05-10262 IFC Local Amendments1
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(Published in the Salina Journal on March 11 , 2005)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 05-10262
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 3 OF THE
SALINA CODE BY ADDING SECTION 14-71 PERTAINING TO LOCAL AMENDMENTS
TO APPENDIX C OF THE 2003 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE REGARDING FIRE
HYDRANT LOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That the Salina Code is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 14-
71, which section reads as follows:
"Sec. 14-71. Amendment to Appendix C, Section C103.1 Fire hydrants available.
[Sections C103.1 and C1054 are hereby amended to read as follows.-]
Sec. C103.1 Fire hydrants available. The minimum number of fire hydrants available to a
building shall not be less than one (1) hydrant for every 1,500 (gpm) or fraction thereof as
available or less required Fire Flow when applied to fire apparatus access roads and
perimeter public streets from which fire operations could be conducted. Additional hydrants
may be required based on extenuating circumstances as determined by the Fire Code
Official.
Sec. C105 Distribution of Fire Hydrants
005.1 Hydrant spacing. The average spacing between fire hydrants shall not exceed 500
feet.
Exception: The fire chief may accept a deficiency of up to 10 percent where existing.
Fire hydrants provide all or a portion of the required fire hydrant service.
Regardless of the average spacing, fire hydrants shall be located such that all points on
streets and access roads adjacent to a building are within 250 feet.
For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m.
a. Reduced by 100 feet for dead-end streets and roads.
b. Where streets are provided with median dividers which can be crossed by fire fighters
pulling hose lines, or where arterial streets are provided with four or more traffic lanes
and have a traffic count of more than 30,000 vehicles per day, hydrant spacing shall
average 500 feet on each side of the street and be arranged on an alternating basis.
c. Where new water mains are extended along streets where hydrants are not needed for
protection of structures or similar fire problems, fire hydrants shall be provided at
spacing not to exceed 1,000 feet to provide for transportation hazards.
d. One hydrant for each 1,500 gallons per minute or fraction thereof.
Table C105.1 of appendix C is hereby deleted entirely. "
Section 2. That Section 14-71 is hereby added.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper.
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ATTEST:
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Lieu Ann Elsey, CMC, y Clerk
Introduced: February 14, 2005
Pa ed: March 7, 2005
onte Shadwick, Mayor