(A) Obstructing. The required width of access roadways shall not be obstructed in any manner, including parking of vehicles. No parking signs or other appropriate notice, or both, prohibiting obstructions may be required and shall be maintained.
(B) Extent. All exterior doors, accessible by grade, of every facility, building or portion of a building shall be within 150 feet of an approved means of Fire Department access. Where Fire Department access cannot be provided, approved fire protection system or systems shall be provided as required and approved by the Fire Chief.
(1) When buildings are completely protected with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system, the provisions of this section may be modified by the Fire Chief.
(2) When access roads cannot be installed due to location on property, topography, waterways, nonnegotiable grades or other similar conditions, the Fire Chief is authorized to require additional fire protection.
(C) Fire protection alternate. Where the Fire Chief approves a fire protection system, the Fire Chief may also modify the access requirements.
(D) Oversizing. The Fire Chief shall have the authority to require an increase in the minimum access widths where such width is not adequate for fire or rescue operations.
(E) Bridges. Where a bridge is required to be used as access under this section, it shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the applicable sections of the Building Code and using design live loading sufficient to carry the imposed loads of the fire apparatus.
(F) Fire Chief authority. The Fire Chief of the Fire Department shall have authority to remove on-street parking from any street less than 32 feet in width when any of the following conditions apply:
(1) The Fire Chief determines that site-specific conditions (such as too-tightly- curved roadway alignment) render the travel lanes useless for access of fire apparatus; and/or
(2) Actual emergency response experience clearly indicated that emergency vehicles cannot provide service.
(Ord. 382, passed 12-12-2005) Penalty, see § 91.999