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Chapter 13.04 — FIRE REGULATIONS1

Aliso Viejo Municipal Code § 6.2 Fire REGULATIONS1

Aliso Viejo Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-30 · Aliso Viejo

Cite as: Aliso Viejo Municipal Code § 6.2 · Text as of 2026-09-30

6.2.8.1 All indicating valves controlling fire suppression water supplies shall be painted OSHA red.

Exceptions:

  1. Brass or bronze valves on sprinkler risers mounted to the exterior of the building may be left unpainted.

  2. Where OS&Y valves on the detector check assembly are the only control valves, at least one OS&Y valve shall be painted red.

Section 6.2.9 is hereby revised as follows:

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6.2.9 All connections to private fire service mains for fire protection systems shall…

  1. A post indicator valve installed not less than 40 feet (12 meters) from the building

a. For buildings less than 40 feet (12 meters) in height, a post indicator valve shall be permitted to be installed closer than 40 feet (12 meters) but at least as far from the building as the height of the wall facing the post indicator valve.

b. Post indicating valves shall be allowed to be closer than 40 feet (12 meters) to the building when a property line or other physical barriers make it impossible to have a post indicating valve 40 feet (12 meters) away.

c. Post indicating valves shall be allowed to be closer than 40 feet (12 meters) to the building when building driveway or fire access roadways or other building traffic make it impractical to be 40 feet (12 meters).

  1. A wall post indicator valve on risers located within the building, either a nonrising stem gate valve with a wall post indicator or a listed butterfly valve with an indicating handle extending out through the building wall.

  2. A backflow preventer with at least one indicating valve not less than 40 feet (12 meters) from the building.

a. For buildings less than 40 feet (12 meters) in height, a backflow preventer with at least one indicating valve shall be permitted to be installed closer than 40 feet (12 meters) but at least as far from the building as the height of the wall facing the backflow preventer.

b. Backflow preventer valves shall be allowed to be closer than 40 feet (12 meters) to the building when a property line or other physical barriers make it impossible to have a backflow preventer valve 40 feet (12 meters) away.

c. Backflow preventer valves shall be allowed to be closer than 40 feet (12 meters) to the building when building driveway or fire access roadways or other building traffic make it impractical to be 40 feet (12 meters)

  1. Indicating control valves installed in a fire-rated room accessible from the exterior.

  2. Indicating control valves in a fire-rated stair enclosure accessible from the exterior as permitted by the AHJ

  3. Any other valve type or location as permitted by the AHJ

Section 10.1.5 is hereby added as follows:

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