Fire lane, public street or highway.
A means of access designated for fire department use during
emergencies to allow unobstructed access to a building or operation.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 2, adopted 10/12/04)
The fire chief, fire marshal or police chief is hereby authorized
to monitor fire lanes to detect obstructions and may issue citations,
remove and impound any vehicle obstructing said fire lane, or both.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 10, adopted 10/12/04)
Any person violating any of the terms or provisions of this article, including the 2000 edition of the International Fire Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as provided in section 5.03.003.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 13, adopted 10/12/04)
Fire lanes shall be designated, designed, and maintained as
specified by the 2000 edition of the International Fire Code.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 1, adopted 10/12/04)
The owner or person in control of any building for which fire
lanes have been designated shall mark and maintain said fire lanes
by painting stripes on the surface of said roadways to designate the
fire lane for fire apparatus in such a manner so as to be visible
to a reasonably observant person.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 3, adopted 10/12/04)
All required fire lanes shall be provided and maintained with
fire lane striping which consists of a six-inch-wide red background
stripe with four-inch-high white letters stating “fire lane
no parking” or “no parking fire lane” to be painted
upon the red stripe every twenty-five (25) feet along the entire length
of the fire lane, showing the exact boundary of the fire lane; fire
lane markings shall be upon the vertical surface of the curb unless
otherwise approved by the fire chief.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 4, adopted 10/12/04)
If the fire chief, fire marshal or authorized representative
determines that other means of notice are ineffective to designate
a fire lane, signs may be required by written notice to the property
owner. When required, these signs shall be erected and maintained
bearing a red legend stating “no parking fire lane” with
letters of at least twelve (12) inches in height on a white reflectorized
background at least twelve (12) inches wide by eighteen (18) inches
tall. Signs shall be permanently affixed to a stationary post, and
the bottom of the sign shall be six feet, six inches (6' 6") above
the finished grade. Signs may be installed on permanent buildings
or walls as approved by the fire chief, fire marshal or authorized
representative. Additional signs may also be required by written notice
from the fire chief or fire marshal.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 5, adopted 10/12/04)
Fire apparatus access roads shall be approved by the fire department,
and site plans shall be submitted to the fire marshal for approval
prior to starting construction of the adjacent building. Structural
aspects of fire lanes shall meet all other applicable standards under
the code of the city. No person shall mark, post, or otherwise identify
a no-fire-lane street, whether public or private, as a fire lane.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 6, adopted 10/12/04)
All buildings, facilities or structures shall be constructed
in such a way that every part of the first story is within one hundred
fifty feet (150') of a dedicated street or fire lane as measured by
the route necessary to extend firefighting hose lines around the building.
The 150 feet shall be measured along a ten-foot-wide unobstructed
pathway, around the external walls of the structure. A continuous
row of parking between the fire lane and the structure shall be considered
a barrier. A structure may be erected at a greater distance from a
fire lane or dedicated public street if the complete automatic fire
sprinkler system is provided to protect all portions of the building.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 7, adopted 10/12/04)
All fire lanes shall have an unobstructed vertical clearance
of not less than fourteen (14) feet. The minimum unobstructed width
of a fire lane shall be not less than twenty (20) feet unless otherwise
approved by the fire department.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 8, adopted 10/12/04)
Fire lanes shall be provided with a concrete or asphalt surface
to provide all-weather driving capabilities and shall be constructed
to support the imposed weight of a fifty-thousand-pound (50,000 lb.)
fire apparatus.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 9, adopted 10/12/04)
It shall be the duty of the fire chief or fire marshal to perform
a fire safety survey of all commercial premises within his jurisdiction
at least once a year. Such surveys shall be made by carefully viewing
all premises both from the abutting street and abutting alley. The
chief of the fire department shall require such written reports to
disclose dangerous accumulations or hazardous conditions.
(Ordinance 660, sec. 11, adopted 10/12/04)
