[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Marlborough 11-17-1980 by Ord. No. 20870 (Ch. 101 of the 1986
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The occupancy or use of a building or structure, or any portion
thereof, for the display, sale, shelter or storage of goods, wares,
products, vehicles or merchandise and the transaction of administrative,
business or professional services.
The occupancy or use of a building or structure or any portion
thereof, including open spaces appurtenant thereto, where work is
performed in manufacturing, assembling, processing, altering or repairing
materials or products.
A building or structure or any portion thereof in which there
are three or more dwelling or rooming units occupied or offered for
occupancy.
Fire lanes shall have a minimum width of 20
feet, unless the Fire Chief determines that a reduced width, which
shall be no less than 15 feet, will not adversely affect access by
fire apparatus and emergency vehicles.
It shall be the duty of the owner of property
affected by this chapter to maintain designated fire lanes in good
repair and free of obstructions. Overhead objects, including overhanging
tree limbs, shall not be lower than 14 feet above the surface of a
fire lane. Accumulations of snow or ice shall be removed from fire
lanes within four hours after the snow or sleet has stopped falling.
The Fire Chief is authorized to require and
designate fire lanes on private property used and occupied for assembly,
commercial, educational, industrial, institutional or multiple dwelling
purposes, or on property occupied by clusters of two or more dwellings
to which access is provided by private roads, for the purpose of prohibiting
parking in front of or adjacent to fire hydrants, fire escapes and
egress facilities and providing access to such property for fire apparatus
and emergency.
Fire lanes designated by the Fire Chief shall
be designed and constructed with a surface durable to all weather
and of sufficient strength to support the weight of fire-fighting
apparatus used by the Fire Department.
The Fire Chief may order that the curbs of fire
lanes be painted a specific color and be repainted as often as necessary
to remain distinct.
The Fire Chief may order that signs reading "Fire
Lane, No Parking Anytime" be mounted along the side of the fire lane
in such numbers and locations as he may direct. No-parking signs shall
be designed and installed as follows: constructed of properly treated
aluminum 0.063 inches thick, 12 inches wide and 18 inches long, with
rounded corners. The words "Fire Lane, No Parking Anytime" shall be
painted in red on a white reflectorized background, with each word
occupying one line. The sign shall be mounted either on a channelized
steel U-post or on an adjacent building wall. The bottom of the sign
shall be no less than seven feet above the ground. Where necessary,
directional arrows shall be placed below the last word. The words
"By Order of the Fire Chief" shall be painted in one-half-inch letters
at the bottom of the sign. The Fire Chief may order that amended specifications
be substituted for the foregoing. The owner of the affected property
shall maintain no-parking signs so they are clearly legible.
The cost of construction, installation, painting,
maintenance and repair of the fire lanes and no-parking signs required
pursuant to this chapter shall be borne by the owner of the affected
property.
It shall be a violation of this chapter to park
any vehicle or obstruct a fire lane so designated pursuant to this
chapter.
A.
To park any vehicle on private property is in violation
of this chapter. Any person convicted of such a violation shall be
subject to a fine up to $200.
The Fire Chief is authorized to require the
installation of and to specify the number and location of fire hydrants
on private property occupied by clusters of two or more single- or
two-family dwellings to which access is provided by private roads
and on private property used for multiple dwellings or for assembly
or for commercial, educational, industrial or institutional purposes
wherever the distance to the front entrance of the most distant building
on such private property from the nearest fire hydrant on a public
street exceeds 500 feet. Installation of such fire hydrants and their
water mains shall conform to specifications established by the Commissioner
of the Department of Public Works. The cost of installation, maintenance
and repair of fire hydrants and their water mains required pursuant
to this section shall be borne by the owner of the affected property.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to
existing occupancies one year after the effective date of this chapter,
unless the Fire Chief determines, for public safety reasons, that
a shorter time is necessary. For purposes of this chapter, "existing
occupancies" includes any planned occupancy for which a building permit
was issued before the effective date of this chapter.
