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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> measured at the hydrant outlet of not less than twenty (20) pounds <br /> per square inch during times of average daily consumption. <br /> Water supply may consist of reservoirs, pressure tanks, elevated tanks, <br /> water mains, or other fixed system capable of supplying the required fire <br /> flow, subject to the approval of the fire marshal. The precise location, <br /> number and type of fire hydrants connected to a water supply to be <br /> provided in accordance with this subsection shall be subject to the <br /> approval of the fire marshal. All hydrants shall be accessible to the fire <br /> department apparatus by roadways meeting the requirements of Section <br /> 503. <br /> <br /> No use of an existing building, or any portion thereof, for either a place of <br /> assemblage or a Group H occupancy, as defined in subsections 903.2.1 <br /> and 903.2.5, shall be initiated or expanded unless the building as a whole <br /> will comply with the requirements of this subsection 507.1 such as would <br /> apply to the new construction of such building for the same uses. <br /> <br /> For purposes of this section, an existing building or structure shall be <br /> deemed to have a value equal to the current cost of construction of a <br /> building or structure of the same size and type of construction. In <br /> determining such value, the fire marshal shall be guided by the most <br /> recent building valuation data published by the International Conference of <br /> Building Officials. <br /> <br /> In determining the fire flow requirements for any building, structure, or fire <br /> area, the fire marshal shall proceed in accordance with the standards set <br /> forth in that certain "Santa Ana Fire Department Guide for Determination <br /> of Fire Flows," of which not less than one (1) copy is on file in the office of <br /> the clerk of the council of the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br /> (b) Subsection 507.3 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as <br /> follows: <br /> <br /> 507.3. Fire Flow Methods. <br /> <br /> An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in buildings hereafter <br /> constructed, or when additions, alterations, or repairs are such as to <br /> require the building to comply with all the requirements of the building <br /> code of the City of Santa Ana for new buildings, in either of the following <br /> circumstances: <br /> <br /> • The building would require a fire flow of more than two thousand <br /> five hundred (2,500) gallons per minute if such system were not <br /> installed; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ordinance No. NS-XXXX <br /> 11 A-34 Page 34 of 43 <br />