HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 277 FIRE FIGHTING - SIGNED
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o R DIN A N C E
No. 277.
AN ORDINA0rC1~ providing for the protection. regulation. control of the
fire fighting apparatus of the City of Rexburg, kadison County, Idaho. Pro-
viding for right of way and protection for moving Fire Apparatus, repealing
all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith and declaring an
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emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED by the l~yor and City Council of the City of Sexburg, Idaho:
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Section I - Whenever fire shall occur it shall be lawful for the }'ire Chief
or other officers in coa~and of the Fire Departm~ut to blQQka.de any street, avenue,
alley, sidewalk or other place, if. in his judgrnen~ it is necessary to insure the
efficient working of the men, hose, engineo, or other fire apparatus under his command
or to protect the property burning or the fire fighting apparatus from injury. It shall
be unlawful for any person to break tlITough or attempt to break througnj the blockade
mentioned in this section or at any time to run over or attempt to run over the hose of
the fire department with a wag-G-n,--cart,buggy,-ffi&"t&J'-e-yc-l-e.,."..au.tomobile o-r-'--a.nYQ.thel:,. kind
of a vehicle.
Section II - FIRE APPARATUS '10 HAVE RIGHT OF WAY, ~.VHE::N,
Auto fire engines, departraent automobiles, fire engines, chemical engines,
hose wagons, hook and ladder trucks or wagons and ojher movable apparatus of the fire
department shall have the right of way over all vehicles while passing through all
streets. avenues and alleys when answering an alarm of fire.
Section III - UNLN.1JFUIJ '10 INmRFERE WIT"B FIRE APPARATUS.
It shall be'unlawful for any person driving or having charge of any vehicle
or animal to permit the same to obstl,"uct, impede, follow too closely, or othe1"!lise in-
tel"fere, wi th the progress or working of any such auto fire engines, departr:lent auto-
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mobi1eQ. fire engines, hose wago..lls, hook and ladder tll7ucks or wagons and other m.ovable
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apparatus of t1te fire department while the same is going to or re!:1aininc at a fire.
It s~ll be unlawful for any person to cut, mark or otherwise deface any
property of the fire department.
Section IV - Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance,
shall Upon conv,iction thereof, be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding Fifty
Dollars or by ~mprisonment in the City jail for a period not longer than thirty days.
,-ThE! G.Q\lrt WAy, ,in'imposing a fine, el;lter as a part of the judgment, that in default of
the payment of lthe" fine the defendant may be imprisoned in the City j ail for a :,eriod
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not ex~eed~ng 1hirtYdays.
~11~rdinanoes or parts of ordinanoes in conflict hermvith are hereby repealed
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w~. an emergency exists, this ondinance shall take effect from and after
it. passage, a~provaland publioation asrequiru.,bS ~.
Passed and approved this 18th day of January, 1922.
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