Section 62. Miscellaneous provisions  


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  • 1. An existing sprinkler installation,
      fire  alarm,  watchman's  clock  or fire-detecting system which has been
      approved or accepted by the department having jurisdiction and installed
      before July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, in conformity with  rules
      and  regulations  adopted  by the commission, shall, after inspection by
      the said department, be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements
      of this chapter.
        2. Where a sprinkler system is required by this article,  such  system
      shall  be  constructed  to  fuse  at  a  temperature not higher than one
      hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit, spaced so as to protect the  area
      which is required to be sprinklered.
        3.  In  furnace, boiler, laundry rooms and other parts of the dwelling
      where high temperature usually prevails, sprinkler heads may fuse  at  a
      higher  temperature.  Where  such rooms are located at least thirty feet
      distant from such dwelling, no sprinklers shall be required.
        4. Except as otherwise provided in sections fifty-two and  fifty-five,
      an  approved  fire-detecting  system  shall  be  accepted as meeting any
      requirement for a sprinkler system under this article.