HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-472 ORDINANCE NO. /
0 AN ORDINANCE regulating fire service water connections, providing for
• fire service connection charge, and amending.Section
7.68.275 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That Section 7.68.275 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.68.275 FIRE SERVICES. All fire service connections •
between water mains and property lines shall be installed and
maintained by the Water Department at the expense of the owner
or occupant of the premise served, and shall be the property
of the City of Yakima.
At the time of making application for such services, the
applicant shall file with the Water Department detailed plans
showing all installed or to be installed for fire pro-
tection, all fire gates, automatic sprinklers and all other
outlets, gates or appurtenances. Each fire service connection .
shall have a gate valve with. an adequate valve box installed
between the main and _property line of the premises served.
When the fire service connection is used for hydrant -
• or made adaptable for hose or additional line connections, such' - • .
111 -service shall_be equipped with a detector4check meter. If said
fire service is to be used exclusively for an automatic sprinkler
system then anain.check Valve with a standard-5/8" X 3/4 by-pass
nieter may be installed in _lieu of a detector-check meter. Each
meter shall be housed in a vault.
Upon receipt of such application, the Superintendent of the
Water Department shall fix the charge to be made for the in-
stallation of such service taking into consideration • length
and size of pipe, condition. of street and sidewalk, all relative
to-character of service, and such charge shall be paid by
applicant before such installation shall be made.
Fire service connections shall not be used for combined fire
protection.and _commercial purposes where'Separate service con-
nections can be installed. In no case shall any tap be made .
upon, or any tank be connected with, any pipe used for fire
protection unless a meter shall be installed thereon. . The use
of water through a fire service connection'for any purpose
other than the extinguishing of fire on the premises is pro-
hibited unless a meter is installed to measure all, water so
used."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
days after its final passage, approval and publication as required by
. •
flo law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 28th day
of October, 1963.
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