| Fire
chief to decide on fate of Wellsville subdivision
By Riki Richards
March 1, 2007 | The Wellsville Planning and Zoning
Commission decided to leave the fate of one subdivision
in the hands of the fire chief.
Wednesday night Jed Clarke came before the commission
with concerns about the fire hydrant flow for his subdivision
on 200 South Street.
The commission determined that the building permit
will be approved as long as the homes contain a fire
sprinkler system and the fire chief signs off on it.
Recommendations in the international fire code are
that fire hydrants have a pressure of 1,000 gallons
per minute. The hydrant in question only has a pressure
of 920 gallons per minute, causing the fire chief to
initially deny the building permit. The code does contain
a clause stating that if the homes are outfitted with
a sprinkling system, then lower pressure is acceptable.
The initial proposal was that Clarke would have to
install a pumping station to increase the pressure to
the hydrant. The estimated cost of the pumping station
was $70,000.
Four homes are served by the hydrant. Thsoe homes,
still in need of a building permit, will have to install
the sprinkling system before completion.
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