[Adopted 6-1-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993]
This article is enacted to regulate the designation and use of fire lanes in the Town of Richmond, pursuant to Articles 39 and 41 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York. The provisions of this article shall be held to be the minimum standards and requirements for the health, safety and general welfare.
A. 
The words and phrases used in this article shall have, for the purposes of this article, the meanings respectively ascribed to them by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
B. 
Whenever the requirements of this article are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rule, regulation, ordinance or law, the most restrictive shall govern.
C. 
The Town Board may, on its own motion or on recommendation of the Planning Board, after public notice of hearing, amend, change or repeal this article pursuant to the provisions of the law applicable thereto.
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It is hereby determined that the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of and visitors to the Town of Richmond and Hamlet of Honeoye will be fostered and promoted by the designation of fire lanes within the Town.
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The provisions of this article shall apply except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.
C. 
No parking, standing or otherwise blocking shall be permitted in any area designated as a fire lane and so designated by an appropriate sign and/or ground designations as may be hereinafter provided.
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The Planning Board of the Town of Richmond may from time to time require, as part of its site plan approval process, the designation of fire lanes within the Town and hamlet, which shall thereby restrict the parking, standing or otherwise blocking of lanes within said designated area. Such area shall be posted with appropriate signs (and ground designations, if required by the Planning Board or Town Board as provided under this article).
E. 
Any site plan upon which the Planning Board shall have required the designation of a fire lane, or upon the written request of a property owner to designate a fire lane under this article for that purpose, shall be reviewed by the Town Board for the sole purpose of approving or not approving said designation and shall not require a public hearing if one was held by the Planning Board as part of its review process. The Town Board may, upon its own motion, designate fire lanes within the Town after a public hearing regarding said designation. The request of a property owner for said designation shall also require a public hearing.
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Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a traffic infraction as designated in § 155 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, punishable as provided in § 1800 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
B. 
Any police officer who shall determine that a vehicle is in violation of this article may exercise such authority as is granted to such police officer under § 1204 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, which shall specifically include the provision for the removal of such vehicle.
The provisions of this article shall apply to all site plans submitted for review on or after the effective date of this article, except that it shall also apply to any designated fire lane in site plans previously approved by the Planning Board, together with the approval of the Town Board at any time subsequent.