HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSU STUDENT HOUSING UNIVERSITY VILLAGE EXPANSION ADVISORY REVIEW - 20 93 - CORRESPONDENCE - FIRE AUTHORITY REQUIREMENTSFor both sites, I would like to see more detailed drawings on
parking lot and access road design as well as water line and
fire hydrant locations. We can finalize the locations and
design at that time.
Sincerely,
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Warren D. Jones
Fire Marshal
minimum 20' inside and 40' outside turning radius. This
access road must be maintainable under all weather
conditions and be clearly delineated. It may be secure
from unauthorized entry with approved bollards, gates or
chains with appropriate signage.
4. Areas where parking obstructions along parking lot travel
lanes can be anticipated must be signed "No Parking -
Fire Lane" with curbs painted red. Examples are areas of
parking lots with the perpendicular parking on only one
side of 24F width.
5. Three fire hydrants are required, one at the NW corner,
one at the NE corner and one in the south center. The
exact placement can be determined as the parking lot/fire
access road and utility plans are developed.
6. The fire flow for these buildings is 2500 GPM. While we
did not discuss this specifically, the water lines must
be sized to supply this.
Citv Park Site
1. The parking. lot travel bays directly adjacent to, the
south and east sides must be a minimum of 30" to provide
for aerial fire apparatus placement. A combination of
normal 24' parking lot travel bay and 6' sidewalk can be
used if the grade change is 2" or less. The sidewalk
used in this manner .must be capable of withstanding the
point loads of aerial apparatus jacks. This entire
frontage must be signed "No Parking -Fire. Lane" with
approved signs.
2. An access road must be provided the full width of the
rear of the building. This access road must be a minimum
of 20' .in width and be designed and constructed to
support fully loaded fire apparatus. It may be se cured
at one, or both ends by bollard or gates. We have no
objection to this being used also as a ditch maintenance
road.
3. Based on a fire sprinklered building, the..fire flow will
be 2500 GPM. Three new fire hydrants will be required
one at the west entrance from Elizabeth Street, one in
the parking lot in the center front and one at the
entrance to the rear access road from West Plum Street.
Fire Prevention Bureau
• 102 Remington Street
Atil01�� Fort Collins, CO 80524
303-221-6570
303-221-6635 (Fax Number)
April 8, 1993
Mr. Bud Curtis
RBD Engineering
209 S. Meldrum
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Re: CSU Housing Projects
I have described my comments on the two CSU housing projects
below:
Skvline Site
1. The present configuration using the circuitous access
road from Constitution will slow emergency response into
this project. While an emergency access connection from
the westernmost parking lot can provide an .emergency
second point of access the primary access route will
continue to be from the east. The best emergency access
situation would be to provide full access connection on
both sides.
2. If an emergency access connection to Skyline is used, it
must be 20' in width, be designed and constructed to
withstand the imposed loads of fully loaded fire
apparatus and be maintainable in all weather conditions.
It may be secured with lift out bollards, gates, or
similar traffic control systems. Both ends must be
designated no parking zones and provided -witch -approved
"No Parking -Fire Lane" signs. If this connection is made
at the north end of the west parking lot, the turnaround
can be deleted.
3. All but the southernmost buildings are beyond the 150'
fire access distance. These buildings must be equipped
with fire sprinkler systems or a fire access road
provided between the community building and residential
buildings on both sides. If used, this access road must
be a minimum 20' in width and designed and constructed to
support fully loaded fire apparatus. This access road
must be looped around the proposed playing fields with a
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