HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2134 ORDINANCE NO. 2134
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AZUSA ADDING SECTION
11.28. 270 TO THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO ACCESSWAYS FOR FIRE VEHICLES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby adds
to Chapter 11.28 Section 11.28 .270 of the Azusa Municipal
Code to read as follows :
"Section 11. 28. 270. ACCESSWAYS FOR
FIRE VEHICLES.
"A. Each parcel or lot used for
apartments, condominiums, a hospital,
or institutional, commercial, or
industrial purposes , shall provide and
maintain thereon vehicular access for
emergency fire vehicles . Such accessway
shall be unobstructed and not less than
twenty-five (25) feet in width and
thirteen (13) feet, six (6) inches minimum
height, vertical clearance.
"Variance from the requirements of this
subsection may be approved by the Fire
Department only upon a determination that
safety and access has been provided which
is substantially similar to that available
were the required accessways provided.
"B. Accessways for emergency fire vehicles
shall be posted as ,follows :
1. A metal sign, sixteen inches by
sixteen inches in size , shall be mounted
atop a six foot metal post. Said sign
shall bear the following legend:
"FIRE ACCESSWAY
NO PARKING
SECTION 11 . 28.270
AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE"
2 . All of the curb faces flanking the
accessway shall be painted red with the
words , 'Fire Accessway' printed thereon
in three inch, white letters, every
twenty linear feet.
3 . Where there is no curbing adjacent to
the accessway, the 25-foot access shall
be marked by a painted chrome-yellow
line, two inches wide on each side of the
accessway.
4 . The surface of every accessway shall
bear the words 'No Parking - Fire
Accessway' in chrome-yellow paint printed
in letters at least 12 inches high with a
two-inch stroke. The wording shall be
spaced to cover the entire width of the
accessway and each wording group shall not
be located further than 75 linear feet apart.
Deviations from these posting requirements
may be permitted by the Azusa Fire Department
or other competent authority authorized by
the City Council only upon a showing that:
a. Special circumstances make
compliance impractical, and
b. An alternative method of posting
will provide substantially similar
notice to the public.
The posting requirement as set forth in
subsection Bl, B2 , and B3 of this section
shall apply to fire accessways established
prior to the adoption of this Section 11 .28.270 ,
as well as those established subsequent
thereto.
"C. Parking or the maintenance of any obstruction
within any portion of a posted fire accessway
is prohibited. Any vehicle parked in violation
of the Section shall be subject to be
towed away and impounded.
"D. Any violation of the provisions of this Section
shall be infractions and shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) .
"E. The registered owner of any vehicle parked
in violation of this Section 11 . 28 . 270 shall be
responsible for all expenses incurred in
connection with the towing and impounding of
such vehicle.
"F. The Chief of Police has the duty to
enforce the provisions of this section. In
addition, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 836 . 5 , California Penal Code, the
Fire Chief of the Azusa City Fire Department,
together with his designated fire prevention
officers , is authorized to enforce the pro-
visions of this section. Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 836 .5 California Penal
Code, the Fire Chief of the City of Azusa
and his designated fire prevention officers
are authorized to arrest persons in violation
of this section. "
SECTION 2 . The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published as required by law.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of April ,
1982 .
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS .
CITY OF AZUSA
I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2134
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 16thday
of February 1982 . That, thereafter, said Ordinance was
duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 5th day of April , 1982 , by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES : COUNCILMEN: Decker, Fry, Cruz, Moses, Solem
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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Deputiiy CITY C 'K
Publish Azusa Herald April 14, 1982.
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