It is hereby determined that the unregulated
operation and parking of motor vehicles in parking yards and parking
places which are open to the public or to which the public is invited,
including shopping centers, hospitals, schools, churches, public buildings,
office buildings, day-care and senior care buildings, condominium,
cooperative, or rental residential and commercial buildings, and other
similar uses, constitutes a danger to the public health, safety and
welfare in that such unregulated operation and parking interferes
with and impedes the approach, operation, and departure of fire and
other emergency vehicles and equipment. Therefore, this chapter is
enacted pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Borough by N.J.S.A.
40:48-2.46, N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, and such other statutory and legal
provisions as may be applicable to the within subject.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Police
Department of the Borough of Rutherford or the Bureau of Fire Safety,
which departments shall have concurrent jurisdiction in policing and
issuing summonses for violations of this chapter.
A "property owner" shall be defined as stated
in the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code and any amendments thereto.
Whenever a determination has been made that
a fire lane/zone designation on private property is necessary, the
Fire Official shall notify the owner of the property, in writing,
either by certified mail or personal delivery, briefly describing
the property to be designated and the reason for the designation.
It shall be illegal to park, stop, or leave
standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, or to place
any obstruction on lands, whether publicly or privately owned, in
any designated fire lane or fire zone. It shall be illegal to park,
stop, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended,
or to place any obstruction on lands within 10 feet of any fire hydrant
or other water connection device.
An enforcing officer is authorized to remove
or have removed obstructions or vehicles as may violate this chapter
at the expense of the owner of the premises, in the case of obstructions,
or at the expense of the owner of the vehicle.