HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 286-65I
ORDINANCE NO.286
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE M[JNICIPAL
CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO,BY ADDING
SECTION 19.2,THE SAME PERTAINING TO TIRE RESTRIC
TIONS ON VEHICLES OPERATING OR MOVING ON THE STREETS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF
ESTE S PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.That Chapter 19 of the Municipal Code of the
Town of Estes Park,Colorado be and the same is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following:
19.2 Restrictions On Tire Ecuipment on Streets.
(1)Vehicle Defined.Every device in,upon or by
which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn
upon a public roadway,excepting devices usually moved by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(2)Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall
have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch
thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
(3)No person shall operate or move on any street
any vehicle having any metal tire in contact with the roadway.
(4)No tire on a vehicle moved on a street shall
have on its periphery any block stud,flange,cleat,or spike or
any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which
projects beyond the tread on the traction surface of the tire
except that it shall be permissive to use farm machinery with
tires having protuberances which will not in the opinion of the
Superintendent of the Street Department injure the street,and
except also that it shall be permissible to use tire chains of
reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety
because of snow,ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle
to skid.
(5)The Superintendent of the Street Department,in
his discretion,may issue special permits authorizing the operation
upon a street of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks
with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable
tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery,the operation
of which upon a street would otherwise be prohibited under this
article.
Section 2.The Board of Trustees herewith finds,determines
and designates that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace,health and 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.
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Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Town Clerk
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