[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Morris 3-17-2021 by Ord. No. 07-21[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 268, Fires and Fire Prevention, which comprised Art I, Fire Areas, adopted 2-27-1980 by Ord. No. 7-80 (Ch. 46A of the 1969 Code); Art. II, Fire Prevention, adopted 8-14-1985 by Ord. No. 24-85 (Ch. 49 of the 1969 Code); and Art. III, Fire Insurance Claims, adopted 2-3-1999 by Ord. No. 1-99 (Ch. 96 of the 1969 Code).
A.Â
The Fire Chief or Fire Official of the Township of Morris, upon a
finding that such action is necessary for the public safety, shall
establish and designate fire areas to ensure fire equipment and other
emergency vehicles unobstructed means of ingress and egress to properties
and buildings in the Township of Morris. The number, location, dimensions
and signing of such areas shall be determined by the Fire Chief or
Fire Official, based upon the size, type and location of buildings
or structures; the types of uses contained therein; the number of
motor vehicles operated and parked upon the property; the number of
persons using and occupying the premises; the existing means of ingress
and egress; and other relevant factors.
B.Â
Such fire areas, to be known as "fire zones" or "fire lanes," shall
be established where deemed necessary in connection with any commercial
structure, place of public assembly, multiple-dwelling groups, office
building, industrial park office building, hotel or motel or schools.
C.Â
The Fire Chief or Fire Official is authorized to regulate, restrict
or prohibit the parking and operation of motor vehicles in and near
such fire areas and to impose other reasonable regulations necessary
to ensure that such areas are free from obstruction.
D.Â
No person shall at any time park a vehicle or in any other manner
obstruct a driveway or other area that has been designated as hereinabove
provided as a fire zone or fire lane.
The Fire Chief, Fire Official, Fire Inspectors and the Police
Department of the Township of Morris shall have concurrent jurisdiction
to enforce the provisions of this article.
Areas established and designated as fire zones and fire lanes
shall be appropriately signed and marked on pavement. Signs are to
be of a design and quality and lettered in accordance with applicable
state law. Pavement markings shall consist of permanent yellow striping
located 24 inches to 36 inches off of the curb. Where required by
the Fire Chief or Fire Official, the pavement must also be marked
"FIRE ZONE NO PARKING" in permanent yellow paint. The Fire Chief or
Fire Official may require the owner or owners of property in appropriate
cases to provide such signs and markings in accordance with requirements
they may establish.