11.30.070 Fire hydrant water supply.
(a) All fire hydrants shall be supplied by water of a municipal water system unless otherwise authorized by the approving authority.
(b) Water mains shall be sized in accordance with the approving authority to provide sufficient hydrant flows as required by this chapter. The minimum main size shall be six inches where hydrants are included in the water distribution system.
(c) The maximum number of hydrants installed on a dead-end service main shall be determined by the approving authority utilizing the following guideline of:
(1) One hydrant of a six-inch dead-end service main; and
(2) Two hydrants on an eight-inch dead-end service main; and
(3) Three hydrants on a ten-inch dead-end service main; and
(4) Other numbers of hydrants in relation to main size, based upon the determination of the approving authority.
(d) The lead from the service main to the hydrant shall not be less than six inches in diameter.
(e) The length of any fire hydrant lead, or the combined length of any hydrant lead and six-inch dead-end service main, shall not exceed four hundred lineal feet for any hydrant.
(f) Not more than two fire hydrants shall be installed on any six-inch main between intersecting mains. (Ord. 2032, § 1 (Exh. A), 2017; Ord. 802, § 1, 1983.)