ORD 536 9/25/2001ORDINANCE NO. r
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 464 (THE ORDINANCE), TmED "SumiviSION ORDINANCE",
"CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS", APPENDIX B, SECTION A. WATER SYSTEM, SUB -SECTION 5) "STANDARDS",
FIRST PARAGRAPH "FIRE HYDRANTS".
This paragraph of The Ordinance shall be changed to read as follows:
5) Fire Hydrants
Every residential subdivision, commercial, business, or industrial park or subdivision within the
corporate and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Cibolo, as part of the water distribution
system, shall be provided with fire hydrants of the type specified by the City. and every -lot shall be
widiin four- hundred (400) fm, as measured aleng publie Afeets, of eaeb fiFe . Fire hydrants
shall be located at street comers, as well as other locations along a street to maintain the minimum
distance as specified in the table and notes below, ess
specifically approved otherwise by the City Engineer to accommodate the design of a subdivision.
In addition, within commercial, business or industrial areas of the city, fire hydrants shall be within
three hundred (300) feet of each lot or as specified in the table and notes below, unless a greater or
lesser distance is required by the city. Each part of the structure is required to be within five
hundred (500) feet of a fire hydrant following a path on which hose from a fire department pumper
would be laid (As the crow walks, not as the crow flies). If required, If this is net possible-, a
private fire hydrant shall be installed to meet the required distances, or distances as specified in the
table and notes below, at a cost to the business and property owners.
Fire hydrants and their outlets shall be suitable for use with the City's designated Fire Department
equipment and shall meet AWWA standards.
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF FIRE HYDRANTS
FIRE -FLOW
REQUIREMENT MINIMUM NUMBER
(gpm) OF HYDRANTS
AVERAGE SPACING
BETWEEN HYDRANTS
la,b,c)
feet
MAXIMUM
DISTANCE FROM
ANY POINT ON
STREET OR ROAD
FRONTAGE TOA
HYDRANT
1,750 or less 1
500
250
2,0002,250 2
450
225
2,500 3
450
225
3,000 3
400
225
3,500-4,000 4
350
210
4,5005,000 5
300
180
5,500 6
300
180
6,000 6
250
150
6,5007,000 7
250
1 150
7,500 or more 8 or morelel
200
120
For SI: 1 foot= 304.8 mm,
1 gallon per minute = 3.785 Urn.
(a) Reduce by 100 feet for dead-end streets or 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 up to a fire -flow requirement of
7,000 gallons per minute and 400 feet for higher fire -flow requirements.
{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} Reduce by 50 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
{e} One hydrant for each 1,000 gallons per minute or fraction thereof.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY OF CIBOLO on thiv_2_5�day of 2001.
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MAYOR, CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS
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