A. Notwithstanding Section 508 and Appendix B of the International Fire Code and because of a greater exposure of fire in Urban Interface areas, an approved water supply capable of supplying the required fire flow for fire protection shall be provided to all premises upon which facilities, buildings, structures or portions of buildings are hereafter constructed or moved into clustered large scale developments in the Urban Interface.
B. The minimum fire flow and flow duration shall meet the requirements of the International Fire Code.
C. A reduction in required fire flow of up to seventy five percent (75%), as approved by the Fire Chief, is allowed when the building is provided with a fire extinguishing system in accordance with Appendix B sections B103 and B105 of the International Fire Code, and when an adequate vegetation clearance in accordance with Section 10-28-7 of the City of Wellsville Code is maintained.
D. The above restrictions shall not apply to any dwelling outside of a legally existing subdivision which is in the Urban Interface and is provided with a fire break as defined herein and as such firebreak is maintained by the owner - occupant. Also excluded are any "B” “E”, “F", “M”, and “S-2" occupancies under nine hundred (900) square feet, and farm buildings.
E. Water storage supplies shall likewise be calculated to provide the required daily culinary supply for each building lot plus the required fire flow for the building having the greatest demand.
F. The fire flow requirements of this section shall not be applied in developments approved prior to establishment of zoning regulations. Facilities, buildings, and structures constructed or expanded after the effective date of this paragraph, in said developments, which fail to comply with the emergency water requirements of this section shall not exceed fifteen hundred (1500) square feet of Floor Area as defined by the International Fire Code unless a fire extinguishing system in accordance with Section 904 of the International Fire Code or listed automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 10-28-5B is installed or adequate fire flow is provided. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)