Ordinance 493-78 - Laserfiche WebLink

i { O. Special Requirements. The requirements of this section apply to all building construction projects in which buildings are located or are to be located such that any portion is more than two hundred feet in vehicular travel 3 from the street property line except the detached single-family dwellings. 4 1. Buildings having required fire flows of less than two thousand five hundred gallons per minute are required 5 I to have fire hydrants on only one side of the building. 2. When the required fire flow is over two thousand five 6 hundred gallons per minute the fire hydrant shall be served by a main which loops around the building or 7 complex of buildings and reconnects back into a distribution supply main. The number of fire hydrants 8 shall be determined on an average basing of thre 4 hundred feet computed on an imaginary parallel line to 9 and not less than fifty feet from the structure. All hydrants are to be accessible by two fire department 10 pumper trucks over roads capable of supporting such fire apparatus. The fire marshal shall determine the 11 location of the hydrants based upon a determination of utility topography and building location. Hydrants shall 12 be a minimum of fifty feet away from the building or structure; minor deviations may be granted by fire 13 • department approval of written requests. P. Maximum Distance for Single-family Dwellings. The 14 maximum distance from hydrants to any new construction which is residential and single-family and in the 15 single-family use district shall be three hundred fifty feet. Q. Fire Flow Requirements. The fire flow requirements applied 16 by the fire marshal under the provisions of this chapter shall be based upon criteria established in the "Guide for 17 Determination of Required Fire Flow" as published by the Insurance Service Office of the Municipal Survey Service, 18 160 Water Street, New York, New York, 10038. The "Guide for Determination of Required Fire Flow," and the 19 standards of the American Water Works Association, all as amended, added to, or excepted herein are adopted by the 20 city. A copy of each such adopted collection of standards, rules and criteria, in the form in which it was adopted and 21 suitably marked to indicate amendments, additions, deletions and exceptions as provided herein, shall be 22 authenticated and filed by the clerk in the records of his office, suitably referenced and indexed to the ordinance 23 codified herein. Three copies of each such collection, in the form in which it was adopted and suitably marked to 24 indicate amendments, additions, deletions and exceptions as provided herein, shall be filed in the clerk's office and be 25 available for use and examination by the public. 26 27 28 Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 29 30 31 32 ORIGINAL -3