(a) 
The fire chief of the city is hereby authorized to approve or disapprove all fire lanes on property appurtenant to buildings or the entrances or exits to buildings, where, in his opinion, such areas must be kept free of parked vehicles and other obstructions to provide ready access to such buildings in case of fire or other emergencies.
(b) 
An appeal from the decision of the fire chief may be taken whenever any party in interest is aggrieved by the action of the fire chief on a proposed fire lane. Following the fire chief’s action, the aggrieved party shall file a written appeal with the city manager or his/her designee and final action by the city council to determine whether or not the fire chief committed error.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5A; Ordinance 707 adopted 6/10/03; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2501)
(a) 
No building of any type construction for occupancy shall be constructed in such a manner that any part of the structure is more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from a public street or highway; provided, however, that such structure may be erected at a greater distance if the owner designates, constructs and maintains a fire lane or access easement having a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a minimum height clearance of fourteen (14) feet terminating within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the furthest point of such structures; provided further, however, that no fire lane shall be required for:
(1) 
Buildings of noncombustible construction when equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler system or standpipe system.
(2) 
Any single-family or duplex dwelling.
(b) 
Any fire lane more than one hundred (100) feet in length shall either connect at each end to a dedicated street or be provided with a turn-around having a minimum radius of fifty (50) feet when measured from curb to curb. 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.
(c) 
The fire chief or his authorized representative is hereby authorized to designate adequate fire lanes and/or turn-arounds to any building when deemed necessary for fire department access in the event of fire in such building.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5B; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2502)
The owner, manager or person in charge of any building to which fire lanes have been approved by the fire chief or his authorized representative shall post and maintain appropriate signs in conspicuous places along such fire lanes stating: NO PARKING - FIRE LANE. Such signs shall be twelve (12) inches wide and eighteen (18) inches high.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5C; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2503)
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person, without lawful authority, to attempt to or in fact alter, destroy, deface, injure, knock down or remove any sign designating a fire lane erected under the terms of this article.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5D; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2504)
No owner, manager or person in charge of any premises served by a required fire lane shall abandon or close such fire lane without permission of the fire chief of the city. It shall likewise be unlawful for the owner, manager or person in charge of any premises to permit, allow or tolerate obstruction such as motor vehicles or other encumbrances placed within fire lanes adjacent to or behind the premises owned or managed by the person in charge.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5E; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2505)
(a) 
No person shall park, place, allow, permit or cause to be parked, placed or remain unattended any motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction within or upon any area designated as a fire lane, when appropriately marked.
(b) 
Any motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction found parked 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 highway license department showing the name of the person to whom the Texas highway license or boat or trailer license is issued shall constitute prima facie evidence of ownership by the named person.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5F; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2506)
(a) 
The fire chief, any member of the fire department designated by the fire chief, the chief of police, or any member of the police department designated by the chief of police are hereby authorized to cause fire lanes to be maintained free and unobstructed at all times for fire department uses.
(b) 
The chief of police or any member of the police department designated by the chief of police are hereby authorized to issue parking citations for any motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction found parked or unattended in or upon a designated fire lane and may have such obstruction removed by towing. Such vehicle or obstruction may be redeemed by payment of the towage and storage charges in the same manner and at the same rate as any vehicle impounded by the city.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5G; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2507)
(a) 
Prior to the issuance of a building permit, two (2) plot plans with designated fire lanes shall be submitted to the building inspection department for review by the fire chief and city manager or his/her designee.
(b) 
The fire chief or his authorized representative then will approve or disapprove the designated fire lanes and indicate the needed signs and pavement markings. One of these plans shall be retained by the city and the other returned to the owner for his use.
(c) 
The contractor or person in charge of any construction site for commercial, industrial mercantile, educational, institutional, assembly, hotel, motel, multifamily dwelling, or mobile home park occupancies shall provide and maintain during construction an approved all-weather fire lane, not less than twenty (20) feet in width, as shown on approved plot plans. Final paving of such fire lane shall be completed prior to issuance of any certificate of occupancy.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26.5H; Ordinance 707 adopted 6/10/03; 2004 Code, sec. 12.2508)
Two twenty-five-foot (25') fire lanes are hereby established in the 6600 block of Azle Avenue. The first fire lane established hereby shall be the easterly twenty-five feet (25') of Lot A, Block 14-R-A, Highland Lake Addition, from the Azle Avenue right-of-way line a distance of ninety feet (90') northerly across said Lot A. The second fire lane established hereby shall be the westerly twenty-five feet (25') of Lot B, Block 14-R-A, Highland Lake Addition, from the Azle Avenue right-of-way line a distance of ninety feet (90') northerly across said Lot B. The fire lanes established hereby shall be clearly marked under the direction of the chief of police, who shall direct the erection of signs to warn the public against parking in said fire lanes.
(1987 Code, ch. 9, sec. 26; 2004 Code, art. 12.2500, div. 2)