Adequate fire hydrants as required herein will be installed by the City of Newport
News with the expense borne by the developer and/or builder. Placement of hydrants
shall be coordinated with the city's fire marshal or his authorized representative;
they shall not be greater than seven hundred fifty (750) feet apart in residential
districts and five hundred (500) feet apart in other districts. Adequate water supply
to such hydrants shall also be available as determined by the standards set forth
in the "Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting," N.F.P.A.,
Volume 12 (1983 Edition or as subsequently amended). Placement decisions made by the
fire marshal should be predicated on public safety and welfare considerations, the
standards listed above, and the ability to properly and efficiently use fire-fighting
apparatus. Decisions of the fire marshal may be appealed to the fire chief, whose
decision shall be final.
Cross reference—
Fire prevention and protection, Ch. 16.
