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REGULATION NO.
6 -
FIRE HYDRANTS AND FIRE LINES
6-1 FIRE HYDRANTS - All fire hydrants
installed in the District’s Water Service Area and which are connected directly
to the District owned water mains shall be under the ownership of the District
and shall be kept in reasonable repair by the District. Fire hydrants to be installed during the
extension of the base system to individual subdivisions, properties whether
public or private, or during replacement, will be first approved by the
District prior to their placement and all costs and expenses of installation
shall be borne by the applicant or customer.
6-2 OPERATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS - No
person, other than a member of a recognized Fire Service Association and
District employees, shall open or operate any fire hydrant without permission
of the Management or the Board of the District. Use of fire hydrants shall be for the purpose of fighting fires,
flushing of District main lines, construction purposes as approved by the
District, or for other uses to benefit District customers as approved by the
District Board or Management. Except in
emergency situations, any authorization shall be by written permit .
6-3 INSTALLATION OF BLOW-OFF HYDRANTS –
Blow-off hydrants to be installed during the extension of the base system to
individual subdivisions, properties whether public or private, or during
replacement, will be first approved by the District prior to their placement
and all costs and expenses of installation shall be borne by the applicant or
customer. The type, size and materials
of construction of said hydrants and appurtenances shall be subject to the
District’s specifications and approval.
Installation of blow-off hydrants and appurtenances shall be in
accordance with the District’s standards of design and construction.
6-4 RELOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS - Fire
hydrant installation shall be deemed permanent after their initial
installation. Requests to the District
to relocate fire hydrants shall be considered only in the event the expenses of
relocating said fire hydrants conform with Regulation 9-9 of these regulations.
6-5 OBSTRUCTING FIRE HYDRANTS - Access to
fire hydrants shall not be obstructed either permanently or temporarily by such
things as constructing fences or other structures in such a manner as to
prevent ready access to said fire hydrants. In addition, no person or entity
shall plant trees, shrubs, bushes, or other plantings in such a manner as to
prevent ready access to fire hydrants.
If a District customer is found in violation of this particular regulation,
the District shall give written notice to the customer in question to remove
such obstruction at customer’s expense and if such violation is not corrected
by the customer within ten (10) days from mailing of such written notice, the
water supply to said customer shall be turned off by the District.
6-6 DAMAGES TO FIRE HYDRANTS - Any person
or entity damaging a District owned fire hydrant shall be responsible to the
District for the repair of such damages.
6-7
FIRE HYDRANT FEES - The Board may establish rates for
the use of fire hydrants. Such rates
shall be of sufficient amount to cover operation and maintenance costs, as well
as water used. Use of fire hydrants
shall be for the purposes described in regulation 6-2 of these regulations. The current rate for fire hydrant use is
included on Exhibit B attached to these regulations.
6-8
PRIVATE FIRE HYDRANTS – Private fire hydrants are
owned by the customer and are located on private property installed from
private fire lines or services. The
costs of installing, operating, maintaining and replacing such hydrants shall
be at the sole expense of the customer.
Private fire hydrants shall be installed on private fire lines only as
per Regulation 6-9 and Regulation 7 of these Regulations. Customer shall pay to the District the rates
in accordance with the District’s approved Fire Line Rate schedules. The fire line rate structure is included on
Exhibit B attached to these regulations.
6-9
FIRE LINES – Fire lines shall be applied for and
installed in compliance with the appropriate requirements of Regulation No. 7,
Customers Installations, of these Regulations and, in addition, they shall
comply with the District’s standards of design and construction for fire lines.
Fire lines are owned by the customer
and the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of said facilities
shall be at the customers sole expense.
Customer shall keep their fire line in good repair, and if after ten
(10) days from receiving written notice by the District instructing customer to
repair their fire line, customer fails to do so, the District may discontinue
such water service to said customer.
Fire lines shall not be interconnected with domestic service pipes and
said fire lines shall have a separate connection to the water main in the
street abutting and fronting the premises to be served unless otherwise
approved by the District. Each fire
line shall have its own independent shut-off valve which shall be located at or
near the water main in the street and at a point designated by the
District. Water shall be drawn by the
customer from fire lines for fire protection purposes only. Customers found by the District to be using
water from fire lines for other than fire protection purposes may have their
water service discontinued, after being provided written notice, by the
District until such time as the customer, at their own expense, installs
metering equipment meeting the District’s specifications, on said fire
lines.
All fire lines installed to serve
property which connects to the District’s base system shall have approved back
flow prevention devices installed on same to prevent back flow into the
District’s base system. In addition,
fire line loops connecting with the District’s base system at more than one
location shall have approved check valves installed on the fire line loops to
prevent circulation of water through customer's fire lines into the District’s
base system.
Customer shall pay to the District the
rates for fire line services as per the District’s approved rate schedules for
this type of service and such payments shall be made in accordance with the
regulations governing all other rates approved by the Board. The fire line rate structure is included on
Exhibit B attached to these regulations.
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