Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 2 Use of Fire Protection Facilities Regulated

* Article 2 entitled “False Fire Alarms”, consisting of Section 4-3.201, codified from Ordinance No. 32 O.S., repealed by Section 2, Ordinance No. 107 C-M, effective December 23, 1965.

No person shall make or give or cause a false alarm of fire to be made or given by any means whatsoever.

(§ 1, Ord. 108 C-M, eff. December 23, 1965)

No person shall obstruct or block, or cause to be obstructed or blocked, in a manner which renders inaccessible, inoperable, difficult to see, or otherwise inconspicuous, any public fire hydrant, fire alarm box, or fire station by parking or stopping a vehicle, piling or stacking materials, or by any other means, whether or not such fire hydrant, fire alarm box, or other facility shall be on public or private property.

(§ 1, Ord. 108 C-M, eff. December 23, 1965)

No person shall wilfully damage, destroy, deface, or otherwise render inoperable any fire apparatus, fire equipment, fire hydrant, fire alarm system, or any part thereof, or any building housing fire apparatus, personnel, or fire alarm facilities of the Fire Department.

(§ 1, Ord. 108 C-M, eff. December 23, 1965)

No person shall obstruct or block, or cause to be obstructed or blocked, in a manner which renders inaccessible, inoperable, or inconspicuous any exit from any building which is clearly marked as an exit or the Fire Department connections to any privately-owned dry standpipe, automatic sprinkler system, or ammonia diffuser by parking a vehicle, piling or stacking materials, or by any other means.

(§ 1, Ord. 108 C-M, eff. December 23, 1965)

No person shall connect a hose or other device to, or draw water from, any publicly-owned fire hydrant for purposes other than the suppression of fires or training of the Fire Department except with the written permission of the Director of Public Works and in the manner prescribed by the Fire Chief.

(§ 1, Ord. 108 C-M, eff. December 23, 1965)