City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 3, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain Article B (Fire Prevention), Chapter 2 (Fire Protection and Prevention), Title 4 (Public Safety) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as Amended.
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ISSUE: Updating the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia in order to make
it cohesive with the Commonwealth's changes to the 2012 Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention
Code.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council introduce the ordinance amending and
updating the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Alexandria on first reading and set it for public hearing, second reading and final passage for June 13, 2015, with an effective date of June 13, 2015.
BACKGROUND: The Commonwealth's release of the 2012 Virginia Statewide Fire
Prevention Code this past year necessitates corresponding changes to the Fire Prevention
Code of the City of Alexandria. The City's last comprehensive review of the Fire Prevention
Code of the City of Alexandria occurred in 2011.
For the most part, the changes contained in the attached ordinance reflect only the need to correct
grammatical errors and to renumber large portions of the City's Code to make them cohesive
with the new numbering scheme established by the Commonwealth's Code. There are, however,
some substantive changes that are worth noting and that will be highlighted below and in the
accompanying reference table.
DISCUSSION: The proposed substantive changes are as follows:
1. In Section 4-2-17(d) of the City Code, a change has been made to make it unlawful for any person to reset any "fire alarm system, fire detection syst...
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