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ORDINANCE NO.19-71
AN ORDINANCE AHENDING SECTIONS i6.L AND
16.OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN
OF ES1S PARK,COLORADO,RELATING TO
ACCDMULATIONS OF TURK,TRASH AND WASTE
MATTER.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.That Sections l6.L and i6..of the
Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado are
amended to read as follows:
i6.L Accumulations of Junk,Trash or Waste Matter
Prohibited.It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or
permit junk,scrap metal,scrap lumber,waste paper products,
discarded building materials,furniture or furnishings,or
any unused abandoned vehicle,vehicles or abandoned parts,
machinery or machinery parts,human or animal feces,or any
other waste material of any kind,to be left or accumulated
in or upon any yard,garden,lawn,outbuilding or premises
in the Town,unless in conjunction with a business enterprise
lawfully situated and licensed for same.
l6..Abatement of Unlawful Accumulations.In lieu
of prosecuting any person for violating Section l6.L of this
Code,the Chief of Police is hereby authorized and empowered
to examine or cause to be examined every premises suspected
to contain an unlawful accumulation of the waste material
set forth in Section 16.L1 of this Code,and ii the same be
found,to give to the person responsible for the same,or the
owner or occupant of the premises upon which the same is found,
a written notice stating that an unlawful accumulation of such
waste material has been found upon the premises and directing
the person to whom the notice is addressed to eliminate the
violation within a reasonable time specified in such notice.
The time so provided shall be commensurate with the work
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required to be done to correct the unlawful condition.Proper
service of any such notice shall be by personal service upon
the person responsible for the unlawful accumulation,or the
owner,authorized property management agent,or the occupant
of the premises,or in case no such person is found on the
premises at the time service is attempted,or no such person
can be found within the corporate limits of the Town,then by
posting such notice in some conspicuous place on the premises.
It shall be unlawful for any person,so served,to fail to
comply with said notice.
Section 2.The Board of Trustees of the Town of
Estes Park herewith finds,determines and designates that
this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public peace,health and safety,for the regulation
of accumulations of junk,trash and waste affects the public
peace,health nd safety,and whereas in the opinion of the
Board of Trustees an emergency exists,this ordinance shall
take effect and be in force five (5)days after its final
passage,adoption and publication.
Mayor
Town Clerk
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