The fire chief or police chief or their duly authorized representatives
are hereby authorized to monitor fire lanes to detect obstructions
and may issue citations, remove and impound any vehicle obstructing
said fire lane, or both.
Editor’s note–See corresponding note located in Appendix A of this code.
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(1983 Code, sec. 11-13; Ordinance 2005-O0141, sec. 10, adopted 12/15/2005)
Fire lanes shall be designated, designed, and maintained as specified by chapter 5, section 503, of the fire code as amended in section
10.03.002 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock.
(1959 Code, sec. 12-10.1; Ordinance 6048, sec. 1, adopted 3/25/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 11-9; Ordinance 2005-O0141, secs. 6, 7, adopted 12/15/2005)
All fire lanes shall be maintained and kept in a state of good
repair at all times by the owner, manager or person in charge of the
premises, and the city shall never be responsible for the maintenance
thereof.
(1959 Code, sec. 12-10.1; Ordinance 6048, sec. 1, adopted 3/25/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 11-11)
The fire marshal or his designated representative is hereby
authorized to designate adequate fire lanes and/or turnarounds to
any building when deemed necessary for fire department access in the
event of fire in such building. Such fire lanes shall be designated
only upon the agreement between the fire marshal and the property
owner, manager or developer that such location of a fire lane is mutually
acceptable. In the event an agreement cannot be reached as to the
location of any fire lane, the matter shall be presented to the building
board of appeals which shall make such designation.
(1959 Code, sec. 12-10.1; Ordinance 6048, sec. 1, adopted 3/25/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 11-12)
(a) A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle within or upon an
area designated or dedicated as a fire lane, and marked by an appropriate
sign placed in a conspicuous manner, except momentarily to pick up
or discharge a passenger.
(b) If a motor vehicle, trailer, boat, machinery or similar obstruction
is found parked or unoccupied within an area designated or dedicated
as a fire lane as required by this article, the same is hereby declared
a nuisance per se, and the fact that such motor vehicle, trailer,
boat, machinery or similar obstruction is parked or is unattended
or unoccupied in such a manner as to obstruct in whole or in part
any such fire lane shall be prima facie evidence that the registered
owner unlawfully parked, placed or permitted to be parked or placed
such obstruction within a fire lane.
(c) The records of the state department of transportation or the county
tax collector showing the name of the person to whom the Texas highway
license or boat or trailer license was issued shall constitute prima
facie evidence of ownership by the named person.
(d) Subsection
(a) does not apply if the avoidance of conflict with other traffic is necessary or if the operator is complying with the law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.
(1959 Code, sec. 12-10.1; Ordinance 6048, sec. 1, adopted 3/25/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 11-14; Ordinance 2011-O0036, sec. 17, adopted 4/14/2011)
(a) If any motor vehicle, trailer, boat, machinery or similar obstruction is found parked or unattended in or upon a properly marked fire lane which has either been designated or dedicated as a fire lane, the fire marshal or any member of the fire department designated by the fire marshal is hereby authorized to issue a citation for such violation, charging the owner, as defined in the preceding section, with the violation which shall constitute a misdemeanor, and may have such obstruction removed by towing it to such place as designated by the fire marshal. Such vehicle or obstruction may be redeemed by payment of the impounding fee and storage charges in the same manner and at the same rate as any vehicle impounded for illegal parking as set forth in section
20.04.021 of this code.
(b) No citation as provided for in subsection
(a) above shall be voided by the redemption of the obstruction from the place of impoundment, nor shall the violator be relieved of any penalty assessed by a judge of the municipal court for a violation of any provisions of this article.
(1959 Code, sec. 12-10.1; Ordinance 6048, sec. 1, adopted 3/25/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 11-15)
No owner, manager or person in charge of any premises served
by a required fire lane shall abandon or close any such fire lane
without written permission of the fire marshal.
(1959 Code, sec. 12-10.1; Ordinance 6048, sec. 1, adopted 3/25/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 11-16)