HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-2927 LOOPING OF WATER MAINS ORDINANCE NO 2 9 2 7
AN ORDINANCE relating to fire and fire hydrants, setting
standards for looping of water mains under
certain circumstances and amending Section
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10.10.080 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
. • Section 1. Section 10.10.080 of the City of Yakima
. Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"10.10.080 Additional fire hydrant location and number
requirements for certain buildings. Notwithstanding other
requirements of this chapter, the following additional
regulations shall apply to all buildings of which any por-
tion is more than one hundred fifty feet from the curb or
edge of the nearest established street or public highway,
except from single-family dwellings:
1. The required number of fire hydrants shall be
determined on an average of three hundred thirty feet
computed on an imaginary line parallel to, and not less
than fifty feet from, the structure,
2. Fire hydrants shall be a minimum of fifty feet
away from a building or structure.
3. Buildings have a required fire flow of less than
three thousand five hundred gallons per minute, as
determined by the Chief of Code Administration, may be
permitted to have hydrants on one Side of the building
only.
4. Buildings having a required fire flow of two
thousand five hundred or more gallons per minute, as
determined by the Chief of Code Administration, shall
be serviced by fire hydrants with a main which loops
around the building or complex of buildings and recon-
nects or extends to another grid system, provided,
however, where the Chief of Code Administration det-
• ermines that the required fire flow can be achieved
without a looped main, a looped main shall not be
required,
5. All fire hydrants must be accessible to fire
department trucks and fire apparatus over roads or ways
capable of supporting same.
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6. Location of fire hydrants shall be subject to
approval of the chief of code administration, con-
sidering such factors as utility, topography and build-
ing location, .who may pursuant to written request
approve minor deviations from the provisions of this
section."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publica-
tion as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
ntiA, day ofAtl/wl-V6 , 1985.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
Publication Date DEC 2 0 1985
Effective Date JAN 2 0 1986
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