(A) Standards for fire protection. The subdivider's fire protection facilities shall conform with the guidelines provide by the Insurance Services Office (ISO), and to applicable County Fire Regulations, and shall meet the following minimum requirements.
(1) The required storage for fire protection shall equal 60,000 gallons or other required minimum specified by ISO. Amounts deliverable by tanker, as estimated by the local fire authority may be included in the fire protection plan, but shall not be credited towards the ISO storage requirement.
(2) The fire protection system shall be capable of delivering a minimum of 500 gallons per minute to the fire at a residual pressure of 20 pounds per square inch or as required by ISO.
(3) In subdivisions of 50 or more homes, there must be a community water system with fire hydrants. Fire hydrant spacing shall not exceed a distance of 1,000 feet measured along the roadway, and individual fire hydrants shall not be located more than 500 feet from each parcel.
(4) The minimum distance of 15 feet between any building and the property line. the minimum width of any roadway or easement created for access purposes shall be no less than 40 feet with a 50 foot radius cul-de-sac.
(5) Fire protection requirements may be waived or modified by the Board of County Commissioners subject to review of the subdivider's request by the fire authority having jurisdiction. The subdivider shall provide a letter to the Board of County Commissioners from the Fire Marshal having jurisdiction with their comments on the waiver request.
(6) Demonstrate that adequate manpower exists to serve the proposed subdivision.
(B) Fire protection plan.
(1) A fire protection plan shall be a condition of preliminary plat approval for all non-residential subdivisions and subdivisions with community water systems, or of final plat approval for summary review subdivisions with community water systems.
(2) For all subdivisions with fire protection, the subdivider shall submit a plat of the proposed subdivision, preliminary plans of the proposed water supply, storage and distribution system, and calculations demonstrating that the proposed fire protection facilities will meet the requirements of these guidelines, prepared by or under the supervision of a registered professional engineer.
(3) For all subdivisions to be supplied by existing utilities, the letter of intent from the utility to provide water shall specify the fire flows and pressures, which will be provided, and fire flow storage, which may be apportioned to the subdivision.
(4) If fire-fighting services are available, the subdivider shall provide a letter from the local fire authority having jurisdiction, which states:
(a) Rate in gallons per minutes that water may be delivered to the fire by tanker service from the fire authority, if applicable; and
(b) Distance and anticipated time of travel to the fire.
(Ord. passed 5-1-2000) Penalty, see § 151.999