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Home My WebLink About11483 ORD - 05/30/1973MOTION 11403 -That the ordinance a-nending the Platting Ordinance, No, 4168, as amended and particularly as amended by Ordinance No, 11,140, proposing to amend the City Water Distribution Standards, read on the first of three readings on May 2, 1973, be and the same is hereby amended prior to its second reading in the following manner: 1. Amend Section 3 -E. Water Line Location, the third paragraph, appearing on page 2, so as to change the figure in the third line thereof from "6" to "9 ", said sentence to hereafter read as follows: "When the clearance between the two lines is less than 9 feet, the sewer line shall be constructed of cast iron with watertight joints for a distance of 9 feet each side of the water line." 2. Amend Section 4 -B. Mercantile and Industrial Mains, on page 3, the second paragraph thereof to add the words "and industrial" following the word "mercantile" and before the word "area ", said paragraph to hereafter read as follows: "Mains in principal mercantile and industrial areas shall be installed in dedicated streets and sized so that the minimum fire flow from any single fire hydrant will be not less than 3,000 gallons per minute with 20 p.s.i. residual pressure." 3. Amend Section 4 -G. Fire Hydrant Spacing, the third paragraph thereof, appearing on page 3, by deleting the comma following the word "areas" in the first line and deleting the word "areas" following the comma, said paragraph to hereafter read as follows: "Fire hydrants within light mercantile areas containing apartments and apartment houses shall be located in dedicated streets or fire lanes behind curbs and be spaced not more than 300 feet hose lay from any building within the district, such distance to be measured down any standard fire hose laid from the fire hydrant to the building." 4. Amend the last paragraph of Section 4 -G, appearing on page 4, by dcleti.ng the word "when" from the first line and inserting the words "shall not be" following the words "fire hydrants" and before the word "installed" and adding the words "unless no other location is reasonably available. In that event fire hydrants" following the word "sidewalks" and before the words "shall be located ", said paragraph to hereafter read as follows: "Fire hydrants shall not be installed in sidewalks unless no other location is reasonably available. In that event fire hydrants shall be located so that sidewalks have a minimum of three feet of unobstructed passageway around the hydrant." c Motion by seconded by Carried unanimously. residential, that are permitted in those districts that are classified under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi as "R -2" Two Family Dwelling, "A -1" Apartment House, "A -2" Apartment House, "A -T Apartment Tourist, "AB" Professional Office, "B -lA" Tourist Court, "B -1" Neighborhood Business, "B -2" Bayfront Business, "B -3" Shopping Center, "B -4" General Business, "B -5" Primary Business and "B -6" Primary Business Core. Light mercantile shall be construed to include but shall not be limited to shopping centers, individual business locations, apartments, town- houses, condominiums, multi - family structures and all other business or commercial structures of three (3) stores or less in height, and all such other areas as may be designated by the City Council. "Section 1 -0. Residential areas shall be defined as to include all uses that are permitted in those districts that are classified under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi as "R -10 One- family Dwelling, "R -1B" One- family Dwelling and "T -1" Travel Trailer Park, Mobile Home Park and Mobile Home Subdivision. "Section 3 -E. Water Line Location All City of Corpus Christi water lines shall be located in utility easements or dedicated street rights -of -way or public alleys excepting off - street mains within shopping centers, apartment areas, multi - family dwelling areas and mobile home parks and travel trailer parks in which the mains shall be installed in paved drives or parking areas within dedicated easements and fire lanes. (I Where water lines and sanitary sewer lines parallel each other, they shall be laid at least 9 feet apart, with the water line at a higher elevation. Where ^a water main crosses a sewer line, the water line shall cross over the sewer line with a minimum of one foot clearance. When the clearance between the two lines is less than 6 feet,' the sewer line shall be constructed of cast iron with watertight points for a distance of 9 feet each side of the water line. Water lines shall not be installed closer than 10 feet from septic tank drain fields. -2- All sanitary sewers constructed parallel to and less than 9 feet from water mains shall be constructed of cast iron pipe with watertight joints. "Section 4 -B. Mercantile and Industrial Mains Mains in all mercantile areas shall be looped between supply mains and shall have a minimum size of eight (8 ") inches inside diameter and shall be the shortest of the two following lengths: 3,000 feet or a length that would by fluid friction render the line incapable of producing the flows and pressures set out herein for the type of area to be served and with the pres- sures and the flows that exist at the supply main's connections as determined by the Water Division Superintendent. Mains in principal mercantile areas shall be installed in dedicated streets and sized so that the minimum fire flow from any single fire hydrant will be not less than 3,000 gallons per minute with 20 p.s.i. residual pres- sure. Mains in light mercantile areas shall be located in streets or fire lanes and shall be sized so that the minimum fire flow from any single hydrant will be not less than 1,500 9-P.m. with 20 p.s.i. residual pressure. "Section 4 -G. Fire Hydrant Spacing All extensions or additions to the City of Corpus Christi water distribution system within the city limits and for a distance of five (5) miles thereof must meet the requirements as set forth in current Key Rate Schedule as promulgated by the Texas State Board of Insurance for the instal- lation of fire hydrants. Hydrants shall be located so that there will be a fire hydrant every 600 feet average distance as measured along dedicated streets in residential areas, including dedicated easements and fire lanes in mobile home parks and travel trailer parks. Every building in the city limits and for a distance of five miles thereof shall be within 500 feet of a standard city fire hydrant. Hydrants shall be located so that there will be a standard city fire hydrant every 300 feet average as measured along dedicated streets in all mercantile areas. Fire hydrants within light mercantile areas, areas containing apart- ments and apartment houses shall be located in dedicated streets or fire lanes -3- c behind curbs and be spaced not more than 300 feet hose lay from any building within the district, such distance to be measured down any standard fire hose laid from the fire hydrant to the building. All fire hydrants shall have a six foot clear horizontal radius of 3600 around the fire hydrant free from obstructions and shall be located on street corners or side property lines so as to be readily accessible at all times, as set out in Section 6 -N. . Fire hydrants when installed in sidewalks shall be located so that sidewalks have a minimum of three feet of unobstructed passageway around the hydrant." SECTION 2. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, after final passage, which publi- cation shall contain the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance and further reciting that this ordinance shall become effective thirty days after final passage. SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. i