The Fire Chief of the Borough of West Reading and the Chief of Police of the Borough of West Reading shall have the authority to mark such fire lanes as may be reasonable and necessary on private property devoted to public use. Such fire lanes shall be those areas immediately adjacent to a building or buildings for a distance not less than 40 feet from said building or buildings on property such as shopping centers, bowling alleys, theaters, hospitals, churches and similar locations as may be deemed necessary by the Fire Chief and Chief of Police to insure proper ingress and egress of fire department and emergency vehicles for the protection of persons and property herein described. Parking in such fire lanes shall be prohibited and such fire lanes shall be posted "No Parking."
Whenever the Fire Chief of the Borough of West Reading or the Chief of Police of the Borough of West Reading shall determine that parking of motor vehicles upon any public or private street, lane, alley or private parking lot is liable to interfere with the operations of the fire or police department, or hamper egress of occupants from buildings in case of fire or emergency, parking in such areas shall be prohibited and said areas shall be posted "No Parking."
No person shall park a motor vehicle or trailer in disregard of any sign erected pursuant to the provisions hereof.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
The exterior surface of the vertical wall of the structure, excluding any marquee, portico, mansard roof or similar appendages.
[Amended 4-20-2010 by Ord. No. 990]
A police officer shall have the authority to affix upon any motor vehicle or trailer parked in violation of the provisions hereof a traffic tag giving notice of that violation. Any person who violates any provisions of §§ 430-55 through 430-58 of this Chapter 430 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.