AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, ADDING A NEW SECTION TO THE ISSAQUAH MUNICIPAL CODE ADDING A NEW

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1 ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, ADDING A NEW SECTION TO THE ISSAQUAH MUNICIPAL CODE ADDING A NEW SECTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE REQUIRING NEW CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY RAIO COVERAGE PROVISIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, reliable radio communication between emergency responders is critical to both the safety of personnel and the success of their mission; and WHEREAS, radio communications must be extremely reliable and predictable, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section is hereby added to the Issaquah Municipal Code to add a new Section 511 to the International Fire Code as set forth on Attachment A, incorporated by this reference as fully as ifherein set forth. Section 2. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance. Section 3. Effective Date. Ths ordinance or a summar thereof consisting of the title shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after publication.

2 Passed by the City Council of the City ofissaquah, the 1st day of February, Approved by the Mayor of the City ofissaquah the 1st day of February, ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED: 0)M'~'W ~ CHRISTIN GGER, CI CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY: BY itj~ r;1v;vluvl~ FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: February 1, 2010 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: February 1,2010 PUBLISHED: February 10,2010 EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15,2010 ORDINANCE NO APPROV~) : -1, ø., IIJ if ~~ A V A FRISINGER, MAYOR

3 Attachment A to Ordinance 2579 Section 511 Emergency Radio Coverage in Buildings Building radio coverage. Except as otherwise provided, no person shall maintain, own, erect, or construct any building or structure or any part thereof, or cause the same to be done which fails to support adequate radio coverage for City emergency services workers, including but not limited to firefighters and police officers. Exceptions: 1. This section shall not apply to: single family residential buildings; any building constructed of wood frame; or any building thirty-five (35) feet high (as defined by International Building Code) or less as long as none of the aforementioned buildings make primary use of metal or concrete construction or contain below grade storage or parking areas. For purposes of this section, parking structures are included in the definition of building, and stair shafts are included in the definition of all parts of a building, but elevators may be excluded. 2. Buildings constructed prior to the implementation of this section shall not be required to comply with public safety radio coverage provisions of this section. However, should exempted structures undergo renovation, restoration, or significant alteration, exceeding 50% of the building valuation, to the original structure, exemption from the provisions of this requirement shall not apply Adequate radio coverage. A minimum signal strength of three (3) micro volts shall be available in 95% of all areas of the building and 99% in elevators (measured at the primary recall floor), stair shafts and Fire Command Centers when transmitted from the Regional 800 MHz. Radio System Minimum signal strength. A minimum signal strength of one-half (0.5) micro volts shall be received by the Regional 800 MHz. Radio System when transmitted from 95% of all areas of the building and 99% in elevators (measured at the primary recall floor), stair shafts and Fire Command Centers Frequency range. The current frequency range which must be supported shall be 806 MHz. to 824 MHz. and 851 MHz. to 869 MHz. in all areas of the building as described in The system must be capable to adapt to all frequencies used in the Public Safety Spectrum in the future such as the frequencies between 824 MHz and 851 MHZ and the 700 MHz range. Measurements in buildings for the purpose of this ordinance shall be to a portable radio with a half-wave antenna, worn on the belt. The City may designate alternate methods of measuring the signal level, which satisfy appropriate levels of public safety grade coverage Inadequate Radio Coverage. Buildings and structures which cannot support the required level of radio coverage shall be equipped: 1. A radiating cable system and/or 2. An internal multiple antenna system with FCC certificated bi-directional 800 MHz amplifiers or

4 Attachment A to Ordinance Systems otherwise approved by the city radio system manager in order to achieve the required adequate radio coverage In the event that a signal booster is employed, it shall be fully encased with a NEMA 4 (or equivalent) dust/waterproof rated enclosure, and filters that reject adjacent frequencies in addition to the multi-band pass filters Battery Backup Required. If any part of the installed system or systems contains an electrically powered component, the installed system or systems shall be provided with an independent battery system capable of operating for a period of at least twenty four (24) hours without external power input. The battery system shall automatically charge in the presence of external power input Supervision/continuing operation. The occurrence of any fault in this radio system where the system function is decreased will result in the transmission of a supervisory signal to the central station. If the system cannot be fully restored within one hour, the fire chief will be notified Proof of compliance. Each owner shall submit at least one field test, or as determined by the Fire Code Official, whenever structural changes occur to the building that would materially change the original field performance tests by a consultant approved by the Fire Code OffciaL. The performance test shall include at a minimum a floor plan and the signal strength in various locations of the building Annual test. It shall be the building owner's responsibility to have all active components of the system, such as amplifiers, power supplies and backup batteries tested a minimum of once every twelve (12) months. Amplifiers shall be tested to ensure that the gain is the same as it was upon initial installation and acceptance. Backup batteries and power supplies shall be tested under load of a period of one hour to verify that they will properly operate during an actual power outage. If, within the one hour test period, and in the opinion of the testing technician, the battery exhibits symptoms of failure, the test shall be extended for additional onehour periods until the integrity of the battery can be determined. All other active components shall be checked to determine that they are operating within the manufactures specification for the intended purpose. A report shall be submitted to the fire code offcial upon conclusion of the testing and not later than January 30th of each year Five-Year Tests. In addition to the annual test, it shall be the building owner's responsibility to perform a radio coverage test a minimum of once every five (5) years to ensure that the radio system continues to meet the requirements of the original acceptance test. A report shall be submitted to the fire code official upon conclusion of the testing Qualification of Testing PersonneL. Personnel conducting radio system tests shall be qualified to perform the work. All tests shall be documented and signed by a person in possession of a current FCC General Radio Telephone Operator License, or a current technician certification issued by the Associated Public Safety Communications Officials International (APCO), the National Association of Business and Education Radio (NABER) or the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA)

5 Attachment A to Ordinance Approval prior to installation. No amplification system capable of operating on frequencies used by the Regional 800 MHz. Radio System shall be installed without prior coordination and approval of the radio system licensee (The Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency) and any such system must meet any standards adopted by the King County Regional Communications Board Acceptance Tests. Acceptance testing for an in-building radio amplification system is required, upon completion of installation. It is the building owner's responsibility to have the radio system tested by qualified personnel to ensure a minimum of 95% two-way coverage on each floor of the building. Point of Information A Certificate of Occupancy wil not be issued to any structure if the building fails to comply with these provisions. Talk-back testing from a site to the Regional 800 MHz. Radio System shall use a two (2) watt, portable transceiver with speaker/microphone and flexible antenna (or any calibrated device which will produce signal levels useable by the prescribed portable radio). Field strength testing instruments must have been calibrated within one (1) year of the date of the acceptance test. Field strength testing instruments must be of the frequency selective type incorporating a flexible antenna similar to the ones used on the hand held transceivers. The City may designate alternate methods of measuring the signal level, which satisfy appropriate levels of public safety coverage. A report shall be submitted to the City at the conclusion of acceptance testing containing a floor plan and the signal strengths at each location tested and other relevant information. A representative of the City may oversee the acceptance test. Acceptance testing is also required whenever changes occur to the building that would materially change the original field performance test Testing Criteria. Each floor of the building shall be divided into a grid of approximately forty (40) equal areas. A maximum of two (2) nonadjacent areas will be allowed to fail the test. In the event that three (3) of the areas fail the test, the floor may be divided into eighty (80) equal areas in order to be more statistically accurate. In such event, a maximum of four (4) nonadjacent areas wil be allowed to fail the test. After the eighty (80) area tests, if the system continues to fail, the building owner shall have the system altered to meet the 95% coverage requirement. A spot located approximately in the center of a grid area will be selected for the test, then the radio will be keyed to verify two-way communication to and from the outside of the building through the Regional 800 MHz. Radio System. Once the spot has been selected, prospecting for a better spot within the grid area is not permitted. The gain values of all amplifiers shall be measured and the results kept on file with the building owner so that the measurements can be verified each year during the annual tests. In the event that the measurement results become lost, the building owner will be required to rerun the acceptance test to reestablish the gain values.

6 Legal Notice No Affidavit of Publication STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING SS l I, Mariana Skakie, being first duly sworn on oath, depose and says that she is the deputy clerk of The Issaquah Press, a weekly newspaper. That said newspaper is a legal newspaper of general circulation and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publications hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continuously as a weekly newspaper in Issaquah, in King County, Washington, and it is now, and during all of said time was printed in an offce maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper. That the said The Issaquah Press was on the eighteenth day of January 1900, approved as a legal newspaper by the Superior Court of said King County. This is a true copy of Legal Notice No City of Issaquah Notice of Ordinances Passed by Issaquah City CounciL. As it was published (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper each week for a period of one week commencing on the 10th day of February and ending on the 10th day of February as was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $75.00 at the rate of $15.00 per column inch. r-~(jd l2i~), ff A ~~~~;:,~"-=~=~~: LEGAL NOTICRE cny OF ISSAQUAH 'NQiiCE OF ORDINACES PASSED BY ISSAQUAH CITY COUNCIL Following,is a summary, by title, ohhe brdinancepased by the Issaquah City Council on February 1, 2010, to be pub- Iished in the Issaquah Press òn Fébruary 10, 2010, efféc: tive dates of Februar 10 TION TO THE I FIRE C NEWC 'COMP PUBLIC;, SAFET GE PROVISIONS ABLlSHING AN EF- DATE. of the ordinanat Cit Hall, 130. Y and the Issa-". quah public Lil;rary, iow. Sun!let Way. Upon request to "the CityClérk's Office ( ), a copy will also b"e mailed fora fee.. PUblishßdin The Issaquah Pres on ' Mariana Skakie Chief Clerk The Issaquah Press Subscribed and sworn to me the 17th day of February, 2010 HOllY M, RAISSIPOUR Notary Public State of Washington My Commission Expires October 16, 2013

7 DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE City of Issaquah Ordinance No AS 6065 Subject: 02/10/10 02/15/10 An Ordinance of The City of Issaquah, Washington, adding a New Section to the Issaquah Municipal Code adding a New Section to The International Fire Code requiring new construction to comply with Public Safety Radio Coverage Provisions and Establishing an effective date Date passed by City Council Signed by Mayor Signed by Council President Signed by City Clerk Date posted Date(s) published (normally by title only) Date effective Copies of executed document distributed as follows: x O~inance/Resolution file (original) x ~~C (per RCW 35A ) - (electronic copy only) 1 'iode Publishing Co. (upload files to their website; followed by hard copy) x ~ttorney x diginati~epartmeyt ESFRf Pillinq 2 Other: ~C Library. ~H Lobby Certified Copies: _ 3 Total photocopies needed (Reviewed b CitYClerk~ (Date i.i'l9 02 ~ )~ (J (Date) * If ordinance includes exhibit(s) - make sure you label the last page of the ordinance, explaining that the exhibit(s) is(are) on fie with the City Clerk. Updated 6/7/2006 R:\Agenda Bils for Proposed Council Agendas\Ordinances\Distribution Schedules\2010 Distrbution Schedules\2579.doc