No person shall install, relocate, modify or disconnect from
the supply main for service any fire hydrant, whether such fire hydrant
be located in a public way or on private property, except in accordance
with the requirements of this article.
No person or persons shall obstruct or permit to be obstructed
by any means any fire hydrant located within the City of Westbrook.
Any person or persons causing snow to obstruct a fire hydrant shall
immediately clear said fire hydrant. Failure to so do shall result
in clearing of the fire hydrant by the Westbrook Fire & Rescue
Department and charging the person responsible for obstructing the
fire hydrant for all costs associated therewith.
In areas of the City where landowners elect to develop private ways in compliance with Chapter
335, Land Use, water supplies for fire suppression purposes shall be provided by one of the following options:
A. Option 1. Fire suppression shall be provided by water mains and fire
hydrants as specified in this article.
B. Option 2. Private ways up to 800 feet in length from the nearest
municipal fire hydrant, measured by actual driving distance, shall
install an automatic sprinkler system per NFPA 13D in one- and two-family
dwellings, NFPA 13R in all other residential structures and NFPA 13
in any commercial structure.
C. Option 3. Private ways exceeding 800 feet in length from the nearest
municipal fire hydrant, measured by actual driving distance, shall
install an automatic sprinkler system per NFPA 13D in one- and two-family
dwellings, NFPA 13R in all other residential structures and NFPA 13
in any commercial structure. Additionally, the property owner(s) shall
supply an underground stationary water tank of no less than 10,000
U.S. gallons with a static water supply system at no less than 800-foot
intervals. Said requirements for a static water supply system shall
be per specifications of the Fire & Rescue Department and NFPA
1142, Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting,
2001 Edition.
Dwellings protected by an automatic sprinkler system meeting
the NFPA 13D or the NFPA 13R standards are not required to be privately
monitored; additionally, these systems must be provided with a 2.5-inch
female national standard thread (NST) fire department connection and
cap.