§ 24-58. Fire lanes.

(a)

No person shall park any vehicle in a space or area set aside and identified as a fire lane by the fire department.

(b)

The fire chief or his designee is hereby authorized to designate fire lanes on both public and private property.

(c)

Subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to those areas that are identified with signs stating "No Parking/Fire Lane/City Code Section 24-58." The fire department through the fire chief or his designee shall determine the location of all fire lanes and shall affix a stamp of approval to all approved fire lane signs. Such stamp of approval shall consist of a one-inch by two-inch vinyl laminated sticker indicating fire lane approval.

(d)

It shall be the duty of the owner of record of private property over which the fire chief or his representative has designated a fire lane to post, at the owner's expense, approved signs prohibiting parking in the designated fire lane. Such signs shall be so placed, and be of sufficient number, that at least one (1) sign shall be visible to anyone attempting to park a vehicle at any location in the fire lane. The failure to erect signs in accordance with this subsection within thirty (30) days of receipt of a notice from the fire department specifying the designation of a space or area as a fire lane shall be a misdemeanor.

(e)

Any sign erected in compliance with section 19-49 of the Code of the City of Glendale, 1963, and approved by the fire department while that section was valid, is deemed to be valid, approved and in compliance with this Section 24-58.

(Ord. No. 1392, § 2, 11-26-85; Ord. No. 2541, § 3, 1-23-07)