The citys code enforcement office has been at odds with Pilgrim Baptist Church over a new addition the city claims requires the church to also install a sprinkler system in the existing building in order to comply with Newark code.

Members of the church, founded in 1913 and located on Barksdale Road, believe the code is being incorrectly interpreted by city officials and argue that the two buildings are separate, distinct structures.

It was by design that these be two separate buildings, Pastor Lonnie Rector said.

On Tuesday, both parties presented their cases to the Board of Building Appeals with City Solicitor Bruce Herron and Tim Poole, code enforcement officer, arguing in favor of the city, and James A. Landon, an attorney from Morris James, LLP, representing the church.

Three out of the six members of the board were present at the hearing, including Terrance Haskins, Jeff Bergstrom and Sal Sedita.

Work began last year on the two-story, 17,000-square-foot addition to the back of the church for a fellowship hall and additional meeting rooms, classrooms and kitchen, but on Feb. 5, a month before completion, the church received a letter from Planning Director Maureen Feeney Roser stating that sprinklers must be installed in the existing portion of the building.

Feeney Roser explained that the sprinklers needed to be installed before she could issue a Certificate of Occupancy for the addition and gave the church 30 days to comply.

However, on Tuesday, Landon argued that the church is not financially prepared to install the sprinklers and should not be required to do so in 30 days, a time frame he described as impossible.

He added that the church would be unable to hold regular services if forced to install sprinklers in the existing building, as the worship room would be under construction.

Poole explained to the board that the existing church shares load-bearing elements with the new area, which deems it not only an addition, but also a renovation, and triggers the automatic sprinklering requirement. He also noted that the two buildings are connected by a hallway.

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GEORGETOWN, Colo. (CBS4) Its one of the biggest concerns in Colorados highway system what if the EisenhowerJohnson Memorial Tunnels had to be closed and repaired? The state is moving one step closer to making sure that doesnt happen by installing a new fire suppression system that could also likely save lives.

Its going to be the greatest improvement to tunnel since initial construction, CDOT Project Manager Raelene Shelly said.

For the past 40 years there has been one main source for putting out fires at the tunnel.

We have 52 employees here at the tunnel that are all trained in basic firefighting skills, Shelly said.

While thats worked in the past, the Colorado Department of Transportation has received a total of $25 million from the federal and state governments to make the tunnel safer.

They currently run hurricane force winds through there if theres ever a fire, but what were looking at getting the funding to install is a sprinkler system, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis said.

We have had nine significant fires inside the tunnel and two of them have caused damage, said. Our system will actually reduce damage to the tunnels and keep them open for the public.

There was an RV that caught fire in the tunnel in the year 2000 and a number of other close calls. But now the system design has been picked and a contractor is ready to start next year.

Theres a linear heat detector on the ceiling of the roadway and it will detect heat which will send a signal to the control room. An operator will decide whether or not theres a fire, Shelly said.

Sprinklers will go through ventilation already in place.

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BARTOW | The Polk County Courthouse was evacuated for about 20 minutes this morning after dust particles triggered a smoke alarm.

Loud emergency sirens inside the courthouse directed everyone to exit, and hundreds of people lined the streets as a fire engine drove by with lights and sirens blaring.

A maintenance worker inadvertently triggered a smoke alarm while working on the sprinkler system in the sixth-floor maintenance closet, Court Administrator Nick Sudzina said.

Dust particles were agitated and blown into the sprinkler system, setting off the alarm, he said.

To prevent this from occurring again, the sprinkler bypass system will be engaged during any maintenance work, Sudzina said.

"The good thing about this incident is the evacuation system worked as it is supposed to and everyone left the building timely and reported to the proper assembly area," he said in an email.

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