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Augusta Richmond GA
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ORDINANCE NO. 6777
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF AUGUSTA-
RlCHMOND COUNTY BY AMENDING SECTION 3-3-9(a)(6) TO
MANDATE THE TESTING OF ALL PRIVATE FIRE HYDRANTS BY
CREA TING A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH TO BE DESIGNATED AS
SUBPARAGRAPH (b), WHICH SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUST A-RlCHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORlTY OF SAME,
SECTION 1: ~at the Augusta-Richmond County Code be amended as follows
to add a new subparagraph (b) to Section 3-3-9(a)(6):
(b)(1) All private fire hydrants must be tested once a year in agreement with the
NFP A Code Section 25 requirements, and a copy of the privately owned hydrant
inspection and testing results shall be on file with the Fire Department Fire
Prevention Division.
(b)(2) Privately owned hydrants shall be maintained at the expense of the private
property owner, subject to the direction and requirements of the Fir~ Code
Official. Such private hydrants shall be flushed and tested annually according to
the current adopted Georgia Fire Code. . The Augusta Utilities Department shall
be notified of all inadequate fire flow testing according to applicable standards,
and modifications necessary to meet these standards shall be met at the expense of
the property owner. All private hydrants shall be painted the same color as
hydrants on public rights-of-way or elsewhere throughout the City. Appropriate
markings or signs restricting parking in front of, or adjacent to fire hydrants, shall
be implemented at the expense of the owner of the property. There shall be no
trees, plants, or shrubbery planted near hydrants that will interfere with the
hydrant's operation. No point of connection to any private fire hydrant shall be
left uncapped without permission of the Fire Code Official.
(b )(3) Existing hydrants which do not conform to City specifications, or which
do not face in the direction most consistent with emergency use by the Fire
Department, as established by the Fire Code Official, shall be changed to meet the
City's requirements by the property owner, and at the.property owner's expense,
within 30 days of service of notice of the required changes upon the property
owner or its resident agent.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption III
accordance with applicable laws.
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SECTION 3. All ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are repealed.
Duly adopted this15th day of
March
,2005.
1st Reading March 1, 2005
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(jj Mayor
ATTEST
I, the undersigned, , Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of an Ordnance adopted by said Augusta-Richmond County
Commission at. two consecutive meetings held on the following dates, to wit:
, 2005 and , 2005, as the same appears on
-the minutes of said Commission this _ day of , 2004.
Published in the Augusta Chronicle
,2005.
Clerk
Publish in the Augusta Chronicle March .:2'4" 2005