Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
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2023-04-25
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The Code
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Chapter 79 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article III Fire Lanes
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Affordable Housing
- Ch 3 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 3A Alarm Systems
- Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 5 Animals, Prohibited
- Ch 6 Automobile and Motorcycle Racing
- Ch 7 Background Checks
- Ch 8 Board of Health
- Ch 10 Borough Personnel
- Ch 12 Cable Television
- Ch 13 Cats
- Ch 14 Claims Procedure
- Ch 15 Cooperative and Condominium Association Registration
- Ch 16 County Services, Contracts for
- Ch 16A Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 16B Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 17 Development Fees
- Ch 18 Dogs
- Ch 18A Dogs and Cats, Excessive Number of
- Ch 18B Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 19 Drug-Free Zone Map
- Ch 20 Entertainment, Licensed
- Ch 21 Excavations and Dredging
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Filming
- Ch 25 Fire Department
- Ch 26 Fire Prevention
- Ch 27 Floodplain Management
- Ch 27A Curfew
- Ch 28 Hazardous Waste Materials
- Ch 29 Health Code
- Ch 31 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 31A Illicit Connections
- Ch 32 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 32A Land Use Procedures
- Ch 32B Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 32C Landscaper Registration
- Ch 33 Library
- Ch 33A Lightning Warning System
- Ch 34 Littering
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 35A Mobile Telephones
- Ch 36 Municipal Court
- Ch 37 Insurance Certificate Registry
- Ch 38 Offenses, Miscellaneous
- Ch 39 Official Map
- Ch 39A Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 39B Paintball Guns and Devices
- Ch 40 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Personnel Rules and Regulations
- Ch 43 Pet Waste
- Ch 44 Plumbing Code
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Property Maintenance
- Ch 47A Public Contracting Pay-To-Play Reform
- Ch 48 Public Scavengers
- Ch 49 Public Works Department
- Ch 50 Refrigeration Equipment, Water-Cooled
- Ch 51 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 51A Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 52 Recycling
- Ch 53 Salaries
- Ch 54 School Zone Map
- Ch 55 Sewage Disposal: Individual Systems
- Ch 56 Sewers
- Ch 56A Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 57 Shade Tree and Beautification Committee
- Ch 57A Short-Term Rental Property
- Ch 58 Sidewalks, Curbs and Streets
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Snow, Ice, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 62 Social Media and Public Outreach Policy
- Ch 63 Soil Movement
- Ch 63A Soil Importation
- Ch 64 Solid Waste
- Ch 65 Storage Tanks, Underground
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 66A Stormwater Control
- Ch 66B Stream Corridor Protection
- Ch 67 Swimming Pools
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Taxicabs
- Ch 71 Temporary Storage Units
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Towing Services
- Ch 75A Transient Merchants
- Ch 75B Trees
- Ch 76 Trees in Highways
- Ch 76B Trees, Bamboo
- Ch 76C Trees, Protection of
- Ch 77 Uniform Construction Code Department
- Ch 79 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 79 Art III Fire Lanes
- § 79-32 Designation of fire lanes; parking prohibited; enforcement.
- § 79-33 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 80 Volunteer Incentives
- Ch 81 Water and Water Rates
- Ch 82 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Zoning
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Education for Government Officials
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-17-1985 by Ord. No. 592; amended in its entirety 2-23-1999 by Ord. No.
813]
A.
Fire lanes designated.
(1)
The Fire Official, with the approval of the chief executive officer
of the Fire Department and Mayor and Council, may designate fire lanes
on private property to which the public is invited, or which is devoted
to public use, if it is necessary to provide safety for the public
or to provide proper access for the Fire Department operations in
the event of an emergency.
(2)
A list of such designated fire lanes shall be maintained in the office
of the Fire Official.
B.
Parking prohibited. The parking of motor vehicles in the area of
any fire lane described herein, or otherwise obstructing the fire
lane, is hereby prohibited at all times.
C.
Enforcement. The provisions of this article may be enforced by the
Fire Official or his authorized designee or the Borough Police Department.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding
$200 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90
days, or both, in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge before
whom such hearing shall be had.
