[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ossining 6-14-1988 by L.L. No. 4-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention — See Ch. 97.
Fires, control of — See Ch. 99.
Taxicabs and limousines — See Ch. 182.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 188.
A. 
Fire lanes shall be established and devoted to public use where the parking and standing of motor vehicles or other obstructions may interfere with the ingress of Fire Department or other emergency vehicles for the protection of life and property, such as private apartment and condominium complexes, shopping centers, bowling lanes, theaters, hospitals, churches, nursing homes, schools and other places of public assembly.
B. 
Fire lanes shall 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 by the Fire Chief of the Fire Department serving the affected area of the Town of Ossining or the Code Enforcement Officer(s) of the Town of Ossining. Such signs and markings shall be installed by the Town of Ossining following 120 days' written notice by the Fire Chief of the Fire Department serving the affected area of the Town of Ossining or the Code Enforcement Officer(s) of the Town of Ossining to the affected property owner designating and depicting areas and locations of such signs and markings.
A. 
Notwithstanding and not in limitation of any other provision thereof, 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 located at, on or near any interior street, roadway or driveway within any premises classified under the Zoning Ordinance[1] as being in the MF Multifamily District, GB General Business District or GB-1 General Business District-1.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 200, Zoning.
B. 
A minimum clearance of three feet in any direction from the fire standpipe and sprinkler siamese connections shall be maintained at all times to allow the Fire Department serving the affected area of the Town of Ossining adequate access to same.
The parking, placing, stopping or standing of any motor vehicle or any other object or material within any area designated as a fire lane shall be a violation of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the Town of Ossining and the town's duly appointed Fire Inspectors and Code Enforcement Officer(s) to inspect and enforce fire lanes and to see that the lanes are maintained free from obstruction. In addition to the penalties set forth in § 96-8 of this chapter, the Police Department shall have the authority to have any motor vehicle, object or material in violation of this chapter towed or otherwise removed at the owner's expense.
Any police officer of the Town of Ossining Police Department shall issue a summons for the violation of this chapter to the owner or any person operating or controlling any automobile, truck, motor vehicle, object or material parked or placed within any restricted fire zone or lane as hereby designated. Whenever any other violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is found to exist, it shall be reported, by the Fire Chief of the Fire Department serving the affected area of the Town of Ossining, to the Building Inspector of the Town of Ossining, who shall then issue an order, directed to the owner or occupant of the premises affected, to remove any dangerous materials or remedy any other hazardous conditions as he may direct, within 24 hours, and, upon the failure or refusal of the person to whom such order is directed duly to comply therewith upon the complaint of the Fire Chief of the Fire Department serving the affected area of the Town of Ossining, a summons shall be issued to such person for such violation.
The service of any order hereunder may be made upon the occupant of the premises to which it is directed either by delivering a copy of the same personally or by leaving it with any person of suitable age and discretion in charge of such premises or, if no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the front door of said premises. An order may be served upon the owner of such premises by delivering to and leaving with him a copy thereof or, if such owner is absent from the village, by mailing a copy to his last-known address.
It shall be unlawful for any person, being the owner or occupant, lessee or otherwise in charge or control of any premises subject to an order made pursuant to this chapter, to fail or refuse to comply with such order within the time specified therein or to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 7-11-1995 by L.L. No. 6-1995]
Any person or persons, firm, partnership or corporation violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each offense, if paid within 30 days of date of issuance. For each thirty-day period that the fine for a violation is not paid, there shall be a penalty of $5, with a maximum penalty of $100.
Fire lanes shall be located at the following properties in such areas and of such size as more fully set forth in the maps of the individual properties set forth below on file in the Town Clerk's office:
Anne M. Dorner Middle School - Van Cortlandt Avenue, Town of Ossining
[Added 4-10-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
Briarcliff Racquet Club - North State Road, Town of Ossining
Central Westchester Business Park - Executive Boulevard, Town of Ossining
Cedar Lane Apartments - Cedar Lane, Town of Ossining
[Added 5-14-1992 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
Cedar Manor Nursing Home - Cedar Lane, Town of Ossining
[Added 5-14-1992 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
Church of St. Augustines - Route 9, Town of Ossining
[Added 5-14-1992 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
Deerfield Condominiums - Hawkes Avenue, Town of Ossining
Fox Hill Condominiums - Hawkes Avenue, Town of Ossining
Hudson View Condominiums - Ogden Road, Town of Ossining
Hudson Watch Condominiums - Cedar Lane, Town of Ossining
Spring Pond Condominiums - Croton Dam Road, Town of Ossining
Stony Lodge Hospital - Croton Dam Road, Town of Ossining
Woods Brooke Condominiums - Croton Dam Road, Town of Ossining