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Fire Marshal. "No Smoking" signs shall be of a color, size, lettering, and location approved by the City Manager or designee or Fire Department. No person shall remove" No Smoking" signs or lights, or ignite or otherwise set a fire to or smoke any cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco, or other form of smoldering substance, nor hold possess, throw, or deposit an lighted or smoldering substance in any place where occasion or action would constitutes a fire or life hazard. The Manager or person in charge of the premises shall be responsible for enforcing this regulation once ordered by the Authority Having Jurisdiction. Section 11. Required Access for Fire Annaratus. A. All premises, including existing premises, that the Emergency Services may be called upon to protect in case of fire and not readily accessible from public roads, shall be provided with suitable gates and access roads so that all buildings on the premises are accessible to fire apparatus. (1) Fire and emergency access shall be provided by an owner of commercial, professional, and multi-family occupancy buildings. This access shall comply with the following, unless otherwise approved by the A.H,J.: a) have an unobstructed width of not less than twenty (20) feet; b) have a minimum distance from the right-of-way of not less than fifteen (15) feet. c) all fire and emergency access shall be constructed to meet the minimum city or county standards; d) Fire emergency access shall not be obstructed in any manner, including the parking of vehicles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, security gates are permitted if constructed to meet the minimum city or county standards. B. Additional Access. A property owner shall be required to create more than one fire apparatus access road if the City Manager or designee or Fire Marshal determines that an existing fire apparatus access road is impaired by vehicle congestion, condition of terrain, climatic conditions or other factors that could limit access to the property. C. Existing Access. It is a violation of this Code for any person to eliminate any existing access without the approval of the City of Sunny Isles Beach or the Fire Marshal. Section 12. Security Gates and Barricades. It is unlawful for any owner or other person in control of public or private property to have a security gate located on or restricting access to his or her property or property under his or her control unless the gate has been approved under the standards established by the City of Sunny Isles Beach or Miami-Dade County. A. All electronic access control gate to structures and properties that may require emergency services that restrict the free ingress and egress of emergency vehicles and are not 4 U:\LEGlSTLATION\Draft Ordinances\2006\Fire Prevention Regulations.doc