In order to provide safe and ready access for fire-fighting
equipment, insure availability of water supply in the event of fire,
and assure freedom to use exits from buildings in the event of fire,
the Fire Sub-Code Official of the City of Englewood is hereby granted
the power to designate as fire zones any of the following areas located
on property occupied by any multifamily dwelling, school, or college,
property used for commercial or industrial purposes, any place of
public assembly, or any parking yard or parking place which is open
to the public or to which the public is invited:
A.Â
Any driveway or other area which, in the judgment of the Fire Sub-Code
Official, should be available for use by fire-fighting equipment or
other emergency vehicles in order to reach the building or buildings
on the property in the event of fire.
B.Â
Any area adjacent to a water standpipe or other source of water to
be used in the event of fire, or any area over which fire-fighting
equipment would be required to pass in order to reach such water source.
C.Â
Any area adjacent to an exit from a building on the premises or any
area which must remain vacant and unoccupied in order to permit free
use of such an exit.
D.Â
Any other area where the parking of vehicles or the placing of any
structure or other impediment to free movement of persons and vehicles
would interfere with fighting of a fire on the premises or impede
the movement of persons away from the premises in the event of fire.
A.Â
Upon his designating any such area as a fire zone, the Fire Sub-Code
Official shall promptly notify the owner of the premises of such designation.
Within 30 days of his receipt of such notification, the owner of the
premises shall cause to be erected on the premises, at such location
or locations as shall be designated by the Fire Sub-Code Official,
signs indicating that parking is not permitted in the said fire zones.
B.Â
Such signs shall be constructed of metal, shall be not less than
18 inches by 24 inches in size, and shall bear the words "Fire Zone
- No Parking - Englewood Division of Fire Protection," or words of
similar import, and shall be approved by the Fire Sub-Code Official
before being erected.
C.Â
In the event the property owner shall fail to erect such signs within
the time limit specified, the Fire Sub-Code Official shall be authorized
to enter upon the premises and cause such signs to be erected and
shall charge the cost thereof to the owner of the property.
No person shall at any time park or leave unattended a motor
vehicle in any area designated as a fire zone, nor shall any person,
firm, or corporation place or construct any structure in a designated
fire zone, nor place any obstruction thereon which will impair the
free passage and access of fire-fighting vehicles, or firemen, or
impair free use of an exit from any building.
No person shall deface, damage, remove, or destroy any sign
erected pursuant to this article.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute,
any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article
shall be subject to a fine not in excess of $1,000 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. Each day that a continuing
violation shall occur shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
A.Â
Concurrent jurisdiction. This article shall be enforced by the Division
of Fire Protection and the Police Department of the City of Englewood,
and complaints for the violation thereof may be filed by any member
of the Division of Fire Protection or the Division of Police or the
owner or occupant of the premises on which the fire zone in question
is located or any other person.[1]
B.Â
Issuance and service of summons. In accordance with the applicable
rules of court, a law enforcement officer may issue a summons and
complaint for violation hereof setting forth the license number of
the vehicle involved in lieu of the name of the defendant, which summons
and complaint may be served by affixing it to the vehicle involved
in the violation.
