(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle or place any other obstruction in courtyards, in narrow roadways of limited access to, and areas immediately adjoining the entranceways to schools, stores, churches, plazas, hospitals, high-rise buildings, nursing homes and other places of public assembly which are determined to be necessary means of ingress for fire equipment by the Fire Chief or other officer in the Fire Division designated by him and which are approved by the Chief of Police.
(b) Officials shall, with the approval of the Chief of Police, also designate other areas immediately surrounding schools, stores, churches, plazas, hospitals, nursing homes, high-rise buildings and other places of public assembly which shall be kept free and clear of obstructions in order to permit fire equipment to have ready access. The restricted area shall be designated by a sign containing the phrase "Fire lane - no parking - tow away zone."
(1980 Code 76.07; Ord. 7519)
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.