[Adopted 12-8-1975 by L.L. No. 3-1975]
A.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Village
of Skaneateles to promote and protect the property of its inhabitants
and promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare
of its inhabitants who reside in multifamily dwellings by the establishment
of fire lanes on public or private streets, roadways, driveways, parking
areas or places in multifamily dwellings and commercial property areas
which, if obstructed, will cause or create a condition that is dangerous
to life or property in the event of a fire or other public emergency
or will cause interference with the ingress or egress of fire-fighting
equipment or other emergency vehicles.
B.
The regulations contained in this article are hereby
determined and declared to be necessary to assure that fire-fighting
equipment and other emergency vehicles shall have immediate and unimpeded
access to said multiple-family dwellings and said commercial property
in the event of a fire or other public emergency.
Every person convicted of a violation of the
provisions of this article shall be punished by a fine of not more
than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment; for a second such conviction within 18
months thereafter such person shall be punished by a fine of not more
than $200 or by imprisonment for not more than 45 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment; and upon a third or subsequent conviction
within 18 months after the first conviction, such person shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not
more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
For purposes of the interpretation of this article,
the following words shall be given the following meaning:
An area, district or zone in which the use of buildings or
premises therein for commercial purpose is permitted, or an area,
district or zone where nonconforming commercial properties exist.
A public or private street, roadway, driveway, parking area or place designated as a fire lane pursuant to the provisions of § 110-17 of this article.
An area, district or zone in which the use of buildings or
premises therein for the purpose of a multiple-family dwelling is
permitted, or an area, district or zone where nonconforming multiple-family
dwellings exist.
A fire lane marked with standard police signs and/or markings
indicating that the parking of motor vehicles or other vehicles is
prohibited within said fire lane.
A.
The following private street, driveway, roadway, parking
area and place within a multifamily dwelling and commercial property
area is hereby determined to be a private street, driveway, roadway,
parking area and place within a multiple-dwelling and commercial property
area which, if obstructed, will cause or create a condition that is
dangerous to life and property or will cause interference with the
ingress or egress of fire-fighting equipment or other emergency vehicles
in the event of a fire or other public emergency and is hereby designated
as a fire lane:
(1)
A twenty-foot-wide fire lane is hereby designated
as a fire lane, said fire lane being located at the existing private
street, roadway, driveway and parking area located 10 feet either
side of the center line described generally as follows: Beginning
at a point in the southerly boundary of Fennell Street, said point
being located 72.5 feet, more or less, westerly, measured along said
southerly street boundary, from the northeast corner of the parcel
of land presently owned by Skanmill, Inc.; thence southerly 35 feet,
more or less, to the northwest corner of the parcel of land presently
owned by S.A. Wuerslin; thence southerly and southeasterly along a
curve of sixty-foot radius a distance of 42 feet, more or less, to
a point; thence southeasterly 102.5 feet, more or less, to a point
in the division line between the property of Stephen Bradley (reputed
owner) on the north and John R. Seitz (reputed owner) on the south,
said point being 1.0 (foot), more or less, easterly, measured along
said division line, from the southwest corner of Bradley's property.
(2)
Together with a southerly extension of said fire lane,
said southerly extension of said fire lane being described generally
as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of the above-described
twenty-foot roadway; thence southerly parallel with the southerly
extension of last-described course of the center line of said twenty-foot
roadway a distance of 14 feet to a point; thence southerly a distance
of about 23 feet to a point, said point being the northernmost corner
of the westernmost wall of the existing Seitz Building; thence south
14 degrees, 25 minutes along said westernmost wall of the Seitz Building
and the southerly extension thereof a distance of about 49 feet to
the northern highway boundary of Genesee Street; thence south 64 degrees,
21 minutes west along said northerly highway boundary of Genesee Street
a distance of nine feet; thence north 30 degrees, 09 minutes west
a distance of about 15 feet to a point; thence north 17 degrees, 19
minutes west a distance of about 30 feet to a point; thence north
27 degrees, 49 minutes west a distance of about 27 feet to a point;
thence north 14 degrees, 25 minutes west a distance of about 12 feet,
plus or minus (more or less), to the southwest corner of the above-described
twenty-foot roadway; thence easterly along the southerly boundary
of the above-described twenty-foot roadway to the point and place
of beginning.
B.
The following area is designated as a fire lane: the
twenty-foot-wide driveway between the southerly boundary of Fennell
Street and northerly boundary of Genesee Street and adjacent to the
east side of the Skaneateles Lake outlet.
[Added 2-13-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978]
C.
The following
area is designated as a fire lane: the twenty-foot-wide driveway commencing
on the south side of Fennell Street and running southerly along the
eastern boundary of premises at 11 Fennell Street to the northern
bank of the Skaneateles Lake outlet. Continuing thence westerly, 20
feet in width, along the northern bank of the Skaneateles Lake outlet
and along the southern property line of premises at 11 Fennell Street
and 21 Fennell Street to a point approximately 85 feet westerly of
the eastern boundary of premises at 21 Fennell Street. The fire lane
described herein having been established by easements given by the
property owners to the Village of Skaneateles, recorded in the Onondaga
County Clerk’s Office on March 31, 2015, at Book 5319 of Deeds at Page 85 and Book
5319 of Deeds at Page 91.
[Added 5-28-2015 by L.L.
No. 1-2015]
For the purpose of preserving the integrity
of said fire lanes designated pursuant to the provisions of this article,
the following regulations are applicable to said fire lanes within
the Village of Skaneateles:
A.
Buildings and structures prohibited. No building or
structure shall be erected within said fire lane, and no building
or structure adjacent to said fire lane shall be added to in such
a manner as to obstruct the free passage of fire-fighting equipment
or other emergency vehicles along the fire lane.
B.
Parking prohibited. Parking of motor vehicles or other
vehicles in the restricted fire zone is hereby prohibited. Notwithstanding
and not in limitation of any other provision hereof, no motor vehicle
shall be parked within 20 feet of any fire hydrant or standpipe located
at, on or near said private street, roadway, driveway, parking area
or place within said multiple-family dwelling and commercial property
area.
C.
Other obstructions prohibited. No containers, receptacles
or other materials shall be cast, thrown or stored within said fire
lane or area designated as the fire lane.
Anything contained in local laws, ordinances,
rules and regulations of the Village of Skaneateles or any other applicable
law to the contrary notwithstanding, any motor vehicle or other vehicle
parked, abandoned or found unattended in said restricted fire zone
in violation of the provisions of this article shall be towed away
upon the order of the Police Department and stored until the redemption
of said motor vehicle or other vehicle by its owner or operator. The
owner or operator of such motor vehicle or other vehicle may redeem
such vehicle upon the payment of the expenses of such removal and
storage.
