§ 42-202. Private fire protection; sprinkling systems.
All private fire protection service lines shall be dedicated, separate lines except as herein described:
(1)
Nondedicated fire protection lines.
a.
Domestic/industrial service lines may be used for limited fire suppression systems when no more than 20 sprinkler heads will be connected.
b.
When a domestic/industrial service line is used, the supply line for sprinkler service shall be taken off the city side of the water meter. This line shall be provided with an approved gate valve for isolation purposes. The operation of this valve shall be the responsibility of the property owner. A separate billing will be provided in accordance with the rates found in this section.
c.
Prior to connection of any limited area fire suppression system to any domestic/industrial service line, a permit shall be obtained from the utilities department.
d.
Permit approval shall be based on a usage/supply profile and system plan approval by the appropriate city officials, including but not limited to, the utilities department, public safety director, fire marshal, fire chief or their designees.
e.
The fire protection line shall have installed a spring loaded double check valve of a type approved by the utilities department.
f.
The utilities department will provide and install during final inspection a tag to be placed on the fire line gate valve with the wording: "Fire Line-No Domestic Usage."
g.
No chemical additives or booster pumping shall be permitted in a nondedicated fire suppression system unless protected by an approved reduced pressure principle backflow preventer.
(2)
Dedicated fire protection lines. All private fire protection lines requiring a volume necessary to supply 21 or more sprinkler heads or exceeding a total volume of 200 gallons per minute shall be a dedicated, separate line from the city water main. These lines shall be as a minimum provided with the following:
a.
A utilities department approved detector check valve which is located so as to be accessible to city employees. The city reserves the authority to require vault installation of this valve if it deems necessary.
b.
Each detector check valve shall be supplied with properly installed valves and piping to accept a meter of the size approved by the utilities department.
c.
When it is determined by the utilities department that additional protection is needed, the owner shall be directed to install either an approved spring loaded double check valve or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow preventer in the fire protection line. Approved units shall be those approved by the state department of public health.
d.
In the event the nondedicated and/or dedicated fire suppression systems are turned off due to delinquency of payment, the city shall not be liable for damages. For the case of nondedicated fire systems, the fire system would be inactivated when the domestic service is shut off at the curb valve.
e.
All dedicated fire protection system installations must be chlorinated prior to the service being turned on. The city will also require fire line testing using a pigging method or flow test, at the utilities department's discretion.
(3)
The rates for providing fire protection sprinklers shall be as follows:
Line Size
(in inches)
Charges
(per month)
¾ $ 2.35 1 4.03 1½ 8.00 2 12.91 3 28.04 4 48.22 6 100.63 8 145.00 10 233.54 12 346.16
(Prior Code, § 2.60; Ord. No. 2000-08, § 1(2.60), 5-15-2000; Ord. No. 2001-03, 5-21-2001; Ord. No. 2002-09, 5-6-2002; Ord. No. 2003-11, 5-19-2003; Ord. No. 2004-09, 4-19-2004; Ord. No. 2005-08, 5-2-2005; Ord. No. 2006-06, 5-1-2006; Ord. No. 2007-03, § 2, 5-7-2007; Ord. No. 2008-03, § 2, 4-21-2008; Ord. No. 2009-05, § 2, 4-20-2009; Ord. No. 2010-05, § 2, 4-19-2010; Ord. No. 2010-10, § 14, 8-2-2010; Ord. No. 2011-01, § 2, 4-18-2011; Ord. No. 2015-07, § 2, 4-20-2015; Ord. No. 2016-07, § 2, 5-2-2016; Ord. No. 2018-03, § 2, 4-2-2018)