(A) Parking or obstruction prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to park and leave unattended a motor vehicle or to put or place any other object, structure or obstruction in a fire lane which has been properly established and marked.
(B) Establishment, marking.
(1) The Fire Chief is authorized to establish and designate the fire lanes on privately owned
PUBLIC VEHICULAR AREAS, as that term is defined in G.S. § 20-4.01(32), for the protection and safety of lives and property.
(2) Fire lanes may be designated on any public vehicular area when the Fire Chief determines that parking or placing of vehicles or other obstructions in that area would interfere with proper ingress or egress of fire and other emergency vehicles, equipment or personnel.
(3) Fire lanes shall be clearly marked, in yellow or another suitable color of paint, with the words "NO PARKING, FIRE LANE," and the boundaries, borders or curbs shall be clearly visible and definable.
(4) Where the Fire Chief establishes and designates fire lanes, the Fire Chief shall notify the owner of the property by certified mail, return receipt requested, and the owner shall, within 30 days of notification, mark the fire lanes as directed by the Fire Chief.
(`88 Code, § 11-107) (Ord. 93-09, passed 7-12-93) Penalty, see § 72.99