In order to provide safe and ready access for fire-fighting
equipment, insure availability of water supply in the event of fire,
and assure freedom to use exits from buildings in the event of fire,
the Fire Sub-Code Official of the City of Englewood is hereby granted
the power to designate as fire zones any of the following areas located
on property occupied by any multifamily dwelling, school, or college,
property used for commercial or industrial purposes, any place of
public assembly, or any parking yard or parking place which is open
to the public or to which the public is invited:
A. Any driveway or other area which, in the judgment of the Fire Sub-Code
Official, should be available for use by fire-fighting equipment or
other emergency vehicles in order to reach the building or buildings
on the property in the event of fire.
B. Any area adjacent to a water standpipe or other source of water to
be used in the event of fire, or any area over which fire-fighting
equipment would be required to pass in order to reach such water source.
C. Any area adjacent to an exit from a building on the premises or any
area which must remain vacant and unoccupied in order to permit free
use of such an exit.
D. Any other area where the parking of vehicles or the placing of any
structure or other impediment to free movement of persons and vehicles
would interfere with fighting of a fire on the premises or impede
the movement of persons away from the premises in the event of fire.
No person shall at any time park or leave unattended a motor
vehicle in any area designated as a fire zone, nor shall any person,
firm, or corporation place or construct any structure in a designated
fire zone, nor place any obstruction thereon which will impair the
free passage and access of fire-fighting vehicles, or firemen, or
impair free use of an exit from any building.
No person shall deface, damage, remove, or destroy any sign
erected pursuant to this article.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute,
any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article
shall be subject to a fine not in excess of $1,000 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. Each day that a continuing
violation shall occur shall be deemed to be a separate offense.