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Trade Ups
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Over and above the life-and property-saving benefits of home fire sprinkler systems, your business may be able to benefit from cost-saving incentives offered by many municipalities – called “trade-ups” – for committing to fire sprinkler installations in the new homes you build.
Trade-ups in the form of zoning and site development incentives can increase land use, decrease development costs, and improve the overall profitability of every home you build.
Typical Trade-ups Include:
- Street width reductions- substantially reducing the amount of pavement in every linear foot of street in the development
- Additional units permitted- increases of up to 20% are not uncommon
- Longer dead-end streets- allows for additional building lots to be accessed
- Increased hydrant spacing- fewer fire hydrants equate to lower development costs
- Increased street grades and building setbacks- steeper street grades and building locations further from paved fire vehicle access may be permitted
- “T” turnarounds permitted- could create at least one additional lot per cul-de-sac
- Required fire hydrant flow can be greatly reduced- Fire flow is the major factor in water main size – lower fire flows nearly always mean smaller mains.
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