(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:
(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)
