72-70 Supplement 351.01- parking that interfers w/ fire fighting equip

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ORDINANCE NO. 72-70 BY: Messrs. Usher, Ward, Wendling, Gaydos, Graber, Huffman, Kelley AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to supplement Section 351.01 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, Ohio by enacting a new sub-paragraph (q) to said sec- tion to prohibit parking in private driveways, alleyways, and areaways between buildings when such parking constitutes a fire hazard or an obstruction to or interference with the operation of fire fighting equipment, and to supplement Section 303.08 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood by enacting a new sub-paragraph (i) to said section to provide for the removal and impounding of vehicles parked in violation of Section 351.01 (q) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, 'the parking of motor vehicles in private driveways, alleyways, or areaways between buildings may constitute a fire hazard or an obstruction to or interference with the opera- tion of the fire fighting equipment of the City, and WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the City · to prohibit such parking and to provide for the removal and im- pounding of such parked vehicles, and WHEREAS, pursuant to its police powers this Council has the power to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing .for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That SeCtion 351.01 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be. and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting a new paragraph (q) to said section, said sub-paragraph to read as follows: 351.01 LIMITATIONS ON PARKING. No person shall stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or with the provisions of this Traffic Code~ or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places: (q) In any private driveway, alleyway, or areaway between buildings when in the opinion of the Chief of the Division of Fire and the Chief of the Division of Police, such parking constitutes a fire hazard or an obstruction to or interference with operation of the fire fighting equipment of the City, provided signs are erected giving notice thereof. Section 2. That Section 303.08 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting a new sub-paragraph (i) to said section, said sub-paragraph (i) to read as follows: