A. 
Each application for residential or nonresidential approval, excluding one- and two-family dwellings, and each application for site plan review submitted to the Planning Board shall be reviewed by the Fire Chief or designee to determine the location of such fire lanes as are necessary under this article and to report his findings and designation of fire lanes to the Planning Board, in writing. Findings and designations of fire lanes shall be made a part of the record of proceedings before the Planning Board on each such site plan review application.
B. 
In any application for a building or occupancy permit, excluding one- and two-family dwellings, not requiring site plan review and approval but otherwise included within Article VII, the Codes Enforcement Officer may notify the Fire Chief or designee of the application for permit and the Fire Chief or designee shall designate directly to the owner, owners or agent of the premises for which permit application is made the location of required fire lanes. (NFPA 1-18.2.3)
A. 
Fire lanes established under this article shall be kept free of ice and snow and rubbish containers or other obstructions. The owner, owners, agent or occupant of any premises to which this article is applicable shall cause to be erected, installed and maintained, at his or her own expense, permanent, adequate signs bearing the words "FIRE LANE—NO PARKING—VEHICLES WILL BE TOWED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE" in or adjacent to said fire lane and in accordance with section Article VII, § 128-26.
B. 
Such owner, owners, agents or occupants shall cause such other and further designations as are reasonably required by the Sanford Fire Chief or designee to warn persons to keep said fire lanes unobstructed. Failure to maintain a fire lane in accordance with this section shall render the owner, owners, agent or occupant of said development liable to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision of this Code with each continuing day of such violation constituting a separate offense.
C. 
Signs shall be located within three feet of each end of a fire lane and/or fire access and spaced a maximum of 75 feet apart thereafter along each fire lane and/or fire access. Signs shall be within three feet of the side of the fire lane and/or fire access. In addition, one sign is required for every twenty-foot increment or portion thereof on any island adjacent to a fire lane and/or fire access. Signs may be mounted on buildings or existing posts or may be mounted on their own permanently set posts. (NFPA 1-18.2.4)
Notice of establishment of fire lanes shall prescribe a reasonable time for compliance. If compliance is not obtained within said time, then such owner, owners or agents shall be subject to a fine in accordance with § 128-29B of this Code. Each day following such specified time for compliance shall constitute a new and separate violation.
A. 
No person shall park or permit to stand a motor vehicle in any fire lane established in accordance with this article.
B. 
Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked in violation of the regulations as established above, any police officer may attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of the regulations. Such owner or operator shall pay to the City a sum not less than $25 nor greater than $100, payment of which shall be due within five business days of the issuance of the notice of said violation. The registered owner of said motor vehicle shall be presumed to be the operator of such vehicle. Any motor vehicle found parked or standing in a fire lane that has been established in accordance with this article, in addition to the foregoing, may be towed upon the direction of a police officer to any public or private parking facility, and all expense of such towing and any subsequent storage shall be borne by the registered owner or operator of such vehicle.