Fire hydrants shall be placed on all new distribution water main improvements or replacements of existing distribution water mains and shall be of six (6) inch size having a six (6) inch nominal diameter of the main valve opening. Each hydrant shall be connected to the water main with a six (6) inch branch with gate valve installed on each hydrant branch approximately three (3) feet from the water main, and of the same size as hydrant. Fire hydrants shall be placed at street intersections wherever spacing will permit. Fire hydrants in residential streets are to be installed at the center of sublots and spaced on an average of three hundred (300) feet apart. In commercial and industrial areas, hydrants shall have an average spacing of two hundred fifty (250) feet apart, with a maximum distance of two hundred eighty (280) feet apart.
(Ord. No. 1824-68. Passed 9-30-68, eff. 10-1-68)