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435 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2051 PAGE NINE public street or on the site of the premises to be protected. In all other cases: The required hydrant or hydrants shall be located on the site of the premises to be protected, except that any required hydrant may be located on a public street if such location is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of all portions of the exterior walls of the building to be protected. Where more than one fire hydrant is located on the site of the premises to be protected, or where a combination of hydrants located on such site and a public street are used to meet the distance requirements, the required fire flow in gallons per minute may be divided between such hydrants provided: That the combination of hydrants will deliver the required flow, and That no single hydrant has a flow of less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) gallons per minute with a residual pressure measured at the hydrant outlet of not less than twenty (20) pounds per square inch during times of average daily consumption. Water supply may consist of reservoirs, pressure tanks, elevated tanks, water mains, or other fixed system capable of supplying their required fire flow, subject to the approval of the fire marshal. The precise location, number, and type of fire hydrants connected to a water supply to be provided in accordance with this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the fire marshal. All hydrants shall be accessible to the fire department appa- ratus by roadways meeting the requirements of Section 10.207. No use of an existing building, or any portion there- of, for either a place of assemblage or a Group H occupancy, as defined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, shall be initiated or expanded unless the building as a whole will comply with the requirements of this subsection (c) such as would apply to the new construction of such building for the same uses.