BY-LAW AMENDING THE BY-LAW CONCERNING THE SERVICE DE SÉCURITÉ INCENDIE DE MONTRÉAL (RCG )

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1 VILLE DE MONTRÉAL BY-LAW RCG BY-LAW AMENDING THE BY-LAW CONCERNING THE SERVICE DE SÉCURITÉ INCENDIE DE MONTRÉAL (RCG ) In view of section 62 of the Municipal Powers Act (CQLR, chapter C-47.1); In view of subparagraph (a) of paragraph (8) of section 19 and of section 54 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (CQLR, chapter E ); In view of articles 48, 51 and 80 of schedule C to the Charter of Ville de Montréal (CQLR, chapter C-11.4); In view of paragraph 23 of article 1 of the By-law concerning departments (14-012); In view of the fire safety cover plan adopted by the urban agglomeration council on December 18, 2008 (CG ), namely program 2 titled Réglementation municipale aiming for the adoption and application of an urban agglomeration fire safety by-law (Part 3, Section 7); At its meeting of April 27, 2017, the urban agglomeration council enacts: 1. Article 2 of the By-law concerning the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (RCG ) is amended by: (1) inserting, before the interpretation of the word director, the following interpretations: building : any construction used or intended to be used to accommodate or receive people, animals or things; building height : the height of the building as defined by the standard in force at the time of construction or alteration of the building; ; (2) inserting, after the interpretation of the words dwelling unit, the following interpretations: health care occupancies : as defined in the applicable standard at the time of construction or alteration of the building; NBC 1995 am. Québec : Construction Code of Québec, Chapter I, Building, and National Building Code of Canada 1995 (amended), the Code national du bâtiment RCG /1

2 - Canada 1995 (CNRC 38726F) including the revisions of July 1998 and November 1999 and the National Building Code - Canada 1995 (NRCC 38726) including the revisions of July 1998 and November 1999 published by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (O.C , ); NBC 2005 am. Québec : Construction Code of Québec, Chapter I, Building, and National Building Code of Canada 2005 (amended), the Code national du bâtiment - Canada 2005 (CNRC 47666F) and the National Building Code of Canada 2005 (NRCC 47666) published by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes of the National Research Council of Canada (O.C , ); ; private seniors residence : a private seniors residence as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services (CQLR, chapter S-4.2), either a residential occupancy for the elderly, single-family type residential occupancy for the elderly or a residential board and care occupancy for the elderly, as defined in the by-law; residential board and care occupancy : a care occupancy other than a hospital, a residential and long-term care centre (CHSLD), an infirmary, a rehabilitation centre or a rest home, providing lodging in rooms for persons requiring personal support services who may need assistance to evacuate the building (see Division A, Appendix A to NBC 2005 am. Québec); residential occupancy for the elderly : a private seniors residence in which elderly persons are lodged in bedrooms or dwelling units, but that is not a residential board and care occupancy; single-family type residential occupancy for the elderly : single-family dwelling having a building height of no more than 2 storeys, in which a natural person who resides in that dwelling operates a private seniors residence and lodges no more than 9 elderly persons; smoke alarm : combined smoke detector and audible alarm device designed to sound an alarm within the room or suite in which it is located upon the detection of smoke;. 2. Articles 18 and 19 of the by-law are replaced by the following: 18. Smoke alarms conforming to standard CAN/ULC-S531 Smoke Alarms must be installed: RCG /2 (1) in every dwelling unit; (a) on each storey; and (b) on each storey where bedrooms are located, the smoke alarms must be installed between the bedrooms and the remainder of the storey, except if

3 the bedrooms are accessed by a corridor, in which case the smoke alarms must be installed in the corridor; (2) in each sleeping room that is not part of a dwelling unit, except in care or detention occupancies that must be equipped with a fire alarm system; (3) in each corridor and each shared rest or activity area in a residential occupancy for the elderly that is not equipped with a fire alarm and detections system; (4) in sleeping rooms and in the corridors of a residential board and care occupancy designed in compliance with Article of NBC 1995 am. Québec or 2005 am. Québec, if the bedrooms are not equipped with smoke detectors; (5) in each sleeping room, corridor and shared rest or activity area of a singlefamily type residential occupancy for the elderly; The smoke alarms required under paragraph (2) of the first paragraph must be installed by permanent connections to an electrical circuit and have no disconnect switch between the overcurrent device and the smoke alarm Subject to the more stringent requirements of articles 18.2 and 18.3, the smoke alarms required under article 18 must, when required by the standard in force at the time of construction or alteration of the building: (1) be installed by permanent connections to an electrical circuit and have no disconnect switch between the overcurrent device and the smoke alarm; and (2) be wired so that the activation of one alarm will automatically cause all alarms within the dwelling unit to sound The smoke alarms required under paragraphs (3) to (5) of article 18 must: (1) be installed by permanent connections to an electrical circuit and have no disconnect switch between the overcurrent device and the smoke alarm; (2) be wired so that the activation of one alarm will automatically cause all alarms within the dwelling unit to sound; (3) be wired so that the activation of one alarm in a building housing a residential occupancy for the elderly of the rooming house type will automatically cause all the alarms to sound. In addition, the smoke alarms required under paragraph (4) of article 18 must: (1) be of a photoelectric type; RCG /3

4 (2) be interconnected and connected to visual signal devices that allow personnel assigned to the sleeping rooms to see from where the smoke alarm is triggered; (3) be connected to the fire department as provided for in NBC 1995 am. Québec Smoke alarms must be installed on or close to the ceiling in accordance with CAN/ULC-S553, Installation of Smoke Alarms A manual device may be installed at a specific point in the electrical circuit for the smoke alarm in a dwelling unit to shut off the sound signal emitted by the smoke alarm for no more than 10 minutes; after that, the smoke alarm must re-activate Every smoke alarm must be replaced 10 years after the date of manufacture indicated on the cover. If no date of manufacture is indicated, the smoke alarm is considered to be non-compliant and must be replaced without delay. 19. For the purposes of the by-law, a reference to a standard or requirement in effect at the time of construction or alteration of a building constitutes a reference to the standard applicable according to the year of construction or alteration of the building as indicated in the second and third clauses of article 344 of the Quebec Safety Code, CQLR, chapter B-1.1, r Article 23 of the by-law is amended by inserting, after the word service, the words:, the nominal pressure and flow rate of the fire pump. 4. Article 23 of the by-law is amended by inserting, after the period, the following sentence: The identification shall be made using pictograms conforming to NFPA standard Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols.. RCG /4

5 5. Article 24 of the by-law is amended by inserting, after the words posters, the words: conforming to NFPA standard Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols. 6. Article 37 of the by-law is amended by inserting, after the number 18, the words to The public notice relating to this by-law was posted at city hall and published in The Gazette on May 3, RCG /5

BY-LAW CONCERNING THE SERVICE DE SÉCURITÉ INCENDIE DE MONTRÉAL. In view of section 62 of the Municipal Powers Act (R.S.Q., chapter C-47.

VILLE DE MONTRÉAL BY-LAW RCG 12-003 BY-LAW CONCERNING THE SERVICE DE SÉCURITÉ INCENDIE DE MONTRÉAL In view of section 62 of the Municipal Powers Act (R.S.Q., chapter C-47.1); In view of the Civil Protection