§ 8.17 FIRE HYDRANTS.
   (A)   § 507.5.1 of the 2022 California Fire Code is amended to read as follows:
      (1)   Where a portion of the facility or building hereafter constructed or moved into or within the jurisdiction is more than 250 feet from a hydrant on a fire apparatus access road, as measured by an approved route around the exterior of the facility or building, on-site fire hydrants and fire mains shall be provided where required by the fire code official.
         Exception:
         1.   Residential (R-3) occupancies may be located up to five hundred feet from a fire hydrant if the structure is protected with an approved fire sprinkler system.
         2.   Delete exception
   (B)   § 507.5.1.1 of the 2022 California Fire Code is amended to read as follows:
      (1)   Buildings equipped with a standpipe system installed in accordance with Section 905 shall have a fire hydrant within fifty (50) feet of a fire department connection (FDC), or as approved by the Fire Code Official.
(Ord. 1055, passed 11-19-2019; Am. Ord. 1070, passed 11-15-2022)