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G-94-10-27-9A - 10/27/1994ORDINANCE NO. 0-- qq - ID -07 - AN D-0 I - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5.100, CODE OF ORDINANCES (1990 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, BY AMENDING AND ADDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE AS ADOPTED IN SECTION 5.101; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS: I. That the Standard Fire Prevention Code which as been adopted by the City. of Round Rock in Chapter 5, Section 5.101, Code of Ordinances, 1990 Edition, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended as follows: A. Chapter 6, Section 602.6.1 - Access to Buildings by Fire Apparatus, is hereby amended as follows: SECTION 602.6.1 Every building hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire department apparatus by way of access roadways with all-weather driving surfaces of not less than 20 ft (6.1 m) of unobstructed width, with adequate roadway turning radius capable of supporting the imposed loads of fire apparatus and having a minimum vertical clearance of 13 ft 6 inch (4.1 m) and terminating within 150 ft. from all parts of the building. During construction, when combustibles are brought on to the site in such quantities as deemed hazardous by the Fire Official, access roads and a suitable temporary supply of water acceptable to the fire department shall be provided and maintained. B. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.7 - Specifications: SECTION 602.6.7 (a) Any fire lane more than one hundred feet (100') in length shall either connect at each end to a dedicated street or be provided with a turnaround having a minimum radius of fifty five feet (55') KS/ORDINANCE ORFIRE.3/10134D when measured from curb to curb. All fire lanes shall be maintained and kept in a state of good repair at all times by the owner, manager, or person in charge of the premises, and the City of Round Rock shall never be responsible for the maintenance thereof. (b) The Fire Official or his authorized representative is hereby authorized to designate adequate fire lanes and/or turnarounds to any building when deemed necessary for fire department access in the event of fire in such building. C. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.8 - Fire Lane Markings: SECTION 602.6.8 (a) The owner, manager, or person in charge of any building or property to which fire lanes have been approved or required by the Fire Official or his authorized representative shall mark and maintain said fire lanes in the following manner: All curbs and curb ends shall be painted red with four inch (4") white lettering stating "NO PARKING - FIRE LANE". Wording may not be spaced more than thirty feet (30') apart. In areas where fire lanes are required but no continuous curb is available, one of the following methods shall be used, in conjunction with the curb markings, to indicate that the fire lane is continuous: Option #1: Signs twelve inches (12") wide and eighteen inches (18") in height with red lettering on a white background stating "NO PARKING - FIRE LANE" shall be mounted conspicuously along the edge of the fire lane. Signs may be spaced no more than thirty feet (30') apart and the lettering shall be at least 3/8" stroke. Option #2: From the point the fire lane begins to the point the fire lane ends, including behind all parking spaces which adjoin a fire lane, shall be marked with one continuous eight inch (8") red stripe painted on the drive surface behind the parking spaces. All curbing adjoining a fire lane must be painted red. Red stripes and curbs will contain the wording "NO PARKING -FIRE LANE", painted in four inch (4") white letters. 2. (b) For two years immediately following the passage of this Section, fire lanes marked in yellow with black lettering or any other configuration will have the same effect as fire lanes marked in red with white lettering. Immediately after this two year period, only fire lanes marked in red with white lettering will be effective. D. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.9 - Destruction of Fire Lane Signs: SECTION 602.6.9 It is hereby unlawful for any person, without lawful authority to attempt or in fact alter, destroy, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any sign designating a fire lane erected under the terms of this Code, or to deface a curb marking in any way. E. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.10 - Abandonment or Closing: SECTION 602.6.10 No owner, manager, or person in charge of any premises served by a required fire lane shall abandon or close such fire lane without written permission of the Fire Official of the City of Round Rock. F. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.11 - Parking in Fire Lanes Prohibited: SECTION 602.6.11 No person shall park, place, allow, permit, or cause to be parked, placed, or remain unattended, any non- emergency motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction within or upon an area designated as a fire lane and marked by an appropriate sign or curb marking. Any non -emergency motor vehicle, trailer, boat, or similar obstruction found parked or unoccupied within an area designated as a fire lane as required by this section is hereby declared a nuisance per se and any such motor vehicle, trailer, boat, or similar obstruction parked or unoccupied in such a manner as to obstruct in whole or in part any such fire lane shall be prima facie evidence that the registered owner unlawfully parked, placed, or permitted to be parked or placed such obstruction within a fire lane. The records of the State Highway Department or the County Highway License Department showing the name of the person to whom the Texas highway license or boat or trailer license is issued shall constitute prima facie evidence of ownership by the named persons. 3. G. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.12 - Modifications: SECTION 602.6.12 The Fire Official of the Fire Department shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the Code hereby adopted upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code; provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured, and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modifications when granted or allowed and the decision of the Fire Official of the Fire Department thereon shall be entered upon the records of the department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant. H. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.13 - Enforcement; Issuance of Citations; Impoundment of Obstructions: SECTION 602.6.13 The Fire Official or any member of the Fire Department designated by the Fire Official, the Chief of Police, or any member of the Police Department designated by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to issue parking citations for any motor vehicle, trailer, boat, or similar obstruction found parked or unattended in or upon a designated fire lane and may have such obstruction removed by towing it away. Such vehicle or obstruction may be redeemed by payment of the towage and storage charges at the owner's expense. No parking citations shall be voided nor shall the violator be relieved of any penalty assessed by a judge of the Municipal Court for any provision by the redemption of the obstruction from the storage facility. I. Chapter 6, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 602.6.14 - Penalties: SECTION 602.6.14 Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the Code hereby adopted or fail to comply herewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City of Round Rock, shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance respectively be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any violation 4. of this ordinance is punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) as provided for by Article 4.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended. In the event that a fine not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) is greater than the intended jurisdictional limit, then the fine imposed shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The imposition of one (1) penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten (10) days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. III. A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are expressly repealed. B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof. Alternative 1. By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with. READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this day of , 1994. Alternative 2. READ and APPROVED on first reading this the 00±&13,0A) 1994. READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED day of on second reading this the (1)7(11;day of 0 , 194. CHARLES CULP ° R, Mayor City of Round •ock, Texas 5. ATTEST: E LAND, City Secretary 6. DATE: October 25, 1994 SUBJECT: City Council Meeting - October 27, 1994 ITEM: 9.A. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 9, Section 9.1814, Code of Ordinances (1990 Edition) concerning fire lanes. (Second Reading) STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Keith Tanner STAFF RECOMMENDATION: This ordinance would amend the current fire code relating to the location and marking of required fire lanes for commercial and multi- family structures. This ordinance would also restrict parking in properly marked fire lanes and provide authority to issue tickets for parking in fire lanes. There have been no changes since the first reading of the ordinance.