§ 22-14. Fire lanes.

There shall be no parking, standing or placing of any cars, trucks, trailers, apparatus, vehicles, portable buildings, or any item deemed as an obstruction by the fire inspector within 50 feet of any exits, entrances, sprinkler systems, or fire department connections or buildings.

(1)

Fire lanes shall be designated by the parish fire department's inspector; and there shall be no parking, standing or placing of any cars, trucks, trailers, apparatus, vehicles, portable buildings or any other item deemed as an obstruction by the fire inspector within such designated fire lanes.

(2)

Any owner or operator of motor vehicles who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00, or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or both. Each day's violation of the provisions hereof shall be deemed a separate offense.

(3)

Any car, truck, trailer, vehicle or portable building found parked, standing or placed in a designated fire lane shall be towed away and impounded by any police officer, fire inspector or authorized representative. The owner of the car, truck, trailer, vehicle or portable building shall be responsible for all costs of impounding and storing of the car, truck, trailer, vehicle or portable building. Upon the payment of such cost, the owner shall be entitled to have the property released.

(4)

In any prosecution charging a violation of this section, proof that the vehicle described in the violations ticket was parked, standing or placed in violation of this section, together with proof that the defendant named in the violation ticket was at the time of such parking, standing or placement the registered owner of such vehicle shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was, in fact, the person who parked, stood or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the alleged violation occurred.

(Code 1979, § 11-14; Ord. of 12-5-1989, § 1)