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Notwithstanding other requirements of this chapter, the following special requirements shall be added and applied to all buildings of which any portion is more than one hundred fifty feet from the curb or edge of the nearest established street or public highway, except detached single-family dwellings:

(a) Buildings having a required fire flow of two thousand five hundred or more gallons per minute shall be serviced by a main which loops around the building or complex of buildings and reconnects back into another grid or distribution supply main system.

(b) Buildings having a required fire flow of less than two thousand five hundred gallons per minute may have fire hydrants on one side of the building only.

(c) All fire hydrants must be accessible to fire department vehicles and apparatus over roads or ways capable of supporting same in all weather conditions.

(d) The required number of fire hydrants shall be determined on an average spacing of three hundred thirty lineal feet, computed on an imaginary line parallel to, and not less than fifty feet from, the structure.

(e) Fire hydrants shall be a minimum of fifty feet away from the building or structure.

(f) Location of fire hydrants shall be subject to the approving authority, considering such factors as utility, topography and building location, who may, pursuant to written request, approve minor deviations from the provisions of this section. (Ord. 2032, § 1 (Exh. A), 2017; Ord. 802, § 1, 1983.)