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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.055-86 ORDINANCE NO. ~ D (Series of 1986) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22-2(b) (2) OF THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH SETS FORTH AMENDMENTS TO SECTION ll-1 OF THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES TO PROHIBIT STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING WITHIN FIVE (5) FEET OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DRIVEWAY OR ALLEYWAY, PROHIBITING PARKING IN ALLEYWAYS; AND PRESCRIBING THE PENALTY THEREFOR WHEREAS, the City of Aspen has adopted the Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities; and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Aspen, its inhabitants and visitors, to amend Section 22-2(b)(2) which set forth amendments to Section ll-1 of the Model Traffic Code to prohibit stopping, standing or parking within five (5) feet of a public or private driveway or alleyway and to prohibit parking in alleyways; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1 That Section 22-2(b)(2) of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen be amended to read as follows: "(2) Section ll-1. Model Traffic Code Section ll-1 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section ll-1. Stopping, standing or parking in specified places. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places: (1) On a sidewalk; (2) Within five (5) feet of a public or private driveway or alleyway; (3) Within an intersection; (4) Within five (5) feet of a fire hydrant; (5) On a crosswalk; (6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; (7) Within thirty (30) feet of the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway; (8) In alleyways except during the necessary and expeditious loading and unloading of merchandise or freight; (9) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by official signs and markings; (10) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad; (11) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of said entrance when- properly signposted; (12) Alongside or opposite any street or roadway excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic; (13) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street; (14) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street or highway or within a street or highway or within a street or highway tunnel; (15) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking; (16) Within two (2) feet of a walkway leading to a residence where no sidewalk exists." Section 2 The penalty shall be as set forth in Section 22-2(c) of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen which provides: "(c) Penalties. The following penalties, herewith set forth in full shall apply to this section: (1) It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions stated or adopted in this section. (2) Every person convicted of a violation of any provision stated or adopted in this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment." Section 3 The City Clerk is hereby directed to submit the regulations set forth in Section 1 of this ordinance to the State Department of Highways for approval pursuant to Section 43-2-135, C.R.S., insofar as said regulations may affect streets which are state highway. Section 4 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional in a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. Section 5 Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to affect any right, duty or liability under any ordinances in effect prior to the effective date of this ordinance, and the same shall be continued and concluded under such prior ordinance. Section 6 A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the o~ day of ~ , 1986, in the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado. INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law by the City Council of the City of Aspen on the /~C~ day of ~ , 1986. William n. StiFling, Mayor/ ATTEST: Kathryn ~Kocff, City Clerk  opted, passed and approved this~/~day of / , 1986. // William L. Stirling, Mayor ~ ATTEST: Kathryn S~Koc~, City Clerk