An area or areas of land totaling at least one acre in area,
near or contiguous to a shopping center or business or apartment complex
or commercial and theater establishments and used by the public as
a means of access to and egress from the store and business establishments
at a shopping center or a business or apartment complex or commercial
establishment and for the parking of motor vehicles of customers,
residents and patrons thereof.
The act of stopping a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
for temporarily stopping for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in receiving or discharging passengers.
A fire lane will be considered that area which extends from all curb
lines in which the parking, standing or stopping of vehicles is prohibited
to the nearest designated parking area, which in any event shall be
a minimum of 30 feet. Such fire lane shall be appropriately marked
by yellow lines from the curb to a distance of eight feet into such
fire lane.
Fire lanes shall be designated by appropriate signs and markings
installed and maintained by the property owner 30 days after notice
is given. Failure of the property owner to comply after 30 days of
notice of violation shall result in a penalty for each week the violation
shall continue. The words "no parking, stopping, standing" shall be
at least three inches in height, and the words "fire lane" shall be
printed at least two inches in height. The lettering shall be red
on permanently mounted metal material at least 12 inches by 18 inches
in size. Background for the printing shall be white. These signs shall
be erected along the designated areas of fire lanes no more than 30
feet apart in such a way as to be clearly visible to the public.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of or neglecting to comply with any order issued pursuant to this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000
or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for each offense.
Each week that said violation is permitted to exist beyond the period
fixed in the order so issued shall be a separate offense.