[Adopted 1-17-1995]
This article shall apply to all new and existing shopping centers,
office buildings, manufacturing buildings, commercial buildings, mercantile
buildings, warehouses, storage buildings, hospitals, convalescent
homes, rest homes, nursing homes, schools, public buildings, places
of assembly, temporary places of assembly and amusement, apartment
buildings, hotels, motels, congregate housing, condominiums, and parking
facilities.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A designated unobstructed passageway at least 25 feet in width with an outside turning radius of 50 feet and constructed in a manner approved by the Fire Chief or the Fire Marshal, as the case may be, to permit free passage of fire apparatus and other emergency equipment from a public highway to all necessary areas around or upon any of the premises enumerated in § 340-11, in all seasons and in all kinds of weather.
A fire lane, as defined above, which is posted for a temporary place of assembly or amusement, by temporary signs, for a period not to exceed 30 days. A temporary fire lane may also be established in those structures as noted in § 340-11 for special events.
Any temporary assembly or amusement, such as carnivals, circuses,
tent, flea markets, fairs and displays, erected for a period not to
exceed 30 days.
Fire lanes established under this article shall be kept free
of ice and snow and rubbish containers or other obstructions by the
owner, owners, tenant, lessee, or their respective agents.
The Fire Marshal and/or Fire Chief shall designate such fire lanes and shall notify in writing the owner, owners or agents of such premises enumerated in § 340-11 of establishment of said fire lanes. Said notice may be personally delivered or sent by certified mail.
The owner, owners, agent, or lessee shall cause to be erected,
installed and maintained, at its own expense, permanent, adequate
standard parking signs and pavement markings as follows:
A.
Fire lane signs shall bear the words "Fire Lane - No Parking - Vehicles
May Be Towed At Owner's Expense." Signs for temporary fire lanes
may be of cardboard or plastic.
B.
Pavement markings shall consist of white or yellow permanent paint
or other approved pavement marking. The markings shall consist of
cross-hatched markings the length of the fire lane and extending from
the innermost fire lane border at least eight feet into the fire lane.
The cross-hatching shall be at least four inches in width. The words
"Fire Lane - No Parking" shall interrupt the cross-hatching. The letters
shall be at least 12 inches in length with brush stroke widths of
the individual letters being at least three inches in width. The required
verbiage shall interrupt the cross-hatching at least every 20 feet.
The Fire Marshal and/or Fire Chief may notify the owner or owners or agents of such premises enumerated in § 340-11 of specific requirements to comply with this article. Such notice may be personally delivered or sent by certified mail and 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 of $50 per violation. Each day following such specified time for compliance shall constitute a violation.
No person shall park a motor vehicle or other obstruction in
any fire lane that has been established in accordance with this article.
No person shall stand a motor vehicle within any portion of the fire
lane.
Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked or standing in violation of the regulations as established in § 340-17 above, any police officer or the Fire Marshal may attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner or the operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of these regulations. The Windsor Locks Traffic Authority will set all fines and penalties for violation of this article.
A.
Any vehicle
found parked or standing in a fire lane that has been established
in accordance with this article may be towed on the direction of a
police officer, the Fire Marshal, or Fire Chief to any public or private
parking facility, and all expenses of such towing, and any subsequent
storage, shall be borne by the registered owner or operator of the
vehicle.
B.
Upon failure
of the owner, owner's lessee, tenant, or their respective agents
to remove other obstructions to a fire lane established in accordance
with this article, such obstruction may be removed at the direction
of a police officer, the Fire Marshal or Fire Chief. All expenses
of such removal and subsequent storage charges shall be borne by the
owner, owner's lessee, tenant or their respective agents.
