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City staff flag fire‑safety, hydrant and code implications for proposed zero‑emission maintenance facility
Summary
Porterville reviewed a proposed zero‑emission maintenance facility on Grand Avenue (APN 251‑350‑028). Planning and engineering discussed landscaping and frontage standards; fire urged higher sprinkler/hazard calculations for lithium‑ion battery vehicles, set commercial hydrant spacing at 300 feet and recommended the fire department connection be sited with minimum clearances. Departments will compile comments in 2–3 weeks.
Porterville staff on Sept. 10 reviewed plans for a proposed zero‑emission maintenance facility on the north side of Grand Avenue (APN 251‑350‑028) and flagged building‑code, fire‑protection, site‑layout and utility items to be resolved before permitting.
Planning said the project must meet minimum development standards including a six‑foot landscape buffer from the right of way and landscape planters spaced within parking runs; the code…
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