The Fire Marshal or other duly authorized agent
of the Township of Muhlenberg shall have the authority to mark such
fire lanes as may be reasonable and necessary on private property
devoted to public use. Such fires lanes shall be those areas immediately
adjacent to a building or buildings for a distance of not less than
40 feet from said building or buildings or 20 feet from the curbline
on property such as retail, commercial, and other types of locations
as may be deemed necessary by the Fire Marshal or other duly authorized
agent of the Township to ensure proper ingress and egress of 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, fire lane."
Whenever the Fire Marshal or other duly authorized
agent of the Township of Muhlenberg 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 emergency
services or hamper egress of occupants from buildings in case of fire
or other emergency, parking in such areas shall be prohibited and
said areas shall be posted "no parking, fire lane."
No person shall park a motor vehicle or trailer
in disregard of any sign erected pursuant to the provisions of this
article.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BUILDING
The exterior surface of the vertical wall of the structure,
excluding any marquee, portico, mansard roof or similar appendages.
[Amended 5-19-2008 by Ord. No. 454]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of $25 and costs of prosecution,
provided that, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Judge
after hearing, the fine shall be increased to $35, together with costs
of prosecution.
Any member of the Muhlenberg Township Police
Department is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the provisions
of this article of the Code of the Township of Muhlenberg, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, as amended.