HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-2912 INSTALLING HYDRANT & MAINS •
ORDINANCE NO. 2912
AN ORDINANCE relating to fire hydrant installation; prescribing
the time for installing hydrant and mains in
connection with construction activities; amending
Subsection 10.10.030 B; and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the existing requirements of the Yakima City Code
0 relating to the timing of fire hydrant and water main installation
are found by the City Council to be unnecessarily testrictive and
the City Council desires to modify those requirements to the ex-
tent provided by the following amendment to Subsection 10.10.030 B
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, and
WHEREAS, this amendment is made in response to a request that
it be immediately effective to permit construction to proceed as
rapidly as possible, in view of anticipated inclement weather
which would postpone some construction to the additional expense
and detriment of the building owner; and the City Council there-
fore finds an emergency to exist so that this ordinance may become
immediately effective, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY.THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 10.10.030 B of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code is.hereby amended to read as follows:
"10.10.030 Submission Of Plans And Approved Installa-
tion Required.
B. All required hydrants and mains shall be placed in
service prior to issuance of a building permit or commence-
ment of building construction relative to any new structure,
or alteration of or addition to any existing structure, to be
serviced thereby unless an alternate method of protection
acceptable to the Code Administration Manager is furnished
during construction; provided, in any event, all required
hydrants and mains shall be placed in service prior to
occupancy or use of any new structure, or alteration of or
addition to any existing structure, to be serviced thereby."
Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health,
safety and welfare of the people of the City of Yakima and an
emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be
in full force and effect immediately upon its passage, approval
and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 15th
day of October , 1985.
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City Clerk