Ordinance 1237-86 - Laserfiche WebLink

• 1 1. Buildings having required fire flows of less than two thousand five hundred gallons per minute are required to have fire 2 hydrants on only one side of the building. 3 2. When the required fire flow is over two thousand five hundred gallons per minute the fire hydrant shall be served by a main 4 which loops around the building or complex of buildings and reconnects back into a distribution supply main. The number of 5 fire hydrants shall be determined on an average basing of three hundred feet computed on an imaginary parallel line to and not 6 less than fifty feet from the structure. All hydrants are to be accessible by two Fire Department pumper trucks over roads 7 capable of supporting such fire apparatus. The Fire Marshal shall determine the location of the hydrants based upon a 8 determination of utility topography and building location. Hydrants shall be a minimum of fifty feet away from the building 9 or structure; minor deviations may be granted by Fire Department approval of written requests. 10 P. Maximum Distance for Single-Family Dwellings. The maximum distance 11 from hydrants to any new construction which is residential and single-family and in the single-family use district shall be three 12 hundred fifty feet. 13 Q. Fire Flow Requirements. The fire flow requirements applied by the Fire Marshal under the provisions of this ordinance shall be based upon 14 criteria established in the "Guide for Determination of Required Fire Flow" as published by the Insurance Service Office of the Municipal 15 Survey Service, 160 Water Street, New York, New York, 10038. The "Guide for Determination of Required Fire Flow," and the standards of 16 the American Water Works Association, all as amended, added to, or excepted herein are adopted by the City. A copy of each such adopted 17 collection of standards, rules and criteria, in the form in which it was adopted and suitably marked to indicate amendments, additions, 18 deletions and exceptions as provided herein, shall be authenticated and filed by the Clerk in the records of his office, suitably referenced 19 and indexed to the ordinance codified herein. Three copies of each such collection, in the form in which it was adopted and suitably 20 marked to indicate amendments, additions, deletions and exceptions as provided herein, shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be available 21 for use and examination by the public. 22 R. Any person who owns or is in possession of any property may make a request to the Fire Chief for a variance from specific requirements 23 provided for in this section upon a showing of undue hardship or unreasonable application of this section; provided, that a variance or 24 its renewal shall not be the right of the applicant nor the holder thereof, but shall be at the reasonable discretion of the Fire Chief, 25 and that no variance shall be granted pursuant to this section unless the Fire Chief has considered the relative interest of the applicant, 26 other owners or possessors of property likely to be affected by his decision and the general public. The Fire Chief shall have authority 27 to place reasonable conditions on any variance granted pursuant to this section. All decisions made by the Fire Chief shall be made in writing 28 within thirty days, and a copy thereof shall be sent to the applicant and Utilities Division. Any person aggrieved by the denial, grant, 29 conditions or renewal of a variance by the Fire Chief may request review by the City Council. Such review must be made in writing to the 30 City Clerk within ten working days from the date that the Fire Chief presents the applicant with his final decision. 31 32 23