Ordinance 3128-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

Any work proposed within the City's right-of-way must be approved by a permitting process with the Utilities Department and must comply with the City of Everett's Design and Construction Standards and Specifications for Development manual. Section 5 Water Distribution defines the standards for designing and constructing within the City's water distribution system. Fire flow requirements control the design capacity of water main since these demands are generally much greater than the domestic water and other demands. The Municipal Code and Design Standards details require that the Fire Marshal shall determine required fire flows per the "Guide for Determination of Required Fire Flow" as published by the Insurance Service Office of the Municipal Survey Service. 2. State Building Code The State of Washington's Building Code, WAC 51, provides provision for establishing required fire protection. Specifically to the Downtown planning area, it requires secondary sources of water for high rise buildings for additional fire protection aside from City owned and operated fire hydrants. 3. Department of Health Water systems in Washington State must comply with the Department of Health's Drinking Water Regulations, as published in WAC 246-290. The Municipal Water Supply-Efficiency Requirements Act, also known as the Municipal Water Law, allows the Washington State Department of Health to regulate drinking water systems in order to assist with growing needs and assure greater reliability of drinking water in the future. Water systems also follow the guidelines within the Department of Health's Water System Design Manual. 3.2 Mitigation Measures The following mitigation measures should be implemented to assist in minimizing the impacts of future development on the existing water system: 1. New developments and expansions must comply with the City of Everett's "Design and Construction Standards and Specifications Manual, Section 5, Water Distribution" and the Department of Health's"Water System Design Manual". 2. Fire flow requirements for proposed buildings will be determined by the Fire Marshal. 3. Installation of fire hydrants and other water system improvements must meet the requirements imposed by the Fire Marshal. 4. Conservation efforts should be implemented to reduce the consumption of water. Installation of water-efficient plumbing fixtures, reuse of non-potable water, and performing water audits are a few examples. 5. Hydraulic modeling and analyses will be completed by the City for each development and expansion project to determine the ability of the existing water system to meet the requirements of the development project and to identify water system improvements necessary to meet the requirements. 13