The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall designate any areas at, on or near any interior street, roadway, driveway or public or private parking area in which any obstruction due to the parking or placing therein of any automobile, truck, motor vehicle or any other physical object or material will cause interference with the ingress and egress of fire-fighting equipment or which will create a condition dangerous to life or property in the event of fire, as a fire zone or fire lane. Such areas shall thereupon be marked with standard (police) signs and/or such other markings and signs which conform to accepted sign standards as set forth in the New York State Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and which are deemed necessary and proper by the Bureau of Fire Prevention. However, no such area shall be designated which will eliminate any parking units lawfully existing prior to the passage of this amendment, the elimination of which would create a nonconformity as to the number of required parking units at a location. Said signs and markings shall be installed by and at the expense of the owner of the property (who shall promptly pay to the Village Treasurer the actual cost thereof as certified in writing to said Village Treasurer by the Bureau of Fire Prevention) within 60 calendar days after receipt of official notice by the Fire Prevention Bureau designating and depicting areas and location of such signs and markings. In the event that any owner refuses or fails to install any and all required signs and markings within 60 calendar days of receiving said official notice, the Department of Public Works of the Village of Ardsley shall promptly perform the required work, and the Village Board may provide for the assessment of all costs and expenses so incurred by the village in connection with any action taken as above to become a lien against the land on which such signs and markings are located.
[Amended 12-3-1990 by L.L. No. 15-1990; 9-8-1992 by L.L. No. 7-1992]
All of the areas hereinafter described in this section shall be deemed fire zones within the meaning of this chapter. Notwithstanding and not in limitation of any other provision hereof, no automobile. truck or other motor vehicle and no physical object or material of any nature shall be parked, placed or permitted to remain for any length of time whatever within 15 feet in any direction from any fire hydrant. A minimum clearance of three feet in any direction from fire standpipe and sprinkler siamese connections shall be maintained at all times to allow adequate Fire Department access to the same. No plantings, fencing or other material may be placed where they will obscure any fire hydrant or standpipe. No one may affix to, construct or pile on or around a fire hydrant or standpipe any material interfering with the free access to and use of the hydrant by the Fire Department.
A. 
Any person owning, operating or controlling any automobile, truck, motor vehicle or other physical object or material, who permits such automobile, truck, motor vehicle or other physical object or material to remain within such restricted fire zone, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter, and any officer of the Ardsley Police Department shall be authorized to have said automobile, truck or motor vehicle towed away at the owner's expense, in addition to citing such person as being in violation of this chapter.
B. 
The parking or placing of any motor vehicle or any other object or material within any area designated as a restricted fire zone or lane so as to obstruct access over, across or through such restricted fire area shall be a violation of this chapter. In addition to the penalties set forth in § 112-88, the Police Department shall have authority to have any motor vehicle, object or material in violation of this chapter towed or otherwise removed at the owner's expense.
A. 
Where the owner or lessee of property located in the Village of Ardsley can demonstrate good cause therefor, the Fire Marshal may issue a permit for the placing of specific objects or materials at a specific location in or upon a fire zone or fire lane adjacent to his property.
B. 
Such permit shall be issued only after the application has been made to the Fire Marshal on the forms provided by him and an application fee of $10 paid therefor.
C. 
No permit may be for longer than one week, except that upon written request of the permit holder, the Fire Marshal may renew such permit for as many one-week periods as he shall deem necessary.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating the provisions of §§ 112-86 and 112-87 or neglecting to comply with any police directive made pursuant to § 112-86, shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of up to 15 days, or both, for each offense.
[Amended 1-21-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986; 10-5-1987 by L.L. No. 6-1987; 11-19-1990 by L.L. No. 14-1990]
The following private property, which is readily accessible from public roads, shall be provided with suitable fire zones and/or fire lanes, as follows, so that all buildings on the premises are accessible to fire apparatus and fire-fighting personnel, as well as any other premises determined by the Bureau of Fire Prevention from time to time:
A. 
Shopping Center, 21-31 Center Street, starting from the southwest corner of the building and continuing for 218 feet to the northwest corner of the building.
B. 
Shopping Center, 729-731 Saw Mill River Road, starting from the southeast corner of the building and continuing to a point 146 feet west.
C. 
Shopping Center, 869-879 Saw Mill River Road, starting from the southeast corner of the building and continuing for 146 feet to the southwest corner of the building and then north for the next 320 feet.
D. 
Private School Cross Road (OLPH School), 1 Cross Road.
(1) 
Starting at the southwest curbline of the driveway where it intersects with Cross Road for 589 feet along the westerly curbline to where it intersects with Markwood Road.
(2) 
From the southeast curbline of the driveway where it intersects with Cross Road to a point 665 feet north and east along the easterly curbline.
(3) 
From the northern curbline of the driveway where it intersects with Markwood Road to a point 280 feet south and east.
(4) 
From the southeast entrance to the parking area to a point 175 feet easterly along the northern curbline and 55 feet easterly along the southern curbline.
(5) 
From the most southeasterly corner of the building to a point 160 feet north.
(6) 
From the most southeasterly corner of the parking area to a point 320 feet north.
E. 
Cluster Housing Development; Stonegate.
(1) 
Sheffield Court, from the eastern curbline of the driveways of house numbers 38 and 39 Sheffield Court, on both the north and south sides of Sheffield Court to the eastern curbline of Old Mill Lane, and from the northwest corner of Sheffield Court and Old Mill Lane to a point 75 feet south on both sides of Old Mill Lane and to include the roadway around the traffic island on Sheffield Court.
F. 
Ashford court, 520 Ashford Avenue.
(1) 
From the northeast curbline of the driveway where it intersects with Ashford Avenue to a point 235 feet south.
(2) 
From the northwest curbline of the driveway where it intersects with Ashford Avenue to a point 225 feet westerly.
(3) 
From a point 440 feet along the westerly curbline of the driveway from where it intersects with Ashford Avenue for the next 85 feet.
(4) 
From a point 560 feet along the westerly curbline of the driveway from where it intersects with Ashford Avenue for the next 30 feet.
(5) 
The entire perimeter of the building except for a parking area starting 12 feet south of the northwest corner of the building and continuing for the next 30 feet and another parking area starting 117 feet south of the northwest corner of the building and continuing for the next 35 feet.
G. 
Ardsley Mall Shopping Center, 901-935 Saw Mill River Road, the entire west, north and south sides of the buildings.
The premises described in § 112-89 herein, or hereinafter designated pursuant to § 112-84 above, shall be marked with standard traffic signs and markings conforming to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices of the State of New York in a manner which will alert the public to prohibited obstruction of designated fire zones and fire lanes. Said signs and markings shall be installed by, and at the expense of, the owners of the premises within 60 days after receipt of official notice depicting areas and locations of signs and markings required. The Chief of the Ardsley Fire Department and/or his representative will be available for consultation and direction in planning and layout of the specified fire zones and fire lanes. In the event that any owner refuses or fails to install any and all required signs and markings within said 60 days, the Department of Public Works of the Village of Ardsley shall promptly supply all materials and perform the required work. The Village Board shall assess all costs and expenses so incurred by the village in connection with any action taken, as above, to become a lien against the land on which such signs and markings are located.
A. 
No person shall stop, park, stand or place any motor vehicle or other physical object capable of obstructing fire apparatus or fire-fighting operations, within any area designated as a restricted fire zone or fire lane. In the absence of a person then and there in control of such vehicle or object, the presence of such motor vehicle or object in the restricted area shall be presumptive evidence that it was left stopped, parked, standing or placed in such area by the lawful owner of such motor vehicle or object.
B. 
No person shall park or place any motor vehicle or other physical object capable of obstructing fire-fighting operations within 15 feet in any direction of any fire hydrant nor within three feet in any direction of any fire standpipe or sprinkler Siamese connections when such standpipe or sprinkler connections are clearly labeled as such.
C. 
No person shall fail to comply with an order from a police officer then and there present to immediately remove any vehicle or object under such person's control which is in violation of this section.
Whenever any motor vehicle or object shall be found stopped, parked, standing or placed within any area designated, signed and or marked as a restricted fire zone or fire lane, any officer of the Ardsley Police Department shall direct its immediate removal by the owner or operator if he is then and there present and/or cause said vehicle or object to be removed with or without the owner's permission. Reasonable safeguards shall be provided for such removal of a vehicle or object, which shall not be returned to its owner until all costs for removal and storage are paid in full.
Any person who violates § 112-91 of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine of not more than $50 and/or imprisonment up to 15 days for each offense. The continuance of the violation beyond one hour shall constitute a separate offense for each one hour thereafter.