The Board of Trustees, by resolution, may establish fire lanes and fire zones within the Village upon recommendation of the Fire Chief or Fire Inspector. Any such resolution shall describe the boundaries of the fire lane or zone established in terms sufficient to identify the limits of same without any necessity for describing said lane or zone by metes and bounds.
Upon the making of any resolution establishing a fire lane or fire zone, the Board of Trustees shall direct that any such lane or zone be posted with signs indicating that the area is a fire lane or zone and indicating that obstruction of same is prohibited, and the Board may further direct that the limits of said zone be indicated by appropriate pavement markings.
No person shall obstruct a fire lane or zone established by this chapter by parking a vehicle, erecting a fence or permitting or maintaining any other obstruction within the boundaries of a fire lane or zone established by and described in a resolution of the Board of Trustees.
The Fire Inspector and police officials appointed pursuant to Article I of this chapter shall service a notice of violation, in a form prescribed by resolution of the Board of Trustees, on any vehicle found in violation of this chapter, by attaching a notice of violation to a conspicuous place on the vehicle. The notice of violation shall be returnable before the Traffic Violations Bureau established pursuant to Chapter 112 of the Code of the Village of Patchogue and shall be subject to the same procedure as set forth in Chapter 112 of that Code. Notice of violation for erecting or maintaining a fence or other obstruction in a fire lane or zone shall be in the form and served in the manner and subject to all the provisions of §§ 205-7, 205-8 and 205-9 of this chapter.
A person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to the penalties provided for in § 1-1 of the Code of the Village of Patchogue. Each day that the violation of this chapter continues after notice of violation is served shall be considered a separate violation.[1]
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Editor's Note: The following original articles and sections, which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II): Original Art. VIII, Fire Regulations, which consisted of § 48-43, Interference with Fire Department prohibited, § 48-44, Yielding right-of-way to fire apparatus, § 48-45, Blocking hydrant during fire prohibited, and § 48-46, Removal of vehicle from vicinity of hydrant; Original Art. IX, Obstruction of Fire Apparatus, which consisted of § 48-47, Permit required for certain fences or barriers, and § 48-48, Obstructing fire hydrants; and Original Art. X, Misuse of Fire Authority, Insignia and Apparatus, which consisted of § 48-49, Misuse of insignia on vehicles prohibited, § 48-50, Driving over fire hose prohibited, and § 48-51, Entering or remaining within fire lines prohibited.