(a) Plans for private fire service mains and private fire hydrants shall be submitted to the Building Department for permits.
(b) Private fire service mains and private fire hydrants shall be designed, arranged, tested, maintained, and installed, in accordance with NFPA 24-1995 edition, and Cleveland Water Department standards and policy.
(c) All new private fire service mains and private fire hydrants shall be sized at eight inches or longer.
(d) All private fire hydrants installed and maintained in the City shall have Cleveland standard threads, to match those of the Fire Department.
(e) All public fire hydrants located along dedicated streets shall be placed at 300- foot intervals, in accordance with Cleveland Water Department standards and/or policy.
(f) All private fire hydrants shall be located within a maximum of 500 feet of another fire hydrant. This distance shall be measured along the road, where a fire engine would travel, not in a straight line. (Exception: An arrangement approved by the Fire Chief or Fire Safety Officer.)
(g) The 500-foot rule: Hydrants shall be placed, on private property, a minimum distance of 500 feet apart, from hydrant to hydrant, whether public or private. If the farthest point of the newly constructed building is more than 500 feet from a public fire hydrant, measured along the path a truck would travel, then at least one fire hydrant shall be added.
(h) New buildings being erected shall have installed on their private property, one or more private fire hydrants, as required by the 500-foot rule. (Exception: An arrangement approved by the Fire Chief or the Fire Safety Officer.)
(Ord. 80-1999. Passed 10-11-99.)