[Amended 2-16-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999]
Obstruction of the operations of the Fire Department
or interfering with the orders of the Common Council or the officers
of the Fire Department during the time a fire is in progress is hereby
prohibited.
No person shall intentionally give by means
of the fire alarm system, or verbal or otherwise, a false alarm of
fire.
A.
No person shall open, use, draw water from or in any
matter interfere with any hydrant in the City of Oneonta without authority
from the Board of Public Service. This prohibition shall not apply
to firemen in the pursuit of their duties. No person shall break,
deface, injure, remove or in any manner tamper with any hydrant or
any part thereof, and no person shall open any hydrant with any wrench
other than standard hydrant wrench.
B.
No person shall erect or plant any obstruction within
five feet of any hydrant or cause obstruction that will in any way
hinder the Fire Department from hooking onto it, or operating any
hydrant. No obstruction shall be placed so as to obstruct the view
of any hydrant for at distance of at least 50 feet up and down the
street.
C.
No unauthorized person shall paint or in any way change
the color of a fire hydrant.
