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REFERENCE TITLE: fire flow requirements; rural applicability |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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SB 1153 |
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Introduced by Senators Allen S: Burges, Farnsworth D, Griffin, Petersen
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AN ACT
amending title 37, chapter 9, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 37-1392; relating to fire codes.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 37, chapter 9, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 37-1392, to read:
37-1392. Applicability of fire code requirements for water or fire flow; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other law, in a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, any requirement to provide water or fire flow, or both, for fire protection under a fire code adopted by this state or a municipality, county or fire district, including a requirement relating to the installation of fire sprinklers, building materials, tanks, retention ponds and pressure pumps, does not apply to single‑family residential properties or single‑family residential subdivisions with individual lot dimensions that are equal to or greater than one‑half acre in size if the current adjacent public water distribution system or a private well does not meet the requirements to provide water or fire flow, or both, for fire protection.
B. For the purposes of this section, "adjacent public water distribution system" means a water system that is owned and operated by a political subdivision of this state or a private water company that provides water for sale and delivery to the general public and that has a water distribution main and easement that is contiguous to any portion of the single‑family residential property or single‑family residential subdivision.
Sec. 2. Intent
It is the intent of the legislature to clarify that it is the responsibility of this state or a municipality, county or fire district, not the landowner, to comply with requirements to provide fire flow for fire protection under a fire code adopted by this state or the municipality, county or fire district.