(a) Establishment. In order to facilitate the operation of the Division of Fire of the Department of Public Safety, and in order to make effective the work of such Division during fires, at least twenty feet in the rear of any lot located in a Local Retail District shall remain clear and unobstructed by any main building, accessory building, structure or obstacle whatsoever, and no such building, structure or other obstacle shall be erected, placed or left, or permitted to be erected, placed or left in the 20-foot fire lane herein established, or in any fire lane fixed and established by Council through ordinance duly and regularly passed.
(b) Exceptions to Fire Lane Regulations. The provisions prescribing the minimum distance at which buildings or structures shall be located from any lot line or any provisions relating to open fire lanes do not apply when this section is or can be complied with by or with the use of adjoining property, and when such property affords the widths and areas as prescribed by this section and is available for the purposes intended, and when such adjoining property is owned and permanently dedicated to such use by the owners of the buildings or structures that such adjoining property becomes an accessory to, so as to preclude the erection of any building or structure or part thereof on the widths and areas so used during the existence of the building or structure.
(1982 Code, § 1119.06) (Ord. 56-53. Passed 10-1-1956.)