The Board of Supervisors shall hereafter have the authority to designate certain areas of both private and public property as fire lanes. Said areas shall be clearly marked and designated as fire lanes and shall be accompanied by appropriate signs prohibiting parking in said areas so designated. The marking and designating of said fire lanes shall be approved by an official designated by the Board of Supervisors, who as a result of his position with the Township, shall be qualified to determine whether the designation of said fire lanes are necessary for the promotion of public safety and health.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Lampeter 3-1-1976 by Ord. No. 56 (Ch. 15, Part 8, of the 2002 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The parking of motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, horse-drawn carriages, or otherwise obstructing said fire lanes is hereby prohibited at all times and the parking or obstructing of said fire lanes by motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles or horse-drawn carriages is hereby deemed to be a violation of this chapter, subjecting the violator to the penalties hereinafter prescribed. The term "parking" as used in this chapter shall be interpreted to mean, the standing of a vehicle, except a police or fire department vehicle or ambulance, whether occupied or not, within a fire lane otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading, or in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals.
[Amended 6-3-2002 by Ord. No. 232]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25 for the first offense, not more than $100 for the second offense and not more than $1,000 plus costs for any subsequent offense and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues or each section of this chapter which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.