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<br />to all parts of the development. No emergency access fire lane shall exceed 300 feet in <br />length. <br /> <br />Sec. 15.12.130. Placement of fire bydrants. <br /> <br />A. Fire hydrants shall be placed at each street intersection and on each side of any divided <br />highway, roadway or street, wherever possible. <br /> <br />B. In a residential area, there shall be no more than 500 feet of vehicle travel distance <br />between hydrants. No residential unit shall be more than 250 feet of vehicle travel <br />distance from the nearest hydrant. <br /> <br />C. In multifamily, industriall, business or commercial areas, there shall be no more than 300 <br />feet of vehicle travel distance between hydrants. No building shall be more than 150 feet <br />of vehicle travel distance from the nearest hydrant. <br /> <br />D. All water mains serving two or more fire hydrants shall have a looped water distribution <br />system with approved sectional valves being provided. <br /> <br />E. The barrel of a fire hydrant shall be set perpendicular to the ground or the designed final <br />grade with the lowest discharge outlet 18 inches above grade. <br /> <br />F. A minimum of three feet of clearance space shall be maintained around the <br />circumference of a fire hydrant except as otherwise required or approved by the city. <br /> <br />G. The minimum required residual pressure for a water supply to any given area shall be 20 <br />psi. In the event that a minimum water pressure of 20 psi cannot be obtained in any given <br />area, large water mains shall be installed with closer than the required minimum spacing <br />of fire hydrants to increase flow. <br /> <br />Sec.15.12.140. Key boxes required. <br /> <br />Section 506.1 of the 2009 International Fire Code is amended by the addition of a new final <br />sentence reading as follows: All new commercial construction requires a key box to be installed. <br /> <br />Sec.15.12.150. Section 903.2 amended--Automatic Fire Sprinklers. <br /> <br />A. Section 903.2.1. of the 2009 International Fire Code is amended as follows: <br /> <br />903.2.1.1 Group A-I. 1. The number is changed from 12,000 to 5,000 square feet. <br />903.2.1.2 Group A-3. 1. The numbl~r is changed from 12,000 to 5,000 square feet. <br />903.2.1.3 Group A-4. 1. The number is changed from 12,000 to 5,000 square feet. <br /> <br />B. Section 903.2.2 of the 2009 International Fire Code is amended as follows: <br /> <br />14 <br />