At any fire the Chief of the Fire Department
or other person in command shall establish fire lines which shall
be maintained by members of the Police Department by stretching ropes
or as otherwise directed by the Chief or other person in charge. It
shall be the duty of the police to exclude from the streets and sidewalks
within the established fire lines all vehicles and all persons except
City officials or employees occupied in the discharge of their duties,
or such persons as have been authorized to enter the lines by written
permission of the Director of Public Safety or by the Fire Chief or
other person in command.
No person shall in any way impede access to
any fire or its vicinity, interfere with the use of any apparatus,
hinder any official or employee of the City in the discharge of his/her
duties at any fire, pass through any fire line unless properly authorized
to do so or otherwise impede the work of extinguishing fires or protecting
lives and property.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty, for each and every offense.