Marysville, WA Building Safety: Fire Sprinkler Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Apartments
- 3+ stories or 5+ units
- Hotels
- 3+ stories or 5+ rooms
- Single/two-family homes
- 3+ stories
- Sprinkler type
- residential/quick-response heads
- Citation
- MMC § 9.04.903.2.8
Summary
Marysville's local fire code amendment requires automatic sprinklers in apartment buildings of three-plus stories or five-plus units, congregate residences and hotels of similar size, and even three-story single- and two-family homes.
An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout every apartment house three (3) or more stories in height or containing five (5) or more dwelling units, townhomes and every congregate residence three (3) or more stories in height or having an occupant load of five (5) or more, and every hotel three or more stories in height or containing five (5) or more guest rooms, and one and two family dwelling units three (3) or more stories. Residential or quick-response standard sprinklers shall be used in the dwelling units and guest room portions of the building shall be protected with an automatic sprinkler system per 903.3.1.3. (Ord. 2875 § 2, 2011)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4922912; v1 updated 2026-06-08; through 06-08-2026).
Full Breakdown
Marysville amended International Fire Code Section 903.2.8 to broaden the base residential sprinkler mandate: apartment houses three or more stories or with five or more dwelling units, townhomes, congregate residences of the same size or occupant load, hotels with three or more stories or five or more guest rooms, and even one- and two-family homes of three or more stories must all install automatic sprinklers. Dwelling and guest-room portions must use residential or quick-response standard sprinkler heads under IFC Section 903.3.1.3.
Violations & Fines
Fire code violations are punished as set forth in MMC § 4.02.040(3)(g); each 10 days a prohibited condition continues is a separate offense, and the city can still order the condition corrected or removed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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