Fire Chief to Sue the State Over Residential Fire Sprinklers - Jeffersontown, KY
August 29th, 2008 by Residential Fire Sprinklers .com
Fox41 WDRB
Jeffersontown’s fire chief plans to sue the state Thursday over a dispute involving residential sprinklers.
The issue is whether an ordinance passed by the city of Indian Hills can stand. The ordinance requires all new homes to have sprinkler systems.
But state officials say the ordinance must be rescinded because local governments cannot create building codes more stringent than state building codes.
Jeffersontown Fire Chief Jack Reckner says, “The term that’s used in the industry is mini/max, which means, minimum standards are indeed also maximum standards. But there was no wording in the state building code or the residential code. It simply isn’t there.”
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