5086

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

"Interference with Emergency Equipment", be, and they are
hereby, repealed and re—enacted with amendments to read
as follows:

521A.

(c)    Authorization for Removal.

(1)    No person shall park or allow to be
parked any vehicle, of which he is the owner, in a manner
that interferes with or obstructs or clearly marked fire
lane or fire hydrant area. In addition, no person shall
place or allow to be placed any material, debris or other
object, of which he is the owner of has possession of, in
a manner that interferes with or obstructs a clearly
marked fire lane or fire hydrant area.

(2)    Any Law Enforcement Officer, or Fire
Company is hereby authorized whenever necessary to take
possession of, remove, tow away, impound or otherwise
remove any debris, material, vehicle or other object
which interferes with or obstructs previously established
and marked fire lanes for the access or operation of any
Fire Company equipment or other emergency vehicles or
equipment.

(3)    Manner of Removal, Charges for Removal;
Any Law Enforcement Agency, Fire Company or other County
Agency which has cause to remove an obstruction from a
fire lane during a fire or other emergency is authorized
to do so in any manner that is both safe and expeditious
as defined by this section. Any charges imposed by the
removing agent, public or private, shall be borne by the
owner of the obstruction.

(d)    Parking Violations.

(1) In all cases involving parking
violations in the way of fire lanes established and
marked pursuant to this section, a Law Enforcement
Officer who discovers a vehicle illegally parked shall,
if the operator is absent, attach a summons to the
vehicle in a conspicuous place, or it the operator is
present, deliver such summons to him. A copy of the
summons shall be retained by the officer and shall bear
certification under penalty of perjury by the officer
attesting to the truth of the matter therein set forth.
The recipient of such a summons may waive a hearing
before the Court at least five (5) days prior to the date
of hearing set out in the summons. If the person so
summoned desires a hearing, he shall notify the Clerk of
the Court of such desire at least five (5) days prior to
the date of the hearing as set forth in the summons. At
the time that such notice of a desire for a hearing is