Section 27-931. Existing sprinklers


Latest version.
  • (a)  Required  sprinklers. Sprinkler
      systems  and  devices  existing  on  December  sixth,  nineteen  hundred
      sixty-eight  shall  not  be  required  to  be  altered to conform to the
      provisions of this subchapter, except that when additional protection is
      required for a change in occupancy or for a building addition,  the  new
      or  altered  part  of  the  system  shall  comply  with this subchapter.
      Sprinklers in any extension or alteration  shall  be  connected  to,  or
      extended  from,  the  existing  system  or  a  separate  water supply as
      provided  in  section  27-962  of  article  four  of  this   subchapter.
      Additional heads shall not be connected to existing undersized piping.
        (b)  Voluntary  sprinklers.  Sprinkler systems and devices existing on
      December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, but which are not required
      by this code, need not conform to the  provisions  of  this  subchapter,
      except  that  when a siamese hose connection is installed in the system,
      the siamese connection shall be installed and the entire system pressure
      tested as required by this subchapter.