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• 1/444 Silverton <br /> Fire District <br /> (B <br /> R.s&L <br /> N,r0 819 Rail Way NE (503) 873-5328 <br /> 18 83 Silverton, OR 97381 Fax (503) 873-2805 <br /> November 29th , 2012 <br /> Marion County Planning&Building <br /> Attn:Chris Trussell <br /> 5155 Silverton Rd. NE <br /> Salem,OR 97309 <br /> RE: 16829 Abiqua Rd. NE <br /> David&Mary Miller <br /> The Silverton Fire District has the following comments in regards to the new structure at the <br /> following address 16829 Abiqua Rd NE Silverton, OR 97381. <br /> 1) The new driveway exceeds 150' feet in length which requires a Fire District approved turnaround per <br /> Oregon Fire Code 503.2.5 <br /> • The applicant has met this requirement per the submitted site plan which was reviewed by the <br /> Silverton Fire District and received by Marion County on January it 2012. <br /> 2) The new driveway does have a short section in the middle less than 200' feet in length that could <br /> exceed 10%grade (exact grade not known)the rest of the access is relatively flat. Per Oregon Fire Code <br /> 503.2.7 the grade of the fire apparatus access mad shall be within the limits established by the fire code <br /> official based on the fire department's apparatus. <br /> • The applicant and the Fire District had agreed that since this was a shalt length and in the middle <br /> section of the driveway that this short section of grade would be accepted. <br /> 3) The application stated the home was 4,039 total square feet, which exceeded the 3,600 sq. ft. per <br /> Oregon Fire Code B107.1 which would give the applicant options to either install on site water storage or <br /> install an approved residential sprinkler system. <br /> • The applicant, engineer, and the Fire District have agreed to an alternate method which was to <br /> separate the master bedroom from the rest of the house with a 1 hour fire barrier per the supplied <br /> details from the engineer on record which is Pacific Northwest Engineering. This would reduce <br /> the total fire area in to two separate fire areas in which both will be under the 3,600 square feet. <br /> If you have any further questions feel free to contact me. <br /> Yours in Prevention, <br /> Ron Parvin <br /> Fire Prevention Officer <br /> Silverton Fire District <br />