[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Stafford 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 85-40. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
The Fire Official or Fire Subcode Official of the
Township may require the owner of any shopping center, commercial
structure, place of public assembly, multiple-dwelling group, industrial
park, office building, hotel or motel, school or marina to designate
"Fire Lane" in the driveways of the premises leading to and from the
parking areas, loading areas, public streets or rights-of-way leading
to the above-type buildings or structures. Such fire lanes shall be
not less than 10 feet nor more than 50 feet in width and shall be
striped and lettered in yellow on a paved surface, such striping and
lettering to remain legible at all times. Metal fire lane signs, the
lettering of same to be legible at all times, shall be provided, erected
and maintained by the owner and placed at the discretion of the Fire
Official or Fire Subcode Official. The signs are to be of a design
and quality and lettered in accordance with applicable state law and
approved by the Fire Official or Fire Subcode Official.
[Amended 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-79]
B.
No person shall at any time park a vehicle or in any
other manner obstruct any driveway or other area that has been designated
as a fire lane.
A.
All owners of commercial structures and commercial
uses on property abutting any body of water shall have pumping stations
constructed at the water having a thirty-foot section of bulkhead
with a depth of water of three feet minimum at low tide. The pumping
station shall be constructed with a paved surface at the bulkhead
adequate for the use of heavy fire equipment and apparatus. It shall
be the responsibility of the owner or owners of the commercial structures
or commercial properties to repair and maintain the pumping stations,
and if the Fire Official or Fire Subcode Official makes a determination
that repairs are needed and the repairs are not made by the owner
within 60 days of notification of the need for the repairs, such failure
to make repairs will constitute a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-79]
B.
No person shall at any time park a vehicle or in any
other manner obstruct any driveway or other area that has been designated
as a pumping station.
The following regulations shall apply to shopping
centers.
A.
Fire areas shall be established in all shopping centers
to ensure fire equipment and other emergency vehicles unobstructed
means of ingress to and egress from the properties and buildings located
therein in the event of a fire or other emergency.
B.
The number, location, dimensions and markings of such
areas shall be determined by the Fire Official or Fire Subcode Official
based upon the size, type and location of the buildings in the shopping
centers, the type of uses contained therein, the number of motor vehicles
operated and parked upon the property, the number of persons using
and occupying the premises, the existing means of ingress and egress,
the total area of the property and other relevant factors.
[Amended 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-79]
C.
The Fire Official or Fire Subcode Official is authorized
to regulate, restrict and prohibit the parking and operation of motor
vehicles in and near the fire areas and to impose other reasonable
regulations necessary to ensure that the areas are free from obstruction.
[Amended 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-79]
[Amended 12-16-1986 by Ord. No. 86-64]
The Fire Official or Fire Subcode Official,
the Township Police Department, the Code Enforcement Officer, the
Zoning Officer and the Fire Official and inspectors of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention shall have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 2-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-22; 2-20-1990 by Ord. No. 90-12]
B.
Any person charged for a third or subsequent offense
for violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90
days or by community service of not more than 90 days, or any combination
of fine, imprisonment and community service as determined in the discretion
of the Municipal Court Judge. The continuation of such violation for
each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person
or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
C.
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall
be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
