The purpose of this article is to regulate the
stopping, standing or parking of any vehicle at any time in any area
hereinafter established by the Village of Colonie or its designee
as a fire lane in order to prevent the obstruction or interference
with the ingress or egress of emergency vehicles for the protection
of persons and property, pursuant to § 1640-a of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Every ambulance, police vehicle, civil defense emergency
vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of the Armed Forces of the United
States.
Any vehicle engaged in the delivery and/or loading or unloading
of merchandise, supplies or other material or the rendering of services
to stores or business establishments.
The operation or parking of an authorized emergency vehicle,
when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a sick or injured person,
pursuing an actual or suspected violator of the law or responding
to or working or assisting at the scene of an accident, disaster,
police call, alarm of fire or other emergency. "Emergency operation"
shall not include returning from such service.
Any zone or area established as such pursuant to this article.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
A person who resides in the Village of Colonie or pays real
property taxes to the Village of Colonie.
The stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than for the purpose, temporarily, of and while actually engaged in
the receiving or discharging of passengers.
When prohibited, means any halting, even momentarily, of
a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid
conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of
a police officer or a traffic control sign or signal.
Every device in, upon or by which persons or property is
or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
The Village situated in Albany County in the State of New
York.
This Article applies only to fire lanes established
by the Board of Trustees or its designee pursuant to this article
or any amendment thereto.
The stopping or standing or parking of any vehicle
in any area established by the Village Board of the Village of Colonie
or its designee and marked "fire lane" within the geographical limits
of the Village of Colonie is hereby prohibited unless herein and hereafter
expressly permitted.
The prohibition contained in § 225-34 hereof shall not apply to:
A.
Commercial vehicles parked at loading docks or service
entrances to stores or business establishments while said commercial
vehicles are actively engaged in the delivery and/or loading of merchandise,
supplies or other material or the rendering of services to such stores
or business establishments.
B.
Authorized emergency vehicles engaged in an emergency
operation within the particular location of a fire lane.
C.
All public transit buses, such as CDTA buses, or other
services to persons or property within the particular location of
the fire lane.
A.
The Board of Trustees or its designee shall designate
any areas at, on or near any interior street, roadway, driveway or
parking area in which any obstruction due to the parking or placing
therein of any vehicle or any other physical object will cause interference
with the ingress or egress of fire-fighting equipment or authorized
emergency vehicles or which will create a condition dangerous to life
or property in the event of a fire.
B.
The designated areas shall thereupon be marked with
standard 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 Board of Trustees or its designee.
C.
Signs and markings shall be installed by and at the
expense of the owner of the property within 120 calendar days after
receipt of official written notice by the Board of Trustees or its
designee designating and depicting areas and locations of such signs
and markings.
D.
In the event that any owner refuses or fails to install
any and all required signs and markings within 120 calendar days of
receiving said official notice, the Village shall promptly perform
the required work, and the Board of Trustees or its designee may provide
for the assessment of all costs and expenses so incurred by the Village
in connection with any such action taken to become a lien against
the land on which such signs and markings are located.
A.
A Fire Lane Appeals Board shall be and is hereby established.
B.
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall execute the duties
of Fire Lane Appeals Board in addition to its other powers and duties.
The purpose of this Board is to provide for a process by which designations
of fire lanes by the Village of Colonie Board of Trustees or its designee
pursuant to this article and/or any rule and regulation promulgated
pursuant thereto may be appealed.
A.
The enforcement of this article and rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto will be by the Police Department of the
Town of Colonie.
B.
Any vehicle stopped or parked in a fire lane may be
removed therefrom and stored at the direction of the Town of Colonie
Police Department or the Town of Colonie Fire Prevention Bureau. The
owners of such vehicle shall be liable to the Village of Colonie or
Town of Colonie or its designee for the payment of reasonable charges
for such removal and storage of any such vehicle.
