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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Chapter 10 — Fire Protection

Gilroy Municipal Code Art. I In General

Gilroy Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Gilroy

Cite as: Gilroy Municipal Code Article I · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 10.1. Driving vehicle over unprotected fire hose.

It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully or negligently to drive any vehicle over or across any hose of the fire department, such hose not being fully protected from damage thereby.

(Ord. No. 420, § 5)

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§ 10.2. Following fire apparatus; parking at fires.

It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully or negligently to follow fire apparatus closer than five hundred feet when answering an alarm or to park within one block of any fire.

(Ord. No. 420, § 5)

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§ 10.3. Interference with fire apparatus; permit.

It shall be unlawful for any person to break, remove, damage, disturb or in any way interfere with any apparatus or appurtenance of the fire system without first having a special permit or authority so to do from the chief of the fire department.

(Ord. No. 420, § 5)

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§ 10.4. Obstructing members or apparatus of fire department.

It shall be unlawful of any person wilfully or negligently to obstruct or impede any member or apparatus of the fire department when such member or apparatus is going to or engaged in extinguishing a fire. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 420, § 5; Ord. No. 94-3, § I, 3-21-1994)

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§ 10.5. False alarms.

It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully to give or turn in a false alarm of fire. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 420, § 6; Ord. No. 94-3, § I, 3-21-1994)

§ 10.6. through § 10.8. (Reserved)

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Editor’s note—Ord. No. 86-19, § 46, adopted October 6, 1986, repealed §§ 10.6—10.8 in their entirety. Former § 10.6, open faucets, etc., after fire alarms, derived from Ord. No. 420, § 7; former § 10.7, concerning fire alarm systems, derived from Ord. No. 289, § 1; and former § 10.8, filling stations within certain zone in city, derived from Ord. No. 411, §§ 1—7.

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