[Derived from Sec. 19-2 of the 2002 Revised General Ordinances,
adopted 12-16-2002 by Ord. No. 02-27]
The State Fire Prevention Code is amended and supplemented by
adding the following:
A.Â
Fire hazard materials, storage and marking. Storage of fire hazard
materials and substances, including liquid, solid and gaseous types,
shall be marked in accordance with the NFIPA 704M-69 system. This
system is for the identification of hazards to the life and health
of people in the prevention and control of fires and explosions in
the manufacturing and storage of combustible, flammable, corrosive,
radioactive or oxidizing materials, as well as poisonous gases and
substances, etiological agents, potentially explosive chemicals or
highly reactive or toxic materials.
B.Â
Fire lanes.
(1)Â
Designation. An area may be designated by the Fire Official/Fire
Marshal/Fire Code Official to provide access to any public or private
structure for efficient and effective use of fire apparatus. The minimum
width of a fire lane shall be 18 feet. The words "fire lane" and "fire
zone" shall be interchangeable. The Fire Official/Fire Marshal/Fire
Code Official may allow a lesser width.[1]
(2)Â
Identification.
(a)Â
The fire lanes shall be outlined in yellow paint on the road
surface, with three-inch-wide yellow lines indicating the boundaries
of the fire lane.
(b)Â
The fire lanes shall be marked with one-foot letters in yellow
paint on the road surface. This marking shall appear often enough
to identify the fire lane and shall read NO PARKING FIRE LANE OR ZONE,
with the separation between the markings not to exceed 25 feet.
(c)Â
Signs mounted on seven-foot posts, or on building walls mounted
seven feet from the ground, shall be placed along the side of the
marking on the pavement to indicate the fire lanes in snow conditions.
These signs shall face the flow of traffic, when possible, and shall
be constructed with red letters on a white background. The signs shall
be 18 inches high by 12 inches wide and shall read NO PARKING FIRE
LANE OR ZONE, with the separations between the signs not to exceed
25 feet.
(3)Â
Obstruction. In addition to a fine, any vehicle blocking a fire lane
shall be subject to being towed, at the owner's or operator's expense,
in order to remove the obstruction.
C.Â
Vacant buildings.
(1)Â
Reporting. All buildings and structures which remain vacant for a
period of more 30 days shall be reported to the Fire Official/Fire
Marshal/Fire Code Official. It shall be the responsibility of the
property owner to report any such building or structure which he/she
owns.
(2)Â
Securing. The property owner shall take the following steps to secure
any building or structure which he/she owns which has remained vacant
for more than 10 days.
(a)Â
HUD security enclosures shall be required on all cellar windows
and doors, all first-floor windows and doors and any other openings
which might present security problems, as may reasonably be determined
by the Fire Official/Fire Marshal/Fire Code Official.
(b)Â
"No trespassing" signs shall be posted around the premises at
locations determined by the Fire Official/Fire Marshal/Fire Code Official.
(c)Â
All utilities, including water, gas and electric, but excepting
fire-protection or -suppression systems or supervised fire-detection
systems, shall be shut off until such time as the building or structure
is to be reoccupied.
