No unauthorized person shall operate, ride,
molest, injure or interfere with in any manner any motor or fire apparatus,
hose or other property belonging to the Fire Department of the Village
of Canton.
No person shall carry or use upon any vehicle
within the Village any gong similar to that used on ambulances, police
wagons, fire engines, fire apparatus or fire sirens.
All motor vehicles, bicycles, wagons, sleds,
etc., upon the public streets of the Village of Canton, except vehicles
containing Village firemen, must immediately pull to the right curb
or side and remain standing from the time the fire siren announcing
a fire begins to blow or sound, in order that the firemen with their
equipment may not be hindered or lives endangered while said firemen
are getting to the fire. Pedestrians or vehicles must not obstruct
any street or streets leading to a fire.
No person or persons shall drive any vehicle
over or across any fire hose while the same is being used by the Fire
Department unless permitted to do so by the Fire Chief.
No person or persons shall carelessly or maliciously
injure or destroy any fire apparatus, including engine or engines,
pumper or pumpers, hose, ladders, wires, signal boxes, sirens or anything
used for the prevention of and protection from fires, owned or controlled
by the Fire Department of Canton.
No person or persons shall willfully or carelessly
molest or injure any building or buildings wherein any of the equipment
of the Fire Department is kept or stored, or carelessly open or leave
open any door or doors attached to or leading into the same, nor remove
any of the equipment without authority from said Department.
No person shall give or cause to be given a
false fire alarm in any manner within the Village.
No person or persons shall tamper with, meddle
with or molest any of the fire alarm boxes, signals, wires, poles,
sirens, meters or appliances.
No person shall interfere in any way with the
Chief of the Fire Department or his assistants in the placing of fire
apparatus or firemen or any other measure he may order to control
a fire.
[Amended 3-29-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
The Chief of the Fire Department or his designee
may request and accept mutual aid assistance from outside the Village,
and may authorize provision of mutual aid to other departments as
necessary in accordance with the St. Lawrence County Mutual Aid Plan
and § 209 of the New York State General Municipal Law.
No person or persons shall place or cause to
be placed any lumber, stone or other obstruction nearer than 10 feet
to any fire hydrants or leave standing or park any vehicle within
10 feet of any hydrant.
[Amended 8-17-1987 by L.L. No. 2-1987]
A violation of the provisions of this article shall constitute disorderly conduct, and the person violating the same shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $5, and in default of said fine said person shall be imprisoned in the St. Lawrence County Jail for a term not exceeding one day for each dollar of fine imposed until said fine is paid, except that a violation of §
164-33 of this article, titled "Fire hydrants," shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $15; if payment is not made within 10 days of the issuance of any citation for such offense, the penalty shall increase to $20.