Jurisdictions with Residential Sprinkler Ordinances

Jurisdictions with Residential Sprinkler
Ordinances

Ordinances that cover 1 & 2-family homes

The following table lists jurisdictions by state that require residential fire sprinklers in 1 & 2-family homes. Some ordinances have specific conditions that must be met before sprinklers are required. Please read the explanatory notes at the bottom of the table. When no specific conditions are posted, this information was not provided by the AHJ.

We are in the process of updating our listing of ordinances and ask that you let us know if your's is not listed or if you know of others not reflected in the table below. Please tell us about any omissions or errors by contacting Lane Wintermute, Field Director at info@firemarshals.org.

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Alaska	Arizona	California	Colorado	Connecticut
Florida	Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho	Illinois
Iowa	Kansas	Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts
Michigan	Minnesota	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey
New Mexico	New York	Ohio	Oregon	Pennsylvania
South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Vermont	Washington
Wisconsin

ALASKA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Ketchikan	X1			1. Over 8,000 sq. feet.
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ARIZONA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Chandler	X				1986
Drexel Heights		X1,2		1. When < 500 GPM. 2. When > 500 ft. from hydrant.
Fountain Hills	X				1996
Paradise Valley	X				2000
Peoria			X1	1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
Scottsdale	X1			1. All R-3 since 1985	1974
Sedona			X1	1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
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CALIFORNIA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Agoura Hills			X1	1. LA County ordinance.
Albany			X1	1. Over 1500 sq. feet.
Alhambra					2003
Aliso Viejo
Alto-Richardson Bay	X
Aptos/La Selva	X
Arcadia		X
Arroyo Grande
Auburn	X1			1. Over 10,000 sq. feet.
Aurora	X1			1. Over 7,500 sq. feet.
Bakersfield		X1		1. Over 10,000 sq. feet.
Belmont
Beverly Hills	X
Brentwood			X		1999
Buena Park			X		2003
Burbank			X
Cambria	X1			1. 5000 sq. ft. threshold.
Carmel Highlands
Carpenteria
Central
Cloverdale
Claremont
Coronado
Corte Madera	X1			1. Water < 500 GPM.	1980
Covina
Culver City	X				1990
Cypress			X1	1. Over 3,600 sq. feet.	2003
Dana Point			X
Daly City	X
Desert Hot Springs
Downey
El Cerrito	X1			1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
El Monte	X1			1. Over 500 sq. feet.
Encinitas
Escondido
Eureka
Folsom
Fontana			X
Foothill		X1		1. Over 7,500 sq. feet.
Foster City	X
Fountain Valley
Fremont			X1	1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.	1995
Fresno	X			1. Over 5,000 sq. feet. 2. Kitchen sprinkler required	2006
Gilroy	X1			1. Over 3,000 sq. feet.	1995
Glendale		X			1989
Hawthorne
Healdsburg
Huntington Beach
Irvine			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Kentfield
Laguna Hills
Laguna Niguel			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Laguna Woods			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
La Habra Heights
Lake Forest			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Lakeside
La Palma			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Larkspur
Livermore			X
Loma Linda
Los Alamitos			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Los Angeles			X1	1. Access.
Los Angeles County			X1	1. Distance, access, water.
Malibu
Manteca-Lathrop			X1	1. Over 4,000 sq. feet.	1987
Marin County
Millbrae			X1	1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
Mill Valley
Milpitas
Mission Viejo			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Montclair
Montebello
Monterey
Napa		X
Newark	X1			1. Over 500 sq. feet.
Norco	X1			1. Over 2,500 sq. feet.
North County		X	X		1996
Novato Fire		X			1995
City of Orange
Orange County			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Oxnard	X
Pacific Grove
Palm Springs	X1			1. Over 3,000 sq. feet.	1982
Pebble Beach			X		1999
Petaluma
Pismo Beach		X1		1. Over 4,500 sq. feet.
Placentia			X
Rancho Cucamonga
Rancho Santa Fe	X
Rancho Santa Margarita					2003
Redlands
Redondo Beach	X1			1. Over 750 sq. feet.	1990
Redwood
Richmond	X1			1. Over 10,000 sq. feet.
Riverside					REPEAL PENDING 2005
Ross Valley
Sacramento County			X
Salinas
Salinas Rural		X			1995
San Bernadino
San Bernadino County			X1	1. Access, water.
San Bruno
San Carlos
San Clemente			X		1979
San Diego
San Gabriel
San Jacinto					PENDING 2005
San Juan Capistrano			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
San Luis Obispo		X			1987
San Marcos			X1	1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
San Mateo
San Miguel			X		1988
San Rafael
Sanger
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz	X				1996
Santa Monica	X				1992
Santee	X
Saratoga
Sausalito
Sierra Madre
Seal Beach			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Sonoma (www.sonoma-county.org)	X				2003
Stanton			X
Sunnyvale		X
Tamalpais Valley
Thunderbolt
Tiburon	X				1982
Tustin			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Unincorporated Orange County
Union City	X				1995
Vacaville
Ventura
Ventura County
Villa Park			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
West Hollywood
Westminster			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
Woodland		X
Yolo County			X		1995
Yorba Linda			X1	1. Over 5,500 sq. feet.
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COLORADO	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Aspen	X1,2,3			1. Over 5,000 sq. feet. 2. Two or more stories. 3. Access.
Basalt	X1			1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
Boulder
Denver
Fort Collins
Hermosa Cliffs				1. apparatus cannot get within 150' of home. 2. Greater than 3 stories in height to a finished floor. 3. Home greater than 3600 sq ft.	1995
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CONNECTICUT	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Wethersfield	X1			1. Over 2,000 sq. feet.
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FLORIDA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Altamonte Springs			X1	1. Over 3,500 sq. feet.
Boca Raton	X1			1. Over 12,000 sq. feet.
Casselberry	X1			1. Over 3,000 sq. feet.
Flagler Beach	X1			1. Over 10,000 sq. feet.
Jackson/Teton County	X1			1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
Jacksonville Beach	X1			1. Over 7,000 sq. feet.
Orange County
Orlando	X1			1. Lake Nona subdivision
Oviedo	X1			1. Over 15,000 sq. feet.
Palm Beach
Palm Beach County			X1	1. Over 10,000 sq. feet.
St. Lucie County		X			1996
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GEORGIA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Covington
Marrietta
Morrow			X		1999
Thunderbolt	X				2006
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HAWAII	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Honolulu	X
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IDAHO	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Ketchum	X1			1. Over 6,000 sq. feet.
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ILLINOIS	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Barrington
Bridgeview (Village)	X			1. All new and any rehabed 50% value or size	2005
Buffalo Grove
Clarendon Hills			X		2000
Deerfield-Bannockburn		X1		1. Over 7,500 sq. feet.	1984
Glen Ellyn	X1			1. All new residential	2002
Glenview
Hazel Crest	X1			1. Over 3,500 sq. feet.
Hickory Hills					January 2005
Highland Park		X	X
Hoffman Estates		X
Lake Barrington
Lombard	X1			1. Over 1,000 sq. feet.
Long Grove	X
Mount Prospect		X
Oak Park	X1			1. Over 3,500 sq. feet.
Park Ridge		X			2000
Round Lake Beach
Tinley Park
Wheeling	X			1. All new structures, regardless of occupancy type or size.
West Dundee
Wood Dale		X1		1. Over 7,500 sq. feet.
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IOWA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Iowa City	X
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KANSAS	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Leawood	X1,2			1. If hydrant > 500 ft. 2. Over 1,000 sq. feet.
Lenexa			X1	1. If water < 1,000 GPM.
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MAINE	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Town of South Berwick	X
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MARYLAND	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Baltimore
Frederick County
Howard County			X		1992
Montgomery County	X	X			2003
Prince George's County		X			1988
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MASSACHUSETTS	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Marblehead	X1		X2	1. Over 7,500 sq. feet. 2. If sideyard setback < 20 ft.	1983
North Andover		X
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MICHIGAN	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Fenton	X
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MINNESOTA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Plymouth	X1			1. Over 2,000 sq. feet.
St. Paul
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NEVADA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Incline Village
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NEW HAMPSHIRE	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Atkinson			X1	1. All units within rural residential cluster development.	1991
City of Claremont				1. New or renovated mult-family dwellings
Derry				1. Modified sprinkler requirement for areas that do not have a muncipal water supply.
Dover					REPEALED 2002
Durham				1. All private dormitory buildings	1991
Laconia				1. New Homes over 3600 sq ft 2. Any new building over 8000 sq ft	Ordinance rescinded 3 weeks after passage
New Boston				1. Large Developments of single-family homes 1. Multi-tenant strucutres (3 or more)
Town of Newton				1. All new senior and elderly housing -- includes "over 55 developments'	2005
Town of Petersborough					FIGHTING REPEAL EFFORTS
Salem				1. All new R-1 and R-2 use groups 2. all existing R-1 and R-2 use groups when substantially remodeled. 3. All apartment sor condominiums with 4 or more units and/or three stories or more 4. Residential care facilities with 5 to 16 clients 5. All new residential development of three or more lots
Town of Strafford					pending
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NEW JERSEY	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Colts Neck
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NEW MEXICO	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Sante Fe
Sante Fe County
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NEW YORK	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Dobbs Ferry
Fairview
Greenburgh	X				1982
Harrison
Issaquah			X1	1. Over 2,500 sq. feet.	1992
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OHIO	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Colerain Twp.	X1			1. Over 5,000 sq. feet.
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OREGON	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
				All residences over 3600 sq ft.statewide
Cannon City		X1		1. Congregate care > 2 stories.	1999
Portland
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PENNSYLVANIA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Broomall		X1		1. Over 1,500 sq. feet.
Buckingham Towhship			X
Conewago					REPEAL PENDING 2005
Lower Merion Twp.			X1	1. If truss joists used	1989
Plymouth
Upper Dublin Twp.			X		1998
Upper Merion Twp.		X			1987
Warrington Twp.			X		1985
West Whiteland Twp.		X			1989
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SOUTH CAROLINA	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Mount Pleasant		X1		1. Over 4,000 sq. feet.	1985
North Myrtle Beach
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TENNESSEE	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Collierville		X1	X2	1. With three or more dwelling units. 2. Over 4500 sq. ft., or > 2000 sq. ft. and > 300 ft. from public road.	1991
Germantown			X1,2	1. Over 35 feet high. 2. Over 7,500 sq. feet.	1990
Nolensville	X				2005
Pleasant View
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TEXAS	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Addison	X				1992
Bellaire			X1	1. Over 2 stories.	1999
Bunker Hill Village	X				2000
Hedwig Village	X				2000
Hilshire Village	X				1999
Hunter's Creek	X				2000
Lewisville			X1	1. Duplexes only.	2000
Lockhart			X		1998
Piney Point Village			X		1998
Plano
Spring Valley	X				2000
Sugar Land	X1			1. Over 7,500 sq. feet.
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VERMONT	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Montpelier	X
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WASHINGTON	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Auburn
Black Diamond			X1	1. Over 2500 sq. feet.
Bothell
Dupont			X
King County Fire Dist. 4	X1			1. Over 10,000 sq. feet.
King County Fire Marshal			X1	1. Over 2,500 sq. feet.
Olympia	X1			1. Over 12,000 sq. feet.
Port Angeles
Redmond	X1			1. Over 6,000 sq. feet.
Tacoma
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WISCONSIN	All	R	R-3	Notes	Adopted
Madison
Shorewood Hills	X
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Explanatory notes

Note 1. This data represents information gathered by the Residential Fire Safety Institute (RFSI) from fire departments and other sources. Based on the response to our inquiries, we estimate that the actual number of ordinances is substantially higher.

Note 2. Jurisdictions printed in italics may have ordinances covering 1-2 family homes, but this has not been verified. The RFSI staff is verifying the information and will continue to revise the list.

Note 3. An entry in column 2, "All," means that sprinklers are required in all structures including 1 & 2-family homes.

An entry in column 3, "R," means that sprinklers are required in all residential occupancies including 1 & 2-family homes.

An entry in column 4, "R3," means that sprinklers are required in all 1 & 2-famiy homes.

Note 4. An entry with a superscript indicates a restrictive note in column No. 8. For example, in Corte Madera, CA, the X in column No. 2 indicates that sprinklers are required in all occupancies, but the requirement only applies when the water flow is less than 500 GPM.

Note 5. The table does not include:

Jurisdictions that offer incentives for sprinkler installation but do not require them by ordinance.

Jurisdictions that require sprinklers on a case-by-case basis, such as a decision by a zoning board.

Jurisdictions that only require sprinklers in model homes and leave sprinklers as a homebuyers option.