(A) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park or leave 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) The Fire Chief with concurrence of the Town Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized to establish and designate 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.
(C) 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 the proper ingress and egress of fire and other emergency vehicles, equipment or personnel.
(D) Fire lanes shall be clearly marked with yellow or another suitable color or paint with the words, “NO PARKING, FIRE LANE”, and the boundaries, borders or curbs shall be clearly visible and definable.
(E) Any vehicle unlawfully parked in a properly designated and marked fire lane may be removed or towed to a storage garage at the owner’s expense.
(1992 Code, § 72.46) (Ord. passed 1-28-1992) Penalty, see § 72.99
Cross-reference:
Fire Department, see Chapter 32
Fire prevention, see Chapter 93
Offenses relating to firefighters and fire equipment, see Chapter 130