KRS 74.415: Commissioners may consider installation of fire hydrants on new or

extended water lines.

(1) The commissioners of a water district, or the governing body of a water association

referred to in KRS 74.012(1), in order to provide adequate means of fire pr otection,

may consider the installation of fire hydrants on new or extended water lines within

their area. They may investigate the availability of supplementary funding to pay the

incremental costs of line sizing and hydrant installation. The commissioner s or

governing body shall not eliminate fire hydrants from new or extended water lines

unless they determine that hydrants are not feasible. Their analysis shall include

consideration of the incremental costs of adequately sized pipe and associated

pumps a nd towers, and the benefits of real estate development, water sales, the

availability of fire protection insurance, and the reduced fire insurance premiums

which may result from the installation of hydrants at specified intervals.

(2) If a private real estate subdivision developer has not included adequately sized pipe

and fire hydrants in his development plan, the commissioners of a water district or

the governing body of a water association which has the capacity to supply adequate

water for fire hydrants shall require, at the time the developer applies for permission

to hook into the district's water lines, an analysis by the developer of the

incremental cost of hydrants and piping adequately sized for hydrants, the effect of

hydrants on the cost and availability of fire protection insurance, and conclusions as

to why the installation of hydrants is not feasible.