet the requirements of emergency service. Unit equipment shall be permanently fixed in place (i.e., not portable) and shall have all wiring to each unit installed in accordance with the requirements of any of the wiring methods in Chapter 3. Flexible cord- and plug-connection shall be permitted provided that the cord does not exceed 3 feet (914 mm) in length. The branch circuit feeding the unit equipment shall be the same branch circuit as that serving the normal lighting in the area and connected ahead of any local switches. Emergency illumination fixtures that obtain power from a unit equipment and are not part of the unit equipment shall be wired to the unit equipment as required by Section 700-9 and by one of the wiring methods of Chapter 3. Section 4: Article 90 of the 1981 Edition of the National Electrical Code is hereby amended by the addition of the following sections: 90-9 It is expressly the purpose of this Code to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Code. It is the specific intent of this Code to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the owner of the buildings within its scope, and no provision of nor term used in this Code is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this Code shall be discretionary and not mandatory. Nothing contained in this Code is intended to be nor shall be construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of a building to comply with the provisions of this Code, or by reason or in consequence of any inspeciton, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this Code, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the City related in any manner to the enforcement of this Code by its officers, employees or agents.