§ 156.125. Fire Flow and Hydrant Requirements.

(A)

Central water systems shall be designed and constructed for an economic life of not less than twenty (20) years and in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) #24.

(B)

The Standard Water and Sewer Construction Specifications shall be used as a minimum standard requirement. Where this requirement cannot be achieved through the City water system, design calculations shall be submitted in accordance with the appropriate pamphlet of the National Fire Protection Association, to provide ground or elevated storage and auxiliary pumps.

(C)

Lines to which fire hydrants are connected shall be as follows:

(1)

Size of pipe serving one (1) fire hydrant shall be a minimum of six (6) inches in diameter;

(2)

Size of pipe serving two (2) or more fire hydrants shall be a minimum of eight (8) inches in diameter;

(3)

The pipe size shall be increased as more fire hydrants are required; and

(4)

All pipes serving two (2) or more fire hydrants shall be on a looped system.

(D)

Hydrants spacing requirements shall be installed to serve all properties, developed or undeveloped, within the limits of the water main extension, and spaced to provide necessary fire flow, as follows:

(1)

Residential: One thousand (1,000) feet.

(2)

Nonresidential: Five hundred (500) feet.

(3)

Additional fire hydrants may be required to service individual automatic sprinkler systems.

(E)

Size, type, installation and location of all hydrants shall conform to and be subject to the approval of the St. Lucie County-Fort Pierce Fire District.

(F)

Fire-flow test will be conducted by the St. Lucie-Fort Pierce Fire District upon completion of construction and must conclusively demonstrate that engineering and construction standards have, in fact, produced the requisite fire flows prior to occupancy of the structure(s).

(G)

The minimum fire flow must be six hundred (600) gpm with twenty (20) psi residual pressure in single family residential areas and one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) gpm with twenty (20) psi residual pressure for other development.

(H)

Any corrective action required will be at the developer's cost and in accordance with the standards above.

(Ord. 94-7, passed 3-14-94)