(A) Definition and designation of fire zones.
(1) The Fire Chief, with notice to the Police Chief, may request or require that a public or private property owner establish fire zones on the owner’s property where the health, safety and welfare of the public requires it.
(2) An owner of public or private property may, with the written approval of the Chief of Police, erect on the owner’s property a standard sign(s) and paint a curb or boundary area red to create a fire zone.
(3) Fire zones shall be marked with a red painted curb or boundary area and/or a standard fire zone sign. This sign will state “fire zone, no stopping, standing or parking.” The cost of painting and signing fire zones shall be solely that of the owner or possessor of the real property. Maintenance of fire zones shall be the sole responsibility of the owner or possessor of the real property.
(4) No person shall park, stop or leave standing a vehicle in an area or space set aside and identified by painting and/or signage as a fire zone.
(B) Enforcement.
(1) An owner of public or private property who has created a fire zone appoints and authorizes the city as the agent of the owner and impliedly authorizes the full enforcement by the city of the fire zone parking restriction on that property.
(2) A law enforcement officer, or community service technician, employed or authorized by the city who finds a motor vehicle which is not an authorized emergency vehicle parked, stopped or standing, whether occupied or unoccupied, in an area designated as a fire zone may issue a parking violation notice to the operator, owner or other person in charge of the motor vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 72.39) (Ord. 02-53, passed 10-7-2002) Penalty, see § 72.999