Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 1 Conduct of Persons Other than Personnel of the Fire and Police Departments…

* Sections 4-3.101 through 4-3.107, codified from Ordinance No. 578 N.C.S., amended in their entirety by Ordinance No. 107 C-M, effective December 23, 1965. Sections 4-3.101 through 4-3.119, as added by said Ordinance No. 107 C-M, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 113 C-M, effective December 28, 1965, 180 C-M, effective June 13, 1968, and 197 C-M, effective December 12, 1968, repealed by Ordinance No. 349 C-M, effective February 27, 1975. Sections 4-3.101 through 4-3.110 as added by said Ordinance No. 349 C-M, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 350 C-M and 351 C-M, effective March 13, 1975, 353 C-M, effective April 24, 1975, and 381 C-M, effective April 22, 1976, repealed by Ordinance No. 432 C-M, effective July 13, 1978. Sections 4-3.101 through 4-3.110, as added by said Ordinance No. 432 C-M, as amended by Ordinance No. 455 C-M, effective March 29, 1979, repealed by Ordinance No. 536-81 C-M, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 558-82 C-M, effective July 22, 1982, and 586-83 C-M, effective March 10, 1983, repealed by Ordinance No. 629-84 C-M, effective March 15, 1984. Sections 4-3.101 through 4-3.126, as added by said Ordinance No. 629-84 C-M, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 649-84 C-M, effective September 13, 1984, and 690-86 C-M, effective March 20, 1986, repealed by Ordinance No. 738-87 C-M, effective April 23, 1987. Sections 4-3.101 through 4-3.125, as added by Ordinance No. 738-87 C-M, effective November 28, 1989, repealed by Ordinance No. 899-92 C-M, effective October 1, 1992. Sections 4-3.101 through 4-3.120, as added by Ordinance No. 899-92 C-M, effective October 1, 1992, repealed by Ordinance No. 1230-07 (CM), effective January 1, 2008.

The Fire Chief or other Fire Department officer in charge of Fire Department operations at a fire or other emergency to which the Fire Department has responded may establish, or cause to be established, fire lines within which no vehicle, person, or thing shall be permitted except with the permission of the Fire Chief or other Fire Department officer, and then only as he may direct.

(§ 1, Ord. 1232-07 (CM), eff. January 1, 2008)

No person shall molest, interfere with, prevent, or attempt to prevent any officer or member of the Fire or Police Department from performing their duties at a fire or other emergency. No person shall prevent, prohibit, or attempt to prevent or prohibit any member of the Fire or Police Department from entering premises upon which a fire has occurred in order to make an investigation into the cause and other circumstances of any fire.

(§ 1, Ord. 1232-07 (CM), eff. January 1, 2008)

No person, not the owner or tenant of the property upon which a fire occurs or exists, except members of the Fire or Police Department, shall enter upon such property, except with the permission of the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief or Police Chief may prohibit the entry to such property of any person, including owners and tenants, whenever the Fire Chief or Police Chief determines that such entry might endanger lives, damage property, or interfere with any investigation relating to such fire.

(§ 1, Ord. 1232-07 (CM), eff. January 1, 2008)

No vehicle shall be driven over any fire hose laid down upon any street, alley, private driveway, or other public or private premises for the purposes of suppressing a fire, controlling any emergency, fire drill, practice, or test, except at such place and in such manner as the Fire Chief may direct. Neither shall any person damage or destroy any such fire hose by whatever method or means.

(§ 1, Ord. 1232-07 (CM), eff. January 1, 2008)