HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-2427 INSTALLATION OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. •
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ORDINANCE NO. .244%27
AN ORDINANCE relating to public services and utilities; regulating
the installation of fire protection services; and amend-
ing Section 7.68.275 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code.
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--... BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
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Section 1. 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 connec-
tions between water mains and property lines shall be
installed and by the water department at the
expense of the owner or occupant of the premises 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 piping installed or to be installed for
fire protection, all fire gates, automatic sprinklers and
all other outlets, gates or appurtenances. An alarm .
system shall be installed, in accordance with Chapter
10.03, "Private Fire Alarm System Connection and Monitor-
ing", of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, in conjunction
with each single source fire protection system, and each
fire service connection shall have a gate valve with an
adequate valve box and an approved flow detection device
installed between the main and the property line of the
premises served and the flow detection device shall be
connected to the City of Yakima fire alarm monitoring
system, and shall further comply with requirements of
WAC Chapter 248.54. All multiple source fire protection
systems shall have a main check valve with a standard
five-eighths inch by three-fourths inch bypass meter
...,------ -housed in a vault.
Upon receipt of such application, the superinten-
dent of the water department shall fix the charge to
• made for the installation 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 com-
bined fire protection and commercial purposes where separate
service connections 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 ser-
vice connection for any purpose other than the extinguish-
ing of fire on the premises is prohibited unless a •
meter is installed to measure all water so used."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
or thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided
by Jaw and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this G VY- 24--
day of - , 1980.
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