Authority is hereby vested in the Chief of Police of the Borough, in
conjunction with the recommendations of the Chief of the Fire Department,
Fire Official and the Zoning Official, to establish and designate fire and
emergency access lanes in and around parking yards and parking places which
are open to the public or to which the public is invited in the Borough.
The fire and emergency access lanes may include but are not limited to any parking or no-standing areas, traffic directional lanes and areas designated solely for pedestrian traffic. The fire zones to be established pursuant to §
131-1 shall be designated in such areas of such public properties as will ensure fire equipment and other emergency vehicles unobstructed means of ingress, egress and operation to such properties in the event of fire or other emergency.
No person, firm or corporation or any of their agents or employees,
shall leave standing or cause to be parked any vehicle in any of the aforementioned
lanes nor cause any other obstruction in these designated lanes.
This chapter shall be enforceable by any member of the Borough Police
Department, Fire Chief or the Fire Official of the Borough. Summons for violation
of this chapter may be served upon a defendant by affixing it to the vehicle
involved in the violation. In the event that such violation represents an
immediate hazard to the safeguard of the public safety and welfare, the enforcing
officer may, at his discretion, have such vehicle or obstruction removed.
The person, persons or corporation responsible for such violation thereof
would pay the reasonable cost.
Any person violating any of the regulations to be promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, §
1-16, of this Code. The Judge may also consider whether or not such person is responsible for or has paid the reasonable fees for the removal of any such object or vehicle in violation of this chapter.