[Adopted 9-8-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999]
The purpose of this article is to insure, in any future water district formed by the Town, that the appurtenances are constructed to the standard which provides necessary fire flows to standards as mandated herein.
All new construction of community public water supplies, for any municipal water district formed in the Town, shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in such a manner as to be able to meet the requirements of the New York State Department of Health (quality and quantity) and the Insurance Services Office (fire flow capabilities).
A. 
For said community public water supplies, in any municipal water district, as defined in 10 NYCRR Subpart 5-1.1, effective May 27, 1998, the design shall be to the standard provided by the following formula by the American Insurance Association:
Q = 1020 (square root of P) (1-0.01 (square root of P))
Where
Q = Necessary fire flows in gallons per minute.
P = Population of water district in thousands of people.
B. 
The minimum acceptable value of Q shall not be less than 500 gallons per minute. The flow rate Q shall be maintained for a minimum number of hours equal to Q/1000 with the minimum not to be less than two hours, and not to exceed 10 hours. An appropriate amount of distribution storage shall be provided to store the necessary water for fire-fighting purposes equal to Q multiplied by the amount of time the flow must be maintained in minutes.
The design requirements to meet the above-referenced standards shall include:
A. 
Minimum water distribution pipe size of eight-inch diameter;
B. 
Average fire hydrant spacing of 500 feet;
C. 
Elevated water storage facilities or ground level storage with fire booster pumps.
The requirement for fire flows may be waived by the Town Board if there is a sound technical and/or financial reason why the community public water supply cannot meet the requirements as set forth herein.