Ord 2019-011/Amendments to Chapter 38 - Fire Prevention and Protection of the San Marcos City Code of Ordinances

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Appendix B, Section B103.2; change to read as follows: B103.2 Increases. The fire code official is authorized to increase the fire -flow requirements where conditions indicate an unusual suscgptibility to group fires or conflagrations. An increase shall not be more than twice that required for the building under consideration. Appendix D, Section D102.1; change to read as follows: D102.1 Access and loading. Facilities, buildings or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire department apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus access road with an approved driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of fire apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds (34 050 kg) in accordance with the City of San Marcos Engineering Standards. Appendix D, Section DI03.1; change to read as follows: D103.1 Access road width with a hydrant. Where a fire hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access road, the minimum road width shall be 26 -feet. Appendix D, Section D103.2; change to read as follows: D103.2 Grade. Fire apparatus access roads shall not exceed 10% in grade and not exceed 5% on cross -slope. Exception: Grades steeper than 10% as approved by the Fire Code Official. Appendix D, Section D103.3; change to read as follows: D103.3 Turning radius. The minimum turning radius shall be in accordance with: 1. For buildings less than 30 -feet and less than 3 stories in height: a. 20 -feet (inside) for turns less than or equal to 90 degrees b. 25 -feet (inside) for turns greater than 90 degrees 2. For buildings 30 -feet or more and/or 3 or more stories in height minimum interior turning radius of 30 feet. For purposes of this section, the building height is measured from the lowest finished grade of the fire access roads to the point of accessible roof level, including parapet walls. For buildings with pitched roofs, the height is measured to the roof plate.