HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0601-1980I
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 601-80
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
AMENDING KMC 13.30 TO ADD SECTIONS ESTABLISHING FIRE ZONES AND
PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
WHEREAS, representatives of the Kenai Mall Shopping Center and
Kenai Mall Merchants have requested enforcement of a fire lane in
front of said mall, and
WHEREAS, the City presently has no ordinance providing for
enforcement of such fire lane or non -parking on private property,
and
WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to establish methods for
designation of such fire lanes and enforcement thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA, as follows:
Sec ion2: That KMC 13.30 is hereby amended by adding a new
section to be numbered 13.30.110 which shall read as follows:
013.30.110(a) In addition to any prohibitions against
stopping, standing, and parking contained in 13 AAC 02.340 - 377,
it is unlawful for any vehicle to :tap, stand, or park in an area
designated herein as a fire lane whether such area is an public
or private property and whether or not such area is contained
within the confines of a street, avenue, road way, drive, or
other space designed for traffic.
(b) The following areas within the City of Kenai are hereby ,
established and designated as fire lanes: Vic„
(1) Those areas between the curb lines in front of the
Kenai Mall Shopping Center as extended from Main Street
on the west to Willow Street on the east including all
that portion of Attla way lying west of willow Street;
(c) This section may be enforced:
(1) By issuance of a Uniform Traffic Citation by a
City policeman or City fireman or by issuance of a
formal complaint by a City policeman, City fireman, or
any other citizen of the City; or
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(2) By a policeman, fireman, or an owner or lessee of
the private property on which the offense occurs having
such offending vehicle removed and towed away by the
nearest available commercial towing service authorized
by the Alaska Transportation Commission to impound
vehicles, and cars so towed away for such illegal
parking shall be restored to the owner or operator only on
payment of the regular fees established for such towing
service and impoundment by the Alaska Transportation
Commission: or
(3) By both issuance of a uniform traffic citation and
removal and impoundment.
(d) The owner, as well as the operator, of a vehicle parked
in violation of this section, shall be held liable therefor
unless the vehicle was previously reported stolen, or unless said
owner can prove that at the time of the violation the vehicle was
being operated without his consent. Even in the event that such
vehicle was stolen or being operated without consent of the
owner, the owner will not be excused thereby from paying the
established fees for towing and impounding said vehicle in the
event that it is towed away from a fire lane area as set forth
herein.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 20th day
of August, 1980.
ATTESTS
Janet Whelan, City Clerk
VINCENT O'REILLY, MAYOR
First Readings August 6, 1980
Second Readings August 20, 1980
Effective Dates September 20, 1980
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