HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 06-25ORDINANCE NO. 06-25
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10.04 OF THE ESTES PARK MUNICIPAL
CODE REGARDING PARKING PROHIBITIONS
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, has
determined that it is in the best interest of the Town to amend a section of the Municipal
Code of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 10.04.030 of the Estes Park Municipal Code is hereby
amended, by adding underlined material, to read as follows;
10.04.030 Parking prohibited.
No person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places:
(1) Any location adjacent to red curb or within 15 feet of fire hydrant.
(2) Any location within a hatch-painted no parking area.
(3) Any location in a public parking lot where a parking space is not designated
with painted markings.
(4) Any parking space designed Reserved or Police Reserved with painted
markings.
(5) Parking for longer than thirty (30) minutes is prohibited within any active
loading zone (designated with signs, yellow curb, or painted hatch marking)
between the hours 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Parking is permitted in a designated
loading zone between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(6) No vehicle shall park on the pavement of any public street or public parking lot
except where on-street parking spaces are designated with painted markings
or signs installed by the Town or CDOT.
(7) No vehicle shall park within more than one (1) parking space designated by
painted lines. Vehicles pulling trailers, recreational vehicles, and buses are
permitted to occupy two (2) linearly contiguous spaces or spaces designated
oversized vehicle with painted markings.
(8) Vehicles less than twenty (20) feet in length are prohibited from parking in
spaces designated oversized vehicle with painted markings.
(9) No vehicle shall be parked alona a public street more than twelve (12) inches
from the curb, in parallel or angled parking.
(10) No vehicle shall be parked in parallel on a public street such that the vehicle
faces opposite the requireddirection oftraffic for the side of the street upon
which it is parked.
(11) No vehicle shall be parked so as to obstruct a walkway, driveway or service
drive, includina in any manner that violates section 12.08.040.
(12) No vehicle in excess of 192 inches (16 feet) in length^hall be parked in a stall
desianated compact as indicated bv siqnaae or pavement markings.
Section 2: Section 10.04.040 of the Estes Park Municipal Code is hereby
repealed and replaced with the following language:
10.04.040 Overnight parking prohibited.
(a) No person shall park a vehicle, trailer or recreational vehicle in any Town-
owned parking lot overnight or longer than eighteen (18) hours.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle, trailer or recreational vehicle in any Town-
owned street right-of-way within or immediately adjacent to the Downtown
Commercial zoning district as defined in the Development Code, nor along
McGregorAve. south of E. Wonderview Ave., overnight or longer than eighteen
(18) hours. For the purposes of this paragraph, "immediately adjacent" includes
the entire width of a street right-of-way bordering the Downtown Commercial
district on at least one side of the right-of-way.
(c) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(1) The Director of Public Works or designee may authorize overnight
parking by parking permit or revocable encroachment permit.
(2) The Director of Events and Visitor Services, or designee, may permit
overnight parking at the Events Complex and its parking lots for contractors and
participants in special events.
Section 3: Section 10.04.050(a) of the Estes Park Municipal Code is hereby
amended, by adding underlined material and deleting stricken material, to read as
follows:
10.04.050 Time-limited parking.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to park or direct another person to park a
vehicle in an on-street space or public off-street parking space for a length of
time greater than the time limit indicated on the posted signage during the hours
of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during the months of May thru ScptembcrOctober.
Section 4: This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days after
its adoption and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park,^Colorado this Zz^dav of M7e^,2025.
TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO
ATTEST:
T<Nn Clerku
I hereby certify that the above Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees on the z-z^dav of_{\PSHI^ 2025 and published by
title in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, on the iS
day of_P^tz^t— _, 2025, all as required by the Statutes of the State of
Colorado.
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ToWK Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Town Attorney