Press-Telegram - City will consider sprinkler mandate:
As the codes stand now, the Fire Department can require sprinkler systems in older buildings only under certain circumstances: when a building is being converted from one use to another; when a new high-rise or a large nightclub is built or opened; and in buildings where exiting may be precarious, such as below-ground garages or units. They are considering requiring existing buildings to be retrofitted w/in 10 years. Lots of people are upset about it.
Long Beach city council will hold a hearing on Tuesday.
