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CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
ORDINANCE NO. 834
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PART 15, PLANNING, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,
CHAPTER 7, STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING GENERALLY, OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SAME BY
PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN FIRE LANES AND
PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT BY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS PART 15, CHAPTER 7, OF THE CITY OF
OWASSO CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS
SECTION 15-726.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA,
THAT, TO-WIT:
SECTION ONE (1): Part Fifteen, Traffic and Vehicles, Chapter 7, Stopping, Standing and
Parking Generally, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, shall be enacted by
'ding and codifying as follows:
providing codifying
SECTION 15-726
SECTION ONE (1)
(1) Fire lane markings. Fire lanes shall be designated on all sides by painted curbs, signs, or
stripes, or by a combination of these as approved by the Fire Marshal.
(2) Parking of motor vehicles in fire lanes or otherwise obstructing fire lanes shall be
prohibited at all times.
Exception: Emergency vehicles during emergency situations or operations.
(3) Parking of motor vehicles in fire lanes, or otherwise obstructing fire lanes, on public or
private property shall be prohibited at all times.
(4) Fire lanes and driveways shall be located so that all buildings served by them are accessible
to fire equipment.
(6) Fire lanes shall be not less than 20 feet unobstructed width and a minimum vertical
clearance of 14 feet. An approved temporary fire access lane shall be in place prior to any above-
slab construction or storage of combustible materials on site.
(7) The Fire Department and the Police Department shall have authority at any time to enter
property to -enforce the provisions of this section.
SECTION TWO (2)
RMURIMURENNUT
The fire Department and the police Department shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To enforce parking regulations in those areas properly designated and marked as a fire lane.
(2) To issue citations for vehicles improperly parked in fire lanes. The citation shall contain
the time, date, vehicle tag number, make, year and color of the vehicle. The Fire Marshal or
Police Officer shall conspicuously affix a copy of the citation to the vehicle. The citation shall be
on a form provided by the City.
(3) The said citation shall be filed with the Municipal Court within three days after issuing the
citation.
Cm All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
D. of any part or parts of this ordinance are deemed unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective, the
remaining portion shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect.
E. The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of final
passage as provided by state law.
SECTION SIX (6). CODIFICATION
F. The City of Owasso Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding a new ordinance to be
codified in Part 15, Chapter 7, as section 15 -726.
PASSED by the City Co of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma on the
2005 of
Craig Thd 1, Mayor
Sherry Bishop, City Clerk
(S E A L)
APPROVED as to form and legality this day of '2005
Julie Lombardi
City Attorney
Affidavit Of Publication
OWASSO REPORTER
Published in the Owasso Reporter, Owasso, Tulsa County,
Oklahoma, January 24, 2006.
CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
STATE Off' OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss:
ORDINANCE NO. 834
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PART 15, PLANNING, TRAFFIC
1, of lawful age, being duly m sworn, a a legal
AND VEHICLES, CHAPTER 7, STOPPING, STANDING AND
PARKING GENERALLY, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
representative of the Owasso Reporter, a
THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SAME BY
weekly newspaper published in the City of
PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN FIRE
LANES AND PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT BY FIRE
Owasso, Tulsa, Oklahoma, a
DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS ORDINANCE
AMENDS PART 15, CHAPTER 7, OF THE CITY OF OWASSO
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE
CODIFIED AS SECTION 15 -726.
meats and publications as provided in Section
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO,
06 of Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971 and
OKLAHOMA, THAT, TO -WIT:
I983 as aniendledl, and thereafter, and compl ies
SECTION ONE (1):Part Fifteen, Traffic and Vehicles, Chapter 7,
with all other requirements o% .c the laws Of Okla-
Stopping, Standing and Parking Generally, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, be
loom with reference to legal publications.
shall enacted by
providing and codifying as follows:
That said notice, a true copy of Vl➢Cd is at-
SECTION 15 -726 RRE LANES
tacked hereto, was published in the regular edi-
SECTION ONE (1)
tion of said newspaper d
during the period and
A. FIRE LANES ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
of publications midi not in a supplement,
(1) Fire lane markings. Fire lanes shall be designated on all sides
on the following dates:
by painted curbs, signs, or stripes, or by a combination of these as
approved by
the Fire Marshal.
(2) Parking of motor vehicles in fire lanes or otherwise obstruct-
ing fire lanes shall be prohibited at all times.
Exception: Emergency vehicles during emergency situations or
operations.
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(3) Parking of motor vehicles in fire lanes, or otherwise obstruct -
ing fire lanes, on public or private property shall be prohibited at all
kimes.
(4) Fire lanes and driveways shall be located so that all buildings
Subscribed and sworn to before this 25
served by them are accessible to fire equipment.
(5) Access during construction. The contractor or person in charge
day Of JANUARY, 2006
of any construction site for commercial, industrial, mercantile, edu-
cational, institutional, assembly, hotel, motel, multi - family
dwelling,
mobile home park, or any other commercial occupancy whose
structures total more than 4,000 square feet shall provide and main -
tain fire lanes as shown on approved site plans. Fire lanes shall be
Notary Public
constructed of asphalt, concrete, or other alternative pre-approved
by the Fire Marshal and sufficient to support fire
apparatus.
(6) Fire lanes shall be not less than 20 feet unobstructed width and
Icy Commission expires:
a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet. An approved temporary fire
access lane shall be in place prior to any above -slab construction
or storage of combustible materials on site.
(7) The Fire Department and the Police Department shall have
authority at ariy tme to enter property to enforce the provisions of
this section.
SECTION TWO (2)
B.ENFORCEMENT
The Fire Department and the Police Department shall have the fol-
lowing powers and duties:
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(1) To enforce parking regulations in those areas properly desig-
nated and marked as a fire lane.
(2) To issue citations for vehicles improperly parked in fire lanes.
The citation shall contain the time, date, vehicle tag number, make,
year and color of the vehicle. The Fire Marshal or Police Officer
shall conspicuously affix a copy of the citation to the vehicle. The
citation shall be on a form provided by the City.
(3) The said citation shall be filed with the Municipal Court within
three days after issuing the citation.
SECTION THREE (3): REPEALER
C. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with this ordi-
nance are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
SECTION FOUR (4): SEVERABILITY
D. If any part or parts of this ordinance are deemed unconstitu-
tional, invalid or ineffective, the remaining portion shall not be affect-
ed but shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION FIVE (51: DECLARING AN EFFECT.-Yv E
E. The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective thirty
(30) days from the date of final passage as provided by state law.
SECTION SIX (6): CODIFICATION
F. The City of Owasso Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by
adding a new ordinance to be codified in Part 15, Chapter 7, as sec -
tion 15 -726.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma
on the 20th day of December, 2005.
/s/ Craig Thoendel, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Sherry Bishop, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ Julie Trout Lombardi, City Attorney