Alpharetta, GA Building Safety: Fire Sprinkler Requirements (2026)

Section 20-7 of the Alpharetta Code of Ordinances adopts a domestic sprinkler installation code by reference, attached as Exhibit A to the ordinance from which the section is derived, and states that this code governs the installation of domestic sprinklers in the city and is incorporated as fully as if set out at length in the Code itself. The provision traces through a chain of amending ordinances, most recently Ordinance No. 684 from November 2013, following earlier amendments in Ordinance No. 615 (2008), Ordinance No.

253 (1989), and the original Ordinance No. 220 from November 1986, showing the domestic sprinkler standard has been revised repeatedly rather than left as originally written in 1986. Because the operative sprinkler specifications live in the attached exhibit rather than in the printed text of Sec. 20-7 itself, a builder or homeowner installing a residential sprinkler system needs the current exhibit from the fire department or community development department rather than relying on the code section alone. The section sits within chapter 20, article I, alongside the city's broader fire prevention code adopted under Sec.

8-29(a)(3) and enforced by the director of public safety under Sec. 20-11, so a sprinkler installation that also implicates the fire prevention code or the building code is subject to review under both regimes.