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The Menlo Park Fire Protection District has withdrawn a proposed ordinance that would have revised sprinkler laws in Menlo Park after new state fire codes made the changes largely unnecessary, a fire chief said Monday.

Chief Harold Schapelhouman said the proposed ordinance, which was scheduled to come before the Menlo Park City Council tonight, would have required the installation of sprinkler systems in new residences or businesses of 1,000 square feet or larger or in any building with a basement bigger than 250 square feet.

It also would have mandated that owners of structures larger than 2,500 square feet