§ 1205-7. Access for Firefighting.

(a)

Access for use of heavy firefighting equipment shall be provided to the immediate job site at the start of construction and maintained until all construction is completed.

(b)

Free access from the street to the fire hydrants, and to outside connections for standpipes, sprinklers or other fire extinguishing equipment, whether permanent or temporary, shall be provided and maintained at all times. Protective pedestrian walkways shall not be so constructed as to impede ready access to hydrants. No material or construction shall be placed within 10 feet of such hydrants or connections, nor between them and the center line of the street.

(c)

During building operations, free access to permanent, temporary, or portable first aid fire equipment shall be maintained at all times.

(d)

In all buildings over 50 feet in height, at least one stairway shall be provided in usable condition at all times. This stairway shall be extended upward as each floor is installed in new construction.

(C.M.C. 1205-7; ordained by Ord. No. 364-1979, eff. Sept. 6, 1979; repealed and reordained by Ord. No. 385-1984, eff. Sept. 6, 1984)

Analogous to CFPC 15-04; ordained by Ord. No. 464-1971, eff. Jan. 21, 1972; r. Ord. No. 364-1979, eff. Sept. 6, 1979.