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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 189ORDINANCE NO.1 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAYS PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS THEREON AND PART ICULARLY RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAY NO.16 IN THE TUN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO,DEDICATING THE SANE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AS A PART OF STATE HIGHWAY NO.16 AND RECOGNIZING THE RIGHTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE SAME. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TI-fE TCWN CF ESTES PARK,COLORADO: Section 1.That the public necessity and convenience requires that a portion of State Highway No.16,which lies in and on a street of said Town of Estee Park, be widened and reconstructed in accordance with the plans and specifications of Project No.C—06—O0i6—1O of the Department of Highways,State of Colorado. Section 2.That the portions of the said Streets are hereby dedicated to the People of the State of Colorado as connecting links in and as a part of Colorado State Highway No.16;recognizing that they may be relocated or abandoned,as orovided by law for State Highways,and recognizing that the streets or highways have priority over local intersecting streets. Section 3.That the Town of Estes Park recognizes the right of the Depart ment of Highways,State of Colorado and its contractor or contractors,to proceed at once or at any tine in the future,to construct the connecting links of Colorado State Highway No.16 in the Town of fetes Park on the portions of the streets in volved0 Section 4.That portions of the Streets,Nhen constructed and improved,shall remain through Streets;that the Town of Estes Park acknowledges the right of the Colorado Department of Highways to place signs and warnings at points selected by the Department for the purpose of informing the traveling public that the portions of the Streets are through Streets,and for the purpose of requiring such stops and speeds and other traffic controls as may be necessary to protect the traveling public in the use of said portions of the Streets.That no commercial activity or encroach ment shall be permitted within the right—of—way boundaries of said Streets,and that the width from curb to curb of said Streets shall be a minimum of 54 feet. Section 5.That on no portion of any State Highway or connecting link within the said Town of Estee Park shall any person violate any of the provisions of Chapter 13,Colorado Revised Statutes,1953,nor any of the laws amending the same, or any of the rules or regulations issued in pursuance thereof. Section 6.That parking is hereby prohibited at those points along the portions of said Streets which are within twenty (20)feet of any intersection; that parking when and where pennitted shall be parallel as provided by law for parallel parking;that upon the basis of gincering and traffic investigations by the Department of Highways,and by the Town of Estes Park it has been determined that a reasonable and true prima fade speed limit on portions of said Streets shall be a minirrnmi of 25 miles per hour in the business district and a minimum of 30 miles per hour on the remaining portions,provided that standard 3ign3 arc erected giving notice of tha authorized speed as provided by Chapter 13,Article 13.,Section 33(L3.) and 313.(2),Colorado Revised Statutes,1953. Section 7.That there shall be no parking whatsoever on any roadway or con tiguous shoulder of any State Highway or connection link within the said Town of Estes Park during the times and at the places where snow removal operations arc in progress. Section 8.That any violation of this Ordinance shall be punishable in the police court of the Town of Estes Park by penalty as provided by Ordinance No.155 of the Town of Estes Park regulating the use of public strets.That any police officer of the said Town of Estee Park is hereby authorized and required to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance and the Police astrate shall have jusdiction to hear and try any person charged with its violation and if such person be guilty, to punish such person as provided in the above mentioned Ordinance No.155. Section 9.That in order to establish the streets and connecting links it will be necessary to take and purchase certain property included within the above described right—of—way.By this Ordinance the said Town of Estes Park recognizes the right of the Department of ::ihrays to purchase or condemn any such private property. Section 10.That all traffic end parking regulations hereafter adopted which pertain to the streets and roadway which form a part of the State Highway System or being a connecting link thereof,shall be submitted to the Department of Highways for approval in acccrdance with the provisions of Chapter 202,Section 35(d)of the Session Laws of Colorado,1953,before they shall become effective. —2— Section 11.That all parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 12.That if any provision of this Ordinance,or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid,such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be ven effect without the invalid irovisions or applications,and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 13.That this Ordinance is necessary to protect and preserve the public health,safety,convenience and general welfare and that certain funds now available to construct the portions of said Highways must be used within a short period of time or be forfeited and it is enacted for that purpose and shall be in force and effect iuunediately after passage and final publication. Introduced,read,passed and adopted this th day of September,l95. Attest: Verne FL44 o ,own Clerk _.