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07-27-1999 City of Edgewater Construction Regulation Board Regular Meeting Community Development, Conference Room Tuesday, July 27, 1999 7:00 P.M. Community Developtnent AGENDA 139 East Park Avenue I CALL TO ORDER Chairman Corhern ROLL CALL Board Coordinator APPROVAL OF MINUTES July 28, 1998 Chairman Corhern ELECTION OF OFFICERS UNFINISHED BUSINESS None at this time NEW BUSINESS 1) Review of Fire Prevention Ordinance Draft Lt. Jill Klem (Rescheduled from May 25, 1999 meeting which was canceled due to lack of a quorum.) ADJOURN In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding should contact Board Coordinator Tonya Elliott at (904)424 -2411, no late than 48 hours prior to the proceeding. :tle h:\tonya \crb\agendaUuly99 City ewater Department of Fire and Rescue Services PO Box 100 Edgewater, Fl 32132-0100 Phone 904.424 2445 Fax 904.424.2450 DRAFT Date: March 31, 1999 To: Chief Tracey Barlow From: Lt. Jill Klem, Life Safety Division Re: Fire prevention ordinance Standby costs for personnel and equipment The fire chief or his/her designee may require apparatus and/or fire-rescue personnel to standby until a hazardous or dangerous condition is remedied. Any and all costs for such standby apparatus will be billed to the property owner in accordance with the FEMA equipment fee schedule rate. Any and all costs for career personnel will be billed to the property owner at rates in accordance with the Edgewater personnel policy and procedure manual. Disaster reimbursement costs In the event of a declared disaster, the following guidelines will put into action: 1. Reimbursement for apparatus and city vehicles will be in accordance with the FEMA equipment fee schedule. 2. Reimbursement for career employees will be in accordance with the Edgewater personnel policy and procedure manual. In addition to the wages established by that policy, any shift work employee who exceeds their regularly scheduled duty hours on a given day will be compensated at their overtime rate for any hours worked in excess of their regularly scheduled shift. Salaried employees (including department directors) will be compensated at their overtime rate for any hours worked in excess of forty hours. 3. Reimbursement for Fire-Rescue volunteers will be made at the base rate for the comparable career position that they hold. 4. Costs for any supplies used during the event shall be submitted for reimbursement. Costs for any equipment that required repair or maintenance during the disaster period shall be submitted for reimbursement. Adoption of codes The following are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as the fire and life safety standards of the city: 1. NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code, 1998 Edition as hereinafter amended; 2. NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 1997 Edition; and 3. Those mandatory referenced publications as listed in Chapter 32, Referenced publications, of NFPA 101, 1997 Edition. 4. Those mandatory referenced publications as listed in Chapter 43, recognized standards and publications, of NFPA 1 Fire Prevention Code, 1998 edition. Now New Amendments to code NFPA I, Fire Prevention Code, 1998 Edition is hereby amended to read the following: 1. Section 1-7, Board of Appeals, is repealed and replaced with Section 903 of the City of Edgewater Land Development Code titled Interpretation and Enforcement. Fire flow regulations 1. Intent - The intent of this ordinance is to assure an adequate supply of water for fire suppression by establishing minimum water main sizes and minimum water flow rates to control and extinguish fires that may occur within the City of Edgewater. Requirements for this section are applicable to new public and private water mains, including those placed on individual sites as well as larger development projects. This ordinance is applicable to the City of Edgewater water distribution system, its future additions, and the replacement of any existing noncomplying segments of the system through normal system upgrading. This ordinance is not applicable to system repairs of one hundred linear feet or less. 2. Applicability - This ordinance will not apply to one and two family dwellings being built outside of an approved subdivision or land development project. The intent of this ordinance is to exempt new and existing one and two family dwellings located within sections of the city which were developed without a water system meeting the minimum requirements of this ordinance. 3. Required fire (water) flow - The required fire flow is the quantity of water measured in gallons per minute (GPM) that is needed to extinguish a fire involving a particular building, area or material. (a) The computation of this required fire flow depends upon the size, type of construction, occupancy, separation between buildings and/or combustible materials, and the potential heat release of the materials being evaluated. (b) The minimum size for water mains supporting fire hydrants and the minimum flow rates for the various land use groups shall be as follows: 6 inches for one and two family residential (single family detached and duplex), 8 inches for multifamily residential (less than 3 stories or 12 units or less per building, including townhouses), 8 inches for commercial areas less than 10,000 square feet and 3 stories or less and multifamily residential 3 stories or over 12 units per building including townhouses, and 10 inches for commercial areas over 10,000 square feet. Each building, other than one and two family dwellings, to be constructed, enlarged or having a change in occupancy shall be evaluated for fire flow needs as set forth in the fire flow section. (c) If water is not available in sufficient quantity to meet the required fire flow, the following alternatives are available to comply with this ordinance: (1) Reduce the required fire flow fifty (50) percent by installing an approved automatic fire sprinkler: or (2) Reduce the required fire flow twenty five (25) percent by installing an approved smoke detection and alarm system that transmits an alarm to the fire department's dispatch center; or (3) Reduce the required fire flow ten (10) percent by installing an approved local smoke detection and alarm system; or (4) Utilize a construction type for the structure that will reduce the required fire flow enough to meet the quantity of water available. (d) All private water delivery systems and water storage systems being utilized to meet minimum fire flow requirements must meet the applicable standards adopted by the city. No salt or brackish water will be eligible for consideration as part of the minimum fire flow available for use. (insert fire flow worksheet) Fr Water distribution systems Water distribution system piping - Water distribution system piping shall include all piping which is part of the water distribution system supplying water to a fire hydrant. (a) Minimum size - Except as provided herein, all new water mains supplying water to fire hydrants shall be at least six (6) inches in inside diameter, and configured so as to receive water from two (2) directions. The minimum size for water mains will vary according to the intended use of the property as set forth in the fire flow section. When water mains are installed along rights of way that have differing abutting land uses, the sizing along the entire run shall be based on the largest main size required hereby. As an example, this would prevent a six-inch water main from being used to feed a ten-inch or larger water main. (b) Looping - Except as provided herein, all water mains serving fire hydrants shall be looped. Water mains shall be designed so that in the event the water supply is interrupted one (1) end of the loop, the flow of water to the loop shall not be entirely eliminated. (c) Provisions for nonlooped water mains - Recognizing the fact that there will be applications where looped water mains are unnecessary or impractical, the following applications are exempted: (1) Dead end water mains supplied by a looped water main of equal or larger size may be extended the following distances: up to two hundred fifty (250) feet for six inch water mains, and up to fire hundred (500) feet for eight inch and larger water mains. This application is permitted without any upsizing of the water main, providing the required fire flow is available. Physical arrangements may include unusual street layouts such as a cul-de-sac, or cases where a hydrant is required on one (1) side of a street and the water main is on the other. (2) Dead end (nonlooped) water mains may be permitted in new subdivisions and land development sites where there are no water mains present or of sufficient size to complete a loop. This would be applicable to areas being serviced by a sing large (eight inch or larger) diameter water main. (3) When nonlooped water mains not already covered in subsection above are permitted in place of looped water mains, the minimum size as required by section ?? shall be increased by not less than two (2) inches in diameter and still meet the minimum fire flow requirements as determined by other sections of this ordinance. Access to buildings by Fire Apparatus 1. Every building hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire-rescue department apparatus by way of access roadways with all-weather driving surfaces of not less than 20 feet of unobstructed width, with adequate roadway turning radius capable of supporting the imposed loads of fire apparatus and having a minimum vertical clearance of 13 feet 6 inches. 2. The required width of access roadways shall not be obstructed in any manner, including the parking of vehicles. 3. The fire official shall have the authority to require an increase in the minimum access widths where they are inadequate for fire or rescue operations. 4. Where security gates are installed,they shall be maintained and a means for emergency operation shall be provided and maintained as approved by the fire official. Fire lane requirements 1. Fire lanes shall be required for all buildings that are set back more than 150 feet from a pubic road or exceed 30 feet in height and are set back more than 50 feet from a public road. ft 2. Fire lanes shall also be required for access to building sprinkler/standpipe connections, fire hydrants and major building entrance points. 3. Fire lanes may also be required when parking lot design, building or site design make access to the building difficult for emergency vehicles. 4. Fire lane markings shall be as follows: (a) signs shall be 12 inches wide by 18 inches high (b) sign shall be white with red letters and shall read "No parking or standing - Fire Lane" (c) signs shall be placed every 100 feet, shall be double faced and shall be seven feet from the ground (d) stripes on the pavement shall be of safety yellow thermoplastic material, shall be four inches wide and shall be extended a minimum of four feet from the curb (e) lettering on the pavement shall be of safety yellow thermoplastic material, shall be four inches wide, shall be placed every 100 feet and shall read "No Parking or standing - Fire lane". Fire hydrants 1. Approved fire hydrants shall be provided for buildings to meet the required fire flow requirements as determined by the fire official. 2. The fire official shall designate the location and number of fire hydrants but in no case shall distance between installed fire hydrants exceed 1000 feet. Fire hydrants shall be located within 500 feet of the most remote area of the building when measured along normal routes of Fire-Rescue Department access. (a) Exception—one and two family dwellings 3. Where sprinkler and/or standpipe systems are provided, a fire hydrant shall be located at least fifty (50) feet away from the structure but not more than one hundred (100) feet away from the fire department's connection for the system. 4. All fire hydrants shall be of breakaway design. The minimum size for the barrel of all new hydrants shall be at least 5 '/4 inches in diameter. Each hydrant shall have tow 2 '/2 inch male thread hose connections and one 4 '/2 inch male thread hose connection. All hose connections shall be of American National Standard thread. The operating nut shall be 1 '/2 inches point to point. Drains will be required for all hydrants. For the purpose of standardization and parts inventory, only those makes of hydrants approved by the public utilities and fire departments shall be installed to comply with this ordinance. 5. The center of the lowest outlet shall be not less than 16 inches above the surrounding grade. The operating nut shall not exceed 4 '/2 feet above the surrounding grade. 6. Hydrants shall not be located closer than 3 feet or more than 30 feet from a traveled street or roadway. No fence, tree, post, shrub or other object which could block the hydrant from normal view or obstruct the hydrant's use shall be located within 4 feet of said hydrant. Unless otherwise requested by the fire official, the 4 '/2 inch large volume connection shall be situated so it faces the nearest roadway. No hydrant shall be installed where pedestrian or vehicular traffic would interfere with the use of the hydrant. 7. All fire hydrants located on dedicated public right-of-ways or designed to serve multiple ownerships shall be conveyed by approved instrument to the city. Once the city has accepted ownership, the responsibility for maintenance and operation shall be the city's. All hydrants not dedicated to the city shall be maintained at the owner's expense. Fire department 1. Composition - the City shall have a combination paid/volunteer Fire-Rescue department that shall consist of a chief and such other number of firefighters as determined by City policy. The fire chief shall be the tx 'taw 14.0 department director and be appointed and removed by the City council. The fire chief and firefighters shall receive`compensation as determined by City policy. 2. Duties of fire chief- the duties of the chief of the fire-rescue department shall to be have charge and control of the department and any other firefighting assistance whose service may be offered in the extinguishment of fire and protection of the city from fire. All rules and regulations issued by the state fire marshal under authority of FS 633.15, shall be enforceable by the Chief of the Fire-Rescue department and the Chief is hereby authorized to perform within any areas of City jurisdiction any duties that may be imposed upon the Chief by such law or in accordance therewith, and to have such assistance as the Chief may find necessary from other officials of the city in the discharge of such duties. Hazardous materials 1. Definitions: For the purpose of this article, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Costs shall mean those necessary and reasonable costs incurred by the city in connection with investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing or abating discharges of hazardous substances, including but not limited to, the actual labor costs of city personnel or authorized agents, cost of equipment operation and rental, cost of expendable items, including but not limited to firefighting foam, chemical extinguishing agents, adsorbent material, sand, recovery drums, goggles and protective clothing (both structural and chemical protective, disposable or standard use). Costs shall further include overhead costs and indirect expense allocable to the foregoing costs. Discharge shall mean any intentional or unintentional action or omission resulting in the releasing, spilling, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping of a hazardous substance upon public or private property located within the corporate limits of the City. Hazardous substance shall mean any substance or material in a quantity or form, which, in the determination of the fire-rescue chief or his/her designee, poses an unreasonable and eminent risk to the life, health, safety or welfare of persons or property within the city. 2. Cleanup and abatement: (a)The Fire-Rescue department is hereby authorized to take such steps as are necessary to clean up, remove or abate the effects of any hazardous substances discharged upon or into public or private property or facilities located within the corporate limits of the city. (b) Any person who, without legal justification, discharges, participates or assists in the discharge or authorizes the discharge of any hazardous substance that requires cleanup, removal or abatement by the Fire-Rescue department or its contractors shall be liable to the city for the costs incurred by the city in the cleanup, removal or abatement of such discharge. In the event that more than one person has made a discharge, participated in the discharge or authorized the discharge of a hazardous substance, each person shall be jointly and severally liable for costs incurred in the cleanup, removal or abatement of such discharge. (c) The Fire-Rescue department shall keep a detailed record of any costs incurred in the cleanup, removal or abatement of discharge of any hazardous substance. 3. Cost recovery, penalties, other remedies - (a) Any person responsible for discharging, participating or assisting in the discharge or authorizing the discharge of a hazardous substance shall reimburse the city for the full amount of all costs associated with the cleanup, removal or abatement of any such discharge within a period of 30 days after receipt of an itemized bill for such costs from the city. (b) The remedy provided for in this section shall be supplemental and in addition to all other available remedies at law and equity. (c) Funds recovered pursuant to this section shall be allocated to the city departments that incurred costs in the cleanup, removal or abatement of the discharge of a hazardous substance. It is the intent of this article that levels of response equipment and inventories and city funds be replenished to levels which existed prior to the city's response to a discharge of hazardous substances. Aviv City Of Edgewater I 4 Cc, P . Il Date: June 1, 1999 To: Chief Tracey Barlow From: Lt. Jill Klem, Life Safety Division Re: Fire prevention ordinance Below is the revised fire prevention ordinance in its restructured form. I have also added in suggested changes from Terry Wadsworth. Fire department 1. Composition - the City shall have a combination paid/volunteer Fire-Rescue department that shall consist of a chief and such other number of firefighters as determined by City policy. The fire chief shall be the department director and be appointed and removed by the City council. The fire chief and firefighters shall receive compensation as determined by City policy. 2. Duties of fire chief- the duties of the chief of the fire-rescue department shall to be have charge and control of the department and any other firefighting assistance whose service may be offered in the extinguishment of fire and protection of the city from fire. All rules and regulations issued by the state fire marshal under authority of FS 633.15, shall be enforceable by the Chief of the Fire-Rescue department and the Chief is hereby authorized to perform within any areas of City jurisdiction any duties that may be imposed upon the Chief by such law or in accordance therewith, and to have such assistance as the Chief may find necessary from other officials of the city in the discharge of such duties. Standby costs for personnel and equipment The fire chief or his/her designee may require apparatus and/or fire-rescue personnel to standby until a hazardous or dangerous condition is remedied. Any and all costs for such standby apparatus will be billed to the property owner in accordance with the FEMA equipment fee schedule rate. Any and all costs for career personnel will be billed to the property owner at rates in accordance with the Edgewater personnel policy an.i procedure manual. Disaster reimbursement costs In the event of a declared disaster, the following guidelines will put into action: 1. Reimbursement for apparatus and city vehicles will be in accordance with the FEMA equipment fee schedule. 2. Reimbursement for career employees will be in accordance with the Edgewater personnel police and procedure manual. In addition to the wages established by that policy, any shift employee who exceeds their regularly scheduled duty hours on a given day will be compenated at their overtime rate for any hours worked in excess of their regularly scheduled shift. Salaried is • employees (including department directors) will be compensated at their overtime rate for any hours worked in excess of forty hours. 3. Reimbursement for Fire-Rescue volunteers will be made at the base rate for the comparable career position that they hold. 4. Costs for any supplies used during the event shall be submitted for reimbursement. Costs for any equipment that required repair or maintenance during the disaster period shall be submitted for reimbursement. Hazardous materials 1. Definitions: For the purpose of this article, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Costs shall mean those necessary and reasonable costs incurred by the city in connection with investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing or abating discharges of hazardous substances, including but not limited to, the actual labor costs of city personnel or authorized agents, cost of equipment operation and rental, cost of expendable items, including but not limited to firefighting foam, chemical extinguishing agents, adsorbent material, sand, recovery drums, goggles and protective clothing (both structural and chemical protective, disposable or standard use). Costs shall further include overhead costs and indirect expense allocable to the foregoing costs. Discharge shall mean any intentional or unintentional action or omission resulting in the releasing, spilling, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping of a hazardous substance upon public or private property located within the corporate limits of the City. Hazardous substance shall mean any substance or material in a quantity or form, which, in the determination of the fire-rescue chief or his/her designee, poses an unreasonable and eminent risk to the life, health, safety or welfare of persons or property within the city. 2. Cleanup and abatement: (a)The Fire-Rescue department is hereby authorized to take such steps as are necessary to clean up, remove or abate the effects of any hazardous substances discharged upon or into public or private property or facilities located within the corporate limits of the city. (b) Any person who, without legal justification, discharges, participates or assists in the discharge or authorizes the discharge of any hazardous substance that requires cleanup, removal or abatement by the Fire-Rescue department or its contractors shall be liable to the city for the costs incurred by the city in the cleanup, removal or abatement of such discharge. In the event that more than one person has made a discharge, participated in the discharge or authorized the discharge of a hazardous substance, each person shall be jointly and severally liable for costs incurred in the cleanup, removal or abatement of such discharge. (c) The Fire-Rescue department shall keep a detailed record of any costs incurred in the cleanup, removal or abatement of discharge of any hazardous substance. 3. Cost recovery, penalties. other remedies - (a) Any person responsible for discharging. participating or assisting in the discharge or authorizing the discharge of a hazardous substance shall reimburse the city for thy° full amount of all costs associated with the cleanup. removal or abatement of any such discharge within a period of 30 days after receipt of an itemized bill for such costs from the city. (b) The remedy provided for in this section shall be supplemental and in addition to all other available remedies at law and equity. (c) Funds recovered pursuant to this section shall be allocated to the city departments that incurred costs in the cleanup. removal or abatement of the discharge of a hazardous substance. It is the intent of this article that levels of response equipment and inventories and city funds be replenished to levels which existed prior to the city s response to a discharge of hazardous substances. Adoption of codes The following are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as the fire and life safety standards of the city 1. NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code, 1998 Edition as hereinafter amended; Oit4-‘,?, kr--"" 2.• NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 1997 Edition; and 3. Those mandatory referenced publications as listed in Chapter 32, Referenced publications, of NFPA 101, 1997 Edition. 4. Those mandatory referenced publications as listed in Chapter 43, recognized standards and publications, of NFPA 1 Fire Prevention Code, 1998 edition. Amendments to code NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code, 1998 Edition is hereby amended to read the following: 1. Section 1-7, Board of Appeals, is repealed and replaced with Article VIII of the City of Edgewater Land Development Code titled Interpretation and Enforcement. Water distribution systems Water distribution system piping - Water distribution system piping shall include all piping which is part of the water distribution system supplying water to a fire hydrant. (a) Minimum size - Except as provided herein, all new water mains supplying water to fire hydrants shall be at least six (6) inches in inside diameter, and configured so as to receive water from two (2) directions. The minimum size for water mains will vary according to the intended use of the property as set forth in the fire flow section. When water mains are installed along rights of way that have differing abutting land uses, the sizing along the entire run shall be based on the largest main size required hereby. As an example, this would prevent a six-inch water main from being used to feed a ten-inch or larger water main. (b) Looping - Except as provided herein, all water mains serving fire hydrants shall be looped. Water mains shall be designed so that in the event the water supply is interrupted one (1) end of the loop; the flow of water to the loop shall not be entirely eliminated. (c) Provisions for nonlooped water mains - Recognizing the fact that there will be applications where looped water mains are unnecessary or impractical, the following applications are exempted: (1) Dead end water mains supplied by a looped water main of equal or larger size may be extended the following distances: up to two hundred fifty (250) feet for six inch water mains, and up to fire hundred (500) feet for eight inch and larger water mains. This application is permitted without any upsizing of the water main, providing the required fire flow is available. Physical arrangements may include unusual street layouts such as a cul-de-sac, or cases where a hydrant is required on one (1) side of a street and the water main is on the other. The preferred diameter for dead end mains is 8" if sufficient feed is available. (2) Dead end (nonlooped) water mains may be permitted in new subdivisions and land development sites where there are no water mains present or of sufficient size to complete a loop. This would be applicable to areas being serviced by single large (eight inch or larger) diameter water main. (3) When nonlooped water mains not already covered in subsection above are permitted in place of looped water mains, the minimum size as required by section (fire flow regulations 3b) shall be increased by not less than two (2) inches in diameter and still meet the minimum fire flow requirements as determined by other sections of this ordinance. Fire flow regulations 1. Intent - The intent of this ordinance is to assure an adequate supply of water for fire suppression establishing minimum water main sizes and minimum water flow rates to control and extinguish fires that may occur within the City of Edgewater. Requirements for this section are applicable to new public `tl a .4 r"1:1 arrd private water mains, including those placed on individual sites as well as larger development projects. This ordinance is applicable to the City of Edgewater water distribution system, its future additions, and the replacement of any existing noncomplying segments of the system through normal system upgrading. This ordinance is not applicable to system repairs of one hundred linear feet or less. 2. Applicability - This ordinance will not apply to one and two family dwellings being built outside of an approved subdivision or land development project. The intent of this ordinance is to exempt new and existing one and two family dwellings located within sections of the city which were developed without a water system meeting the minimum requirements of this ordinance. 3. Required fire (water) flow - The required fire flow is the quantity of water measured in gallons per minute (GPM) that is needed to extinguish a fire involving a particular building, area or material. (a) The computation of this required fire flow depends upon the size, type of construction, occupancy, separation between buildings and/or combustible materials, and the potential heat release of the materials being evaluated using a form developed by the Insurance Services Organization (ISO). (b) The minimum size for water mains supporting fire hydrants and the minimum flow rates for the various land use groups shall be as follows: 6 inches for one and two family residential (single family detached and duplex), 8 inches for multifamily residential (less than 3 stories or 12 units or less per building, including townhouses), 8 inches for commercial areas less than 10,000 square feet and 3 stories or less and multifamily residential 3 stories or over 12 units per building including townhouses, and 10 inches for commercial areas over 10,000 square feet. Each building, other than one and two family dwellings, to be constructed, enlarged or having a change in occupancy shall be evaluated for fire flow needs as set forth in the fire flow section. (c) If water is not available in sufficient quantity to meet the required fire flow, the following alternatives are available to comply with this ordinance: (1) Reduce the required fire flow fifty (50) percent by installing an approved automatic fire sprinkler: or (2) Reduce the required fire flow twenty five (25) percent by installing an approved smoke detection and alarm system that transmits an alarm to a central receiving station in accordance with NFPA 72; or (3) Reduce the required fire flow ten (10) percent by installing an approved local smoke detection and alarm system in accordance with NFPA 72; or (4) Utilize a construction type for the structure that will reduce the required fire flow enough to meet the quantity of water available. (d) All private water delivery systems and water storage systems being utilized to meet minimum fire flow requirements must meet the applicable standards adopted by the city. No salt or brackish water will be eligible for consideration as part of the minimum fire flow available for use. (insert fire flow worksheet) Fire hydrants 1. Approved fire hydrants shall be provided for buildings to meet the required fire flow requirements as determined by the fire official. 2• The fire official shall designate the location and number of fire hydrants but in no case shall distance between installed fire hydrants exceed 1000 feet. 3. Fire hydrants shall be located within 500 feet of the most remote area of the building when measnreJ along normal routes of Fire-Rescue Department access. (a) Exception— one and two family dwellings *ow 1.10 r? 9'• 4. Where sprinkler and/or standpipe systems are provided, a fire hydrant shall be located at least fifty (50) feet away from the structure but not more than one hundred (100) feet away from the fire department's connection for the system. 5. All fire hydrants shall be of breakaway design. The minimum size for the barrel of all new hydrants shall be at least 5 '/4 inches in diameter. Each hydrant shall have two 2 '/2 inch male thread hose connections and one 4 '/2 inch male thread hose connection. All hose connections shall be of American National Standard thread. The operating nut shall be 1 '/2 inches point to point. For the purpose of standardization and parts inventory, only those makes of hydrants approved by the public utilities and fire departments shall be installed to comply with this ordinance. 6. The center of the lowest outlet shall be not less than 16 inches above the surrounding grade. The operating nut shall not exceed 4 '/2 feet above the surrounding grade. 7. Hydrants shall not be located closer than 3 feet or more than 30 feet from a traveled street or roadway. No fence, tree, post, shrub or other object which could block the hydrant from normal view or obstruct the hydrant's use shall be located within 4 feet of said hydrant. Unless otherwise requested by the fire official, the 4-'/2 inch large volume connection shall be situated so it faces the nearest roadway. No hydrant shall be installed where pedestrian or vehicular traffic would interfere with the use of the hydrant. 7. All fire hydrants located on dedicated public right-of-ways or designed to serve multiple ownerships shall be conveyed by approved instrument to the city. Once the city has accepted ownership, the responsibility for maintenance and operation shall be the city's. All hydrants not dedicated to the city shall be maintained in accordance with NFPA 25 at the owner's expense. Access to buildings by Fire Apparatus 1. Every building (except one and two family dwellings) hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire- rescue department apparatus by way of access roadways with all-weather driving surfaces of not less than 20 feet of unobstructed width, with adequate roadway turning radius capable of supporting the imposed loads of fire apparatus and having a minimum vertical clearance of 13 feet 6 inches. 2. The required width of access roadways shall not be obstructed in any manner, including the parking of vehicles. 3. The fire official shall have the authority to require an increase in the minimum access widths where they are inadequate for fire or rescue operations. 4. Where security gates are installed, they shall be maintained and a means for emergency operation shall be provided and maintained as approved by the fire official. Fire lane requirements 1. Fire lanes shall be required for all buildings that are set back more than 150 feet from a public or private road or exceed 30 feet in height and are set back more than 50 feet from a public road. 0. 2. Fire lanes shall also be required for access to building sprinkler/standpipe connections. fire hydrants and major building entrance points. 3. Fire lanes may also be required when parking lot design, building or site design make access to the building difficult for emergency vehicles. 4. Fire lane markings shall be as follows: (a) signs shall be 12 inches wide by 18 inches high (b) sign shall be white with red letters and shall read "No parking or standing - Fire Lane" (c) signs shall be placed every 100 feet, shall be double faced and shall be seven feet from the ground (d) stripes on the pavement shall be of safety yellow thermoplastic material. shall be four inches wide and shall be extended minimum of four feet from the curb (e) lettering on the pavement shall be of safety yellow thermoplastic material, shall be four inches wide, shall be placed every 100 feet and shall read "No Parking or standing - Fire lane". »._ft,iat4V • •+ay r fy/ar „ • Edgewater Fire/Rescue P.O. Box 100 — Edgewater, Florida 32132-0100 (904) 424-2445 Fax (904) 424-2450 WORK SHEET FOR CALCULATING REQUIRED FIRE FLOW Address: Site Plan: 1. 2. Type of Construction/S.B.C. Total Sq. Ft./Table 9-13 3. Base Fire Flow GPM (Taken from Table 9-13) 4. Occupancy Credit (-) Charges (+) Credits Charles Residential Use - 15% Furniture or Wood Storage + 15% Hotels/Motels - 15% Office Buildings - 15% Storage—Plastic, Tires Flammable Products + 20% Storage-noncombustible High Piles Stock over 21 feet + 25% Goods - 25% Open, Flammable Liquids + 30% 5. Line 4 X Line 3 = GPM 6. Line 3 +/-Line 5 = (Note: Subtract Credit or Add Charge) GPM 7. Sprinkler System Credit (50%X Line 6) GPM 8. Line 6 Less Line 7 = GPM 9. Exposure Charges (Separation From Closest Building or Buildable Propert Line Y :) 0 to 10 feet 25% - 15% 11 to 30 feet 20% - 10% North East % 31 to 60 feet 15% - 7% 61 to 100 feet 10% - 5% South West ( % Not to Exceed 75%) Total 10. Line 9 X Line 8 GPM Line 8 + Line 10 GPM 11. Round to nearest 250 GPM for flows under 2,500 GPM, and nearest 500 GPM for flows over 2,500 GPM. GPM Date Signature of Plan Reviewer Fee: Note: Applicable to all buildings except One- and Two-Family Dwellings. ,, 1 Now *NW Section 9-13 Base Fire Flow Table Building Area in Square Feet Base Fire Flow Fire Resistive i Non-Combus- *Ord. or Heavy Wood Frame 1 GPM Type 1, II ** ; tible Type IV ' Type I1I, Type Type VI** _ _ I V** 500 3,300 1,900 1,200 500 750 6,600 3,700 2,400 1,100 1,000 10,900 6,100 3,900 1,700 1,250 16,200 9,100 5,800 2,600 1,500 22,700 12,700 8,200 3,600 1,750 30,200 17,000 10,900 4,800 2,000 38,700 21,800 13,900 6,200 2,250 48,300 27,200 17,400 7,700 2,500 59,000 33,200 21,300 9,400 2,750 70,900 39,700 25,500 11,300 3,000 83,700 47,100 30,100 13,400 3,250 97,700 54,900 35,200 15,600 3,500 112,700 63,400 40,600 18,000 3,750 128,700 72,400 46,400 20,600 4,000 145,900 82,100 52,500 23,300 4,250 164,200 92,400 59,100 26,300 4,500 183,400 103,100 66,000 29,300 4,750 203,700 114,600 73,300 32,600 5,000 225,200 126,700 81,100 36,000 5,250 247,700 139,400 89,200 39,600 5,500 271,200 152,600 97,700 43,400 5,750 295,900 166,500 106,500 47,400 6,000 greater greater 115,800 51,500 6,250 125,500 55,700 6,500 135,500 60,200 6,750 145,800 64,800 7,000 156,700 69,600 7,250 167,900 74,600 7,500 179,400 79,800 7,750 191,400 85,100 8,000 greater greater * Fire flow not to exceed 6,000 GPM in one story buildings not exceeding 16 feet in height. ** Type of construction defined by the Standard Building Code. 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