§ 13-173. Fire lanes.

(a)

Designation. Pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 160A-301 and for the protection and safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the city, there are hereby established certain fire lanes as designated on that map and subject to those policies on file in the office of the traffic engineer. Fire lanes may be established upon the request of the property owner or person in general charge of the operation and control of the area, with approval by the city manager, both on private property which constitutes a public vehicular area as that term is defined by G.S. 20-4.01(32), and on any public drive, driveway, road, roadway, street, alley or other surface generally used or reserved for the movement or parking of motor vehicles.

(b)

Blocking fire lane; authority to remove vehicles.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, or to put or place any other object, structure or obstruction in a fire lane which has been established and properly marked under the provisions of this section; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful for governmental vehicles, including municipal transit buses, or nongovernmental emergency vehicles, including rescue squad vehicles, to stop, stand or travel within such fire lanes when required to do so in the performance of their official duties.

(2)

Any vehicle which shall be or remain standing or parked in any fire lane established under this section may be removed by or upon order of the chief of police or his designee with the concurrence of the property owner upon whose premises the fire lane is located.

(Code 1977, §§ 15-301, 15-302)

Cross reference

Fire prevention and protection, Ch. 9.