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Joshua City staff to draft ordinance lowering commercial fire-flow requirement to 1,000 gpm
Summary
City staff proposed amending the municipal fire-flow requirement — currently 1,500 gallons per minute for commercial — to 1,000 gpm to reduce permitting delays and developer costs; council asked staff to draft an amended ordinance for consideration next month.
Mr. Peacock, a city staff member, told the Joshua City Council that the city’s current fire-flow standard — 1,000 gallons per minute for residential and 1,500 gpm for commercial — is creating permitting delays and is “just not attainable” in parts of the system.
He said developers have faced “sticker shock” when asked to upgrade water infrastructure to reach 1,500 gpm, and that frequent variance requests have slowed projects.…
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