[Adopted 10-2-1972 by Ord. No. 1972-6]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
barricade, stop a vehicle, park or otherwise block, any of the passage,
entrance or exit ways to, in, about or out of any public building
or any place occupied for public use or accommodation, whether upon
public or private property, so as to interfere with or obstruct the
free and unimpeded passage of persons and fire equipment around the
said building.
On private property which is devoted to public use, there shall
be maintained one or more unobstructed lanes to provide for the ingress
and egress of fire department vehicles, equipment and personnel, said
lanes to be a minimum of 12 feet in width and laid out for the convenient
access from the public thoroughfares and water supplied to the building
or buildings. The words FIRE LANE shall be painted on the ground at
each end of the fire lane. The painting of the words, FIRE LANE and
the markings of said lanes shall be performed and maintained by and
at the expense of the property owner or occupier.
All fire lanes around any building open for public use must
also be so designated by official signs approved by the Township.
The number and location of said signs shall be designated by the Township.
All official signs erected upon private property shall be erected
and maintained at the expense of the owner or occupier of the property.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not less than $5 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution.
In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
