[Adopted 2-19-1991 (Ch. 74 of the 1991 Code)]
The purpose of this article shall be to improve and promote the health, safety and general welfare of the community by establishing traffic regulations within parking areas, apartment complexes, malls, shopping centers, supermarkets and any other private property devoted to public use and access. The Common Council finds that improper parking on certain private properties open to the public may impede the accessibility of fire apparatus in fighting any potential fires on private property. The purpose of this article is to keep fire lanes open, so as to make private property accessible to Fire Department and emergency service apparatus.
As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
FIRE LANE
A passageway or roadway along which Fire Department equipment, firefighting apparatus and emergency service apparatus may gain access to private property to fight fires or give aid.
OBSTRUCTION
The prevention or hindrance of free movement along or over a fire lane through some means other than a parked vehicle.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
PERSON
Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or carried, including motorcycles and bicycles.
Fire lanes shall be established and designated by resolution of the Common Council, pursuant to such specifications as may be given by the Fire Chief and Police Chief. The Fire Chief and Police Chief shall weigh all factors as to the advisability of fire lanes, including but not limited to facts and circumstances disclosed in communications with landowners.
For the purpose of maintaining an accurate record of fire lanes designated and established under the provisions of this article, there is hereby established a system of schedules set forth in § 335-8 of this article, in which shall be entered the location of all fire lanes adopted.
Signs shall be installed, together with other markings as may be deemed necessary and proper by the Common Council, to mark and designate fire lanes and in accord with applicable standards of the New York State Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and as otherwise provided in Chapter 608, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Fulton and the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person shall park a vehicle within any area designated and established as a fire lane. Every person violating this provision shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of $50 for each and every offense. The Police Department shall have authority to have any vehicle parked in violation of this article towed or otherwise removed at the expense of the owner of the vehicle pursuant to Chapter 608, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Fulton.
No person shall obstruct a fire lane. Every person violating this provision shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $250 for each and every violation or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days for each and every violation, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The City of Fulton may also institute any appropriate actions or proceedings to prevent such obstruction, to restrain and to correct or abate such violation and to remove the same.
[Amended 7-16-1991]
In accordance with the provisions of § 335-4, the following described areas are designated as fire lanes:
A. 
Quality Inn Riverside at 930 South First Street.
B. 
Pyramid Mall on State Route No. 3 West.
C. 
East and west sides of the main entrance of Price Chopper in Pyramid Mall.
[Added 1-5-1993]
D. 
Pathfinder Courts entrance/exit parking lot Building "C" through to Building "J." (This sidewalk route is also known as "NYS118.")
[Added 10-19-1993]
E. 
Pathfinder Courts entrance/exit East 11th Street parking lot Building 2.
[Added 10-19-1993]
F. 
Pathfinder Courts entrance/exit East 12th Street Building 3.
[Added 10-19-1993]
G. 
Pathfinder Courts entrance/exit to NYS118 (northeast corner to Building "G").
[Added 10-19-1993]
H. 
Pathfinder Courts "J" Building parking lot through to "C" Building northwest side of lot.
[Added 10-19-1993]
No officer, agent or employee of the City of Fulton shall render himself personally liable for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his duties under this article.
It shall be the responsibility of the City of Fulton to install, erect and maintain all signs required pursuant to this article.