§ 4-164. Fire Protection Systems; Section 912, Fire Department Connections.

(a)

Section 912.2.3 is added to read as follows: "Location and Performance of Fire Hydrants." Every building of more than one thousand (1,000) square feet in area shall be provided with sufficient fire hydrants located such that no exterior portion of the building is located more than five hundred (500) feet from a fire hydrant. The distance shall be measured as a hose line would be laid along paved streets, through parking lot entrances, and around obstructions, in accordance with the determination of the authority having jurisdiction. A fire hydrant is required within two hundred (200) feet of any required fire department connection, as hose is laid. The fire department connection must be located on the front, address side of the building and be visible from a fire hydrant or as approved by the Fire Code Official. Each hydrant shall provide a minimum of one thousand (1,000) gpm at a residual pressure of twenty (20) psi.

Exception:

An approved alternate water supply source may be acceptable in areas not served by a public water supply. In addition, a fire hydrant is not required to be situated within two hundred (200) feet of any required fire department connection that is intended to supply an automatic fire sprinkler system that has been retrofitted into an existing building of any use group, provided that the area of the building has not been increased in size or the use group classification has not been changed to require an automatic fire suppression system under any other provision of this Division.

(CB-121-1985; CB-97-1989; CB-98-1991; CB-63-1995; CB-82-1998; CB-54-2002; CB-73-2005; CB-13-2009; CB-45-2012)