HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 14-71•‘a
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES A:K,COLORADO:
Section ].Ad tion.——-Pruat to Article 3.of
Chapter 139,Colorado Revised Statutes 1963,there is hereby
adopted for the purpose of regulating traffic within the
Town of Estes Park,Colorado that certain.’primary code know
as the “Model Traffic Code for Co1orido Municipalities’t
embodying references to a secondary code ‘of traffic.control
devices as jointl described in the title of this ordinance
of which three (3)copies of both primary code and secondary
code,together with traffic control schedules for designated
streets,have been filed in the office of the Town Clerk and
‘mey be inspected during regular business hours,the sane
being adopted as if set out at length save and except the
following sections which are not so adopted and are expres1y
deleted:2&—1 through 26-13.
Section 2.Penaltiea.-—-The following penalties,
herewith set forth in full,shall apply to this ordinance:
It is uniawftg.for any person to violate
ons stated or adopted in this ordinance,
(b)Every person convicted of a violation of
any provision stated or adopted in this ordlcance shall be
punished by a fine not exceedin the hundred dollars
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0’DINANCE NO -14-71
•AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC
•WITHIN THE TOWN OF ESTES PA,COLORADO,
ADOPTING 3Y REFERENCE THE “MODEL TRAPFIC
,••‘•‘CODE FOR COLORADO NUNICIPALITIES”AS
APPROVED AND PUBLISHED IN 1970 BY E
DEPARTMENT OF H tGfFFJAYS OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO AND INCLUDING IN SAID CODE
REFERENCES TO A SECONDARY CODE OFFICIALLY
TITLED UNIFORi1 TRAFFIC D’L’ROL DEVICES
F’OI ALL CLASSES OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
OF CURRENT ISSUE ALSO PU3LISHED BY THE
STATE DEPANTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.ANENDING
SECTION 19.1 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
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TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO,AND REPEALING
ALL OdI)INANCES OR PARTS O ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
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($300.00),or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90)days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3.Application.---This ordinance shall apply
to every street,alley,sidewalk area,driveway,park,and
to every ot.her public way or publIc parking area within the
corporate limits of this municipality,the use of which this
municipality has jurisdiction to regulate.The provisions
of Sections 5—1,5—2,15-12 and 23-3 of the adopted Model
Traffic Code respectively concerning careless driving,
reckless driving,unauthorized devices,and accident
investigation shall apply not only to public places and
ways but also throughout this municipality.
Section Ii..That SectIon 19.1 of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado be and the same is
hereby amended to read:
l9i Model Traffic Code Adopted.There is hereby
adopted,and incorporated herein by reference,for the
purpose of regulating traffic within the Town of Estes Park,
Colorado,that certain primary code known as the “Model
Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities”as approved and
published in 1970 by the Department of Highways of the State
of Colorado and including in 3aid Code references to a
Secondary Code officially titled “Unifor;Traffic Control
Devices for all Classes of Streets and Highways”.
Section 5.ValIdIty.——If any part or parts of this
ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid,such
decision ha1l not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance.The Board of ‘ustoes hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each
part or parts hereDf,irrespective of the fact that any
one part or parts be declared invalid.
Section 6.Repeal.---Existing ordinances or parts
of ordinances covering the same matters as embraced in this
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ordInance are hereby repealed and all ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed,except that this repeal
shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment
of any person for any act done or committed in violation
of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect
of this ordinance.
Section 7r.Interprotation.—-—Thia ordinance
be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its
general purpose to make uniform the local traffic
regulations contained herein,Article and section headings
of the ordinance and adopted Model Traffic Code shall not
be deemed to govern,unit,nodify or in any nsnner affect
the scope,meaning or extent of the provisions of any
article or seotion thereof.
SectIon 8.$hort Title.———This ordinance nay be
known and cited as the Municipal Traffic Ordinance,
Section 9.Publication,-——The Town Clark shall
certify to the passage of Lhis ordinance,caune notice of
its contents and passage to be published or posted,and
make not lens than three oo,ies of the adopted Code and
the related Traffic Control Manual available for inspection
by tho ublIc during regular business hours.
Section 10.Effctjvo Date.---The Board of Trustees
herewith finds,determines and designates that this ordInance
is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety for regulation of traffic affects the
public health and safety,and whereas in the opinion of
the Board of Trustees an emergency exists,this ordinance
shall tako effect and be in force Live (5)days after its
final passage,adoption and publication.
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PASSED BY THE’BOARD OF TrUSTEES AFTER PUBLIC IARING
AND SIGNED THIS 12th -DA OF JITL,1971.
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Mayor
(SEAL)
TOWN OF ESTES PA COLORADO
Town Clerk
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