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maximum spacing shall be reduced by 150 feet for dead end streets and the maximum distance from any point on the dead end street to a hydrant shall not exceed 200 feet. 2. Fire hydrant spacing for commercial and industrial areas shall be determined by the fire flow requirements specified by the Fire Code under adoption but in no case less than every 350 feet. 3. Fire hydrants shall be installed on both sides of the street when the streets exceed four or more lanes, has a raised median, center divider or is in excess of 88 feet in width. 4. No hydrant shall be placed within a residential alley of.less than 30 feet in width. Such alleys shall be restricted to no parking, no storage or placement of garbage refuse cans or containers and shall be restricted to one way thru traffic only. All hydrants located within an alley shall be protected from physical damage in compliance with section 312 of the 2010 California Fire Code with a clear working space about the hydrant of not less than 36". Alleys shall be provided with appropriate entrance and exit approaches capable of being utilized by existing fire apparatus and equipment. 5. All alley's and streets, private or public, of less than 50 feet in width shall have restricted parking as deemed necessary by Fire Code Official. Said streets, access roads and alley's shall be provided with appropriate signage and curbs painted with red paint. Typical signage shall read "No Parking-Fire Lane" 6. Fire Department connections shall be placed within 150 feet of a hydrant. 7. All new single family residential construction shall be provided with a sprinkler system complying with the provisions of NFPA 13D, or Section R313 of the California Residential Code. 8. All multifamily residential construction shall be provided with a sprinkler system, alarms and monitoring in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 9, sections 903 & 907 of the 2010 California Fire Code. 9. All structures, residential, commercial, industrial and tenant spaces shall be provided with premises identification clearly posted on the structure, of contrasting color and of adequate dimension to be viewed from the street in either directions of travel. Minimum size of building identification shall comply with the provisions of section 505.1 of the 2010 CFC. 10. Fire apparatus access roads shall have a clear width of not less than 20 feet horizontally and a clear vertically height of 13'-6". (Planters, medians, monuments, monument strips and other decorative area that impedes the 20 foot required width shall be approved by the Fire Code Official prior to installation). Tree limbs, shrubs, hedges and bushes shall no encroach upon the required clearances. 11. Fire access roads to and about multi-family residential, commercial and industrial structures shall extend to within 150 Feet of all portions of the facilities and all portions of the exterior walls of the first story of the building as measured by an approved route around the building. 12. Dead End Fire access roads in excess of 150 feet in length shall be mitigated by the installation of additional road widths, turn-rounds, secondary access, sprinkler systems or as deemed necessary by the Fire Code Official. Conditions of Approval -22-