(A) All owners of commercial property, new industrial structures, new commercial structures or existing commercial or industrial structures shall establish emergency lanes in accordance with Fire Department regulations to provide the Fire Department with access to the structure or property.
(B) All such emergency lanes under this statute shall comply with the following requirements.
(1) Location and marking of the lane shall be in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standards and subject to the approval of the Fire Prevention Chief.
(2) Emergency lanes shall be approximately 20 feet in width.
(3) Emergency lanes shall be marked with appropriate yellow marks and lines. Signs designating the emergency lane shall contain the words “No Parking - Fire Lane” or other words approved by the Fire Prevention Chief and shall be placed at least every 50 feet along the curb or side of building wherein the lanes are established. These signs shall be a minimum of 12” x 18” high with two inch high letters. The letters shall be red in color on a white background. The owner of the commercial property shall bear the cost of all signs and markings of the emergency lanes and curbs.
(C) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle other than an emergency vehicle, whether attended or unattended, in any emergency lane established according to the provisions of this section.
(D) Police officers or fire officials of the city shall remove or cause the removal of any vehicle from any emergency lane established in accordance with this section. The removed vehicle shall pay reasonable towing and storage charges before the vehicle may be released.
(E) The following situations constitute exceptions to this chapter:
(1) Those vehicles displaying a state “disabled” or other “disabled” identifying insignia or by the attesting officer’s certain knowledge of the person in question being disabled or handicapped may stand in any emergency lane while loading or unloading;
(2) All areas already established and marked as handicapped parking shall remain as placed and marked and shall not be moved or changed in any manner as to conflict with the establishing of emergency lanes, except when they cannot be complied with in accordance to this chapter.
(Ord. 31-1988, passed 8-2-1988)