The following terms as used in this article shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them:
The fire trucks, vehicles and cars used by the fire department
for carriage of fire hose, hooks, ladders and personnel of the fire
department.
The section of a street in the city from its centerline to
its curbline in which curb is stationed fire lane zone standards and
is the section of same between the stationed fire lane zone standards
and centerline of the street.
A metal marker on which is inscribed in block red letters
“fire lane” set upon and supported by at least a two-foot
and not exceeding ten-foot-high stanchion seated in the curb on the
side of the street on which a fire lane zone is established and thus
designated.
An upright support or post of iron or wood.
A street, a highway, alley or public way in the city used
for passage and stationing of vehicles, composed of a roadway, curb
and gutter and sidewalk spaces.
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1101; Ordinance
adopting Code)
For the purpose of providing a speedy and unobstructed passage
on the streets of the city of fire equipment en route to a fire, there
is hereby ordained a general provision for the establishing and designation
upon the streets of the city of fire lane zones, as hereinabove defined
and prescribed, and which zones are sections of a street designated
by fire lane zone standards or signs.
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1102)
The fire chief is hereby authorized and empowered to establish
and designate fire lane zones as he or she may deem necessary for
the speedy and unobstructed passage of fire equipment on a street
when en route to extinguish a fire or to protect property in its vicinity
from fire, and he or she shall at the first regular meeting of the
council, after he or she has so established and designated a fire
lane zone, report the same in writing to the council for its approval,
whereupon the section of the street so designated shall then and there
be an official fire lane zone. It shall be the duty of the fire chief
at the first meeting of the council to report in writing to the council
as often as requested by it all existing fire lane zones in the city
which he or she approves and deems necessary and which as approved
by the council shall then and there be reestablished and redesignated
as fire lane zones.
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1103)
(a)
The
following streets of the city are specially designated as fire lane
zones, for the use of the fire department:
(1)
Pickett Street from Johnson Street to King Street;
(2)
Washington Street;
(3)
Wright Street from Washington Street north to the city limits;
(4)
Lee Street;
(5)
King Street;
(6)
Johnson Street;
(7)
Stonewall Street from Lee Street north to the city limits;
(8)
From and along the north boundary line of Katy Drive to its centerline,
from the west boundary line of Wellington Street west to the west
boundary line of College Boulevard;
(9)
From and along the west boundary line of College Boulevard to its
centerline, between the north boundary line of the right-of-way to
the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad Company of Texas, north to the
south boundary line of the right-of-way of M.K. & T. Railroad
Company of Texas;
(10)
From and along the north line of McKinney Street to its centerline
from the west boundary line of College Boulevard west to the east
boundary line of Williams Street;
(11)
The intersection space of Katy Drive and of McKinney Street with
College Boulevard between the two (2) aforesaid railway rights-of-way
are included in the herein established fire lane zones;
(12)
The north side of Henry Street, from the intersection of Johnson
Street to the intersection of Stuart Street;
(13)
Both the north and south sides of Henry Street, from the intersection
of Stuart Street to the intersection of Gordon Street;
(14)
The east side of Bois d’Arc Street, from the intersection of
Park Street to its intersection with Cornelia Street;
(15)
The west side of Gordon Street, from the intersection of Park Street
to its intersection with Cornelia Street;
(16)
Portion of Wellington Street from the south boundary line of Washington
Street to the north boundary line of O’Neal Street;
(17)
Blades Street from the west boundary line of Wesley Street to the
east boundary line of King Street on both sides of the street;
(18)
Bois d’Arc Street from the south boundary line of Lee Street
to the north boundary line of Mill Street on both sides of the street;
(19)
Bois d’Arc Street from the south boundary line of Park Street
to the north boundary line of Cornelia Street on the east side of
the street;
(20)
Crockett Street from the west boundary line of Bois d’Arc Street
to the east boundary line of Wesley Street on the north side of the
street;
(21)
Gordon Street from the south boundary line of Jordan Street to the
north boundary line of Pickett Street on the east side of the street;
(22)
Gordon Street from the south boundary line of Park Street to the
north boundary line of Cornelia Street on the west side of the street;
(23)
Henry Street from the west boundary line of Gordon Street to the
east boundary line of Stonewall Street on the north side of the street;
(24)
Houston Street from the south boundary line of Church Street to the
north boundary line of Lee Street on the east side of the street;
(25)
Jordan Street from the west boundary line of Stuart Street to the
east boundary line of Johnson Street on the north side of the street;
(26)
King Street from the south boundary line of Bourland Street to the
north boundary line of Pickett Street on both sides of the street;
(27)
Oak Street from the south boundary line of Blades Street to the north
boundary line of Washington Street on both sides of the street;
(28)
Pickett Street from the west boundary line of Bois d’Arc Street
to the east boundary line of King Street on both sides of the street;
(29)
St. John Street from the south boundary line of Henry Street to the
north boundary line of the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway right-of-way
on the west side of the street;
(30)
Stuart Street from the south boundary line of Jordan Street to the
north boundary line of Lee Street on the west side of the street;
(31)
Stuart Street from the south boundary line of Lee Street to the north
boundary line of Pickett Street on the east side of the street;
(32)
Wright Street from the south boundary line of Polk Street to the
north boundary line of Lee Street on the east side of the street.
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1104)
The fire chief shall cause to be erected and maintained the
proper fire lane zone standards, and the employees and personnel of
the city engaged in the erection and maintenance of the fire lane
zone standards shall be subject to the direction and administration
of the fire chief in the premises. In the event that the fire chief
deems that an existing fire lane zone is no longer necessary, he or
she may cause to be removed the fire lane zone standards that designated
such zone, and report his or her action to the council for its approval
as to the same, whereupon it shall no longer be a fire lane zone.
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1105)
Except when and during the time for attendance at or upon a
church service at a building situated in the block abutting on a street
in which a fire lane zone is established, it shall be unlawful for
any person to park or station any vehicle in or otherwise obstruct
for any length of time a fire lane zone. It shall be a misdemeanor
for any unauthorized person to tamper with, deface, damage or remove
any established fire lane zone standard.
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1106)
(a)
For
the purpose of providing a speedy and unobstructed passage for fire
equipment of the city en route to extinguish a fire or to protect
property from fire, the fire chief is hereby authorized and empowered
to establish and designate fire lanes upon the premises of any business,
commercial or industrial establishment, or multiple-family dwelling
for the purpose of providing access to such property for firefighting
equipment.
(b)
When
a fire lane is designated in accordance with this section, it shall
be the responsibility of the property owner to mark along the perimeter
with conspicuous signs which have the words “Fire Lane–No
Parking” painted:
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1107)
(a)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any non-emergency
vehicle, whether attended or unattended, in a designated fire lane.
(b)
When
schools are in session, a person may temporarily stop no more than
20 minutes before and after the designated start time of school in
a fire lane located within a school zone and stop no more than 20
minutes before and after the designated end time of school within
a school zone in a fire lane as long as the vehicle is continuously
attended by the operator of the vehicle.
(c)
All
emergency personnel have first priority in designated fire lanes and
stopped vehicles will have to be moved immediately upon notification
or arrival of emergency vehicles and/or personnel.
(Ordinance 15-068 adopted 12/8/15)
An unauthorized vehicle in a fire lane is:
(1)
Subject
to removal by the operator of the premises, with the expense of removal
and storage to be borne by the registered owner of the vehicle;
(2)
Subject
to citation, as well as removal, by the fire marshal or a police officer;
and
(1990 Code, sec. 7.1109)
