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FIRE LANES
(A) Orders establishing fire lanes. The Fire Department is hereby authorized to order the establishment of fire lanes on public or private property as may be necessary in order that the travel of fire equipment may not be interfered with and that access to fire hydrants or buildings may not be obstructed.
(B) Signs and markings of fire lanes. When a fire lane has been ordered to be established pursuant to this section, it shall be marked by a sign bearing the words “No Parking - Fire Lane - By Order of the Fire Department”. When the fire lane is on public property or a public right-of-way, the sign or signs shall be erected by the city; and when on private property, they shall be erected by owner at his or her own expense within 30 days after he or she has been notified of the order.
(C) Parking or otherwise obstructing prohibited. After a sign or signs have been erected in accordance with division (B) above, no person shall park a vehicle or otherwise occupy or obstruct the fire lane.
(Prior Code, § 5-2-1) Penalty, see § 95.99
(A) Interference with fire service duties. No unauthorized persons shall ride upon, race with, trail, or follow within 500 feet of any apparatus belonging to the Fire Department when the apparatus is responding to an emergency call.
(B) Protection of fire hoses. No person shall drive any vehicle over a fire hose except upon specific orders from a member of the Fire Department of this municipality, and then only with due caution.
(C) Parking near fire equipment. No person shall park any vehicle or place any material or other obstruction within ten feet of any fire hydrant or fire reservoir, nor shall any person enter any block or park any vehicle within 300 feet of a place where a fire is in progress which requires equipment from the Fire Department to be present.
(D) False fire alarm. No person shall sound a false fire alarm knowing the alarm to be false.
(E) Authorized use of fire equipment. No person shall use any fire apparatus or equipment for any reason except as may be prescribed by the Fire Chief or his or her delegated representatives.
(Prior Code, § 5-2-2) Penalty, see § 95.99
OPEN BURNING
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NATURAL/VEGETATIVE MATTER.
Grass clippings, leaves, twigs, sticks, and branches, but not the main trunk nor primary limbs of trees, and the non-harvested parts of garden plants.
OPEN BURNING.
The burning of any matter whereby the resultant combustion products are emitted directly to the atmosphere without passing through an adequate stack, duct, or chimney.
SCOPE.
As used herein, the following words shall have the meanings defined herein.
(Prior Code, § 5-4-1)
(A) No person shall cause, allow, or permit any burning in the city except as may hereinafter be allowed.
(B) Open burning may be conducted if an open burning permit is obtained pursuant to the requirements of this subchapter and other regulations of local, state, and federal agencies.
(Prior Code, § 5-4-2) Penalty, see § 95.99
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