East Palo Alto Municipal Code Art. VII Fire Protection for Mobilehome Parks

The minimum fire protection facilities for mobilehome parks are established as follows:

A. Approved fire hydrants shall be installed so that no portion of any building or recreational vehicle storage area is more than two hundred fifty (250) feet or less than twenty-five (25) feet from such hydrant.

B. Approved fire hydrants must be installed throughout the remainder of the park.

C. All fire hydrants shall be installed on water mains not less than six inches in diameter. A minimum fire flow of five hundred (500) gpm shall be provided to the fire hydrants for a two-hour duration in addition to domestic needs. The computation shall be based upon a minimum of twenty psi residual operating pressure in the street main from which the flow is measured at the time of measurement. Hydrants shall be located at alternate street intersections but in no event shall the distance between hydrants exceed five hundred (500) feet, and no trailer shall be farther than two hundred fifty (250) feet from a hydrant, measured along street centerlines.

(Prior code § 4-2.701)

A. Upon the written request of the applicant, the district fire marshal may reduce or eliminate the fire flows required by the immediately preceding section if he/she determines that:

1. The water necessary to produce the fire flow required by Section 8.16.730 is not available; and

2. Adequate alternate means of providing fire protection is available; and

3. The granting of the reduction will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or be injurious to other property in the vicinity.

B. As a condition of reducing the fire flows required by Section 8.16.730, the district fire marshal shall require that other private fire fighting facilities be provided which will provide adequate fire protection in the event of a fire.

(Prior code § 4-2.702)

The on-site water system plans shall be signed by a registered civil engineer and the water company may sign with the following certification: "We certify that the design of the water system in this mobilehome park is in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the Menlo Park Fire Protection District Fire Marshal."

(Prior code § 4-2.703)