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ORDINANCE NS-2274 <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />147 <br /> <br />sheriff or any fire department personnel described in <br />section 1-18 of this Code. <br /> <br />(b) Infraction violations. Any violation of this subsection <br />902.2.4.1 shall be deemed an infraction. <br /> <br /> SECTION 7: That section 14-27 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 14-27. Fire flow requirements (Section 903). <br /> <br /> (a) Subsection 903.2 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to <br />read as follows: <br /> <br />903.2 Required Water Supply for Fire Protection No building <br />shall hereafter be constructed which would require a fire flow <br />of more than five thousand five hundred (5,500) gallons per <br />minute. No existing building shall be added to, altered, or <br />changed in the character of its occupancy so as to increase <br />its required fire flow above five thousand five hundred <br />(5,500) gallons per minute. No existing building which <br />currently requires a fire flow of more than five thousand five <br />hundred (5,500) gallons per minute shall be added to, altered, <br />or changed in the character of its occupancy if such addition, <br />alteration, or change would increase the fire flow required <br />for such building. <br /> <br /> No building shall hereafter be constructed, and no <br />additions, alterations, or repairs shall be made to an <br />existing building within any twelve-month period which exceed <br />twenty-five (25) per cent of its value, and no existing <br />building shall be changed in the character of its occupancy so <br />as to increase the fire flow required for such building, <br />unless fire hydrants and appurtenant water supply capable of <br />delivering the fire flow that will be required for such <br />building, with a residual pressure measured at the hydrant <br />outlet of not less than twenty (20) pounds per square inch <br />during times of average daily consumption, are located in <br />accordance with the following distance limitations: <br /> <br />In any case where this requirement applies solely by <br />reason of additions, alterations, or repairs to an <br />existing building; and in the case of new construction of <br />a building designed for Group R, Division 3 occupancy, as <br />defined in the building code of the City of Santa Ana, or <br />building or structure accessory thereto: the required <br />hydrant or hydrants must be located within five hundred <br />(500) feet of all portions of the exterior walls of the <br />building or be protected. Such required hydrant or <br />hydrants may be located either on a public street or on <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />