HomeMy WebLinkAbout108/75 TRAFFIC CONTROL RELATED TO FIRE ALARM ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF ,, ,'"
1 Iilj MOTOR VEHICLES AND OTHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
/[ AT ALL TIMES WHEN A FIRE ALARM IS GIVEN IN
THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS AND THE FIRE TRUCK
t MAKES A RUN; TO PROHIBIT AND RESTRICT ALL
AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES WITHIN 300
FEET OF ANY FIRE AND TO PROHIBIT THE
INTERFERENCE WIT?I THE MEMBERS OF THE FI
DEPARTMENT IN T CONBATINWAND FIGH G
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Be It Enacted and Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Zephyrhills, Florida, as follows:
• Section 1. That when the fire siren or other alarm is given
advising and notifying the people within the City of Zephyrhills
that a fire has broken out and the fire truck is on its way to
the scene of such fire and sounding its siren, that all operators
of motor vehicles and other vehicles shall pull to theide of
the street or thorofare so as to permit the said fire truck and
the ®.r5 carrying the members of the volunteer fire department to
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A have ready access of the streets and thorofares in reaching the
scene of the fire, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that nothing herein containe
shall be construed as applying to such motor vehicles in which
members of the volunteer fire department are riding, but that all
such vehicles shall be operated in such a manner as not to inter-
fere with or delay the .fire truck in reaching the scene of the
fire.
Section 2. That no motor vehicle or other vehicle shall
be parked within 300 feet of the scene of any fire, except that
cars belonging to or used by members of the volunteer fire depart
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ment of the City of Zephyrhills may park in that area 200 to 300
feet from the scene of the fire; and that all persons ;!are p 9o-
hibited from interfering with the members of the fire department
in the combating and fighting of fires.
Section 3. That any person violating any provision of this
Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon his
first conviction shall be fined not to exceed $150.00 or imprison d
not to exceed 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. That this Ordinance shall take effect immediate)
upon its approval.
The foregoing Ordinance No. ,2 /' was read and passed on its
first reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills , Florida, on
the day of , 1952.
President o City Council
Attest:
ity .Cler
by title only
The foregoing Ordinance No. was read/and passed o
its second reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills, Florida,
on the day of / , 1952.
President .of City .Council.
Attest:
Y .Clerko .
The foregoing Ordinance No. was read and passed),
on its third reading by the City Council of Zephyrhills, Florida,
on the $ day of 1952.
7 President .of City. .Couhci
The forego dinance No, approved by me this the
day of 1952.
.Mayor . - , .
I, JOHN PHILLIPS, JR. , as City Clerk of the City of Zephyr-
hills do hereby certify that a copy of the above Ordinance was
posted at the City Hall and at on the
day of , 1952, and that the same remained posted
at each of said places until the day of !,1952.
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City .Clerk V . 'Cl ,