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ORDINANCE NO. /~
(Series of 1971)
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC WITHIN THE
CITY OF ASPEN, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE "MODEL TRAFFIC
CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES" AS APPROVED AND PUB-
LISHED IN 1970 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OF THE
STATE OF COLORADO AND INCLUDING IN SAID CODE REFERENCES
TO A SECONDARY CODE OFFICIALLY TITLED "UNIFORM TRAFFIC
CONTROL DEVICES FOR ALL CLASSES OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS"
OF CURRENT ISSUE ALSO PUBLISHED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HIGHWAYS; AND AMENDING SECTION 10-2 OF SAID CODE;
AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES THEREOF.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1. Adoption.--Pursuant to Article 34 of
Chapter 139, Colorado Revised Statutes 1963, there is
hereby adopted for the purpose of regulating traffic
within the City of Aspen that certain primary code known
as the "Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities"
embodying references to a secondary code of traffic con-
trol devices as jointly described in the title of this
ordinance of which three (3) copies of both primary code
and secondary code, together with traffic control schedules
for designated streets, have been filed in the office of
the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business
hours, the same being adopted as if set out at length.
Section 2. Amendment.--Code Section 10-2 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 10-2. Obedience to angle-parking signs
or markings.--On those streets
which have been approved and
signed or marked for angle
parking, no person shall stop,
stand or park a vehicle other
than at the angle to the curb
or edge of the roadway indicated
by such signs or markings; and
such vehicle shall be so parked
with its front right wheel no
more than six (6) inches from the
curb.
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Section 3. Penalties.--The following penalties,
herewith set forth in full, shall apply to this ordinance:
(a) It is unlawful for any person to violate any
of the provisions stated or adopted in this ordinance.
(b) Every person convicted of a violation of any
provision stated or adopted in this ordinance 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 4. Application.--This ordinance shall apply
to every street, alley, sidewalk area, driveway, park, and
to every other public way or public parking area within
the corporate limits of this municipality, the use of which
this municipality has jurisdiction to regulate. The pro-
visions of Sections 5-1, 5-2, 15-12 and 23-3 of the adopted
Model Traffic Code respectively concerning careless driving,
reckless driving, unauthorized devices, and accident investi-
gation shall apply not only to public places and ways but
also throughout this municipality.
Section 5. Validity.--If any part or parts of this
ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each
part or parts thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one part or parts be declared invalid.
Section 6. Repeal.--Existing ordinances or parts of
ordinances covering the same matters as embrace~ in this
ordinance are hereby repealed and all ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal
shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment
of any person for any act done or committed in violation
of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect
of this ordinance.
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Section 7. Interpretation.--This ordinance shall be
so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general
purpose to make uniform the local traffic regulations
contained herein. Article and section headings of the
ordinance and adopted Model Traffic Code shall not be
deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect
the scope, meaning or extent of the provisions of any
article or section thereof.
Section 8. Short Title.--This ordinance may be
known and cited as the Municipal Traffic Ordinance.
Section 9. Publication.--The City Clerk shall
certify to the passage of this ordinance, cause notice
of its contents and passage to be published or posted,
and make not less than three copies of the adopted Code
and the related Traffic Control Manual available for
inspection by the public during regular business hours.
Section 10. A public hearing on the Ordinance shall
be held at ~...,~ c~: /~/ , at ~.'o~' P.M.
in the City o~neil ~ambers, City Hall, Aspen Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided
by law by the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado
on the ~7~
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
day
FINALLY ADOPTED,
, 1971.
ATTE ST:
~ CITY CLERK
PASSED AND APPROVED this
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NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given of a hearing before the City
Council of Aspen, Colorado, on the ~ day of ~..~ . ,
1971, at the City Hall for the purpose of con~ering~e adoption
by reference of the "Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities",
the traffic ordinance of the City of Aspen,
1970 revision, as
Colorado.
Copies of this Model Code and the Colorado Traffic Con-
trol Manual referred to in said ordinance are on file at the office
of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours.
If enacted as an ordinance of this City, the Model Code will not be
published in full, but in accordance with State Law, copies will be
kept on file and also made available for distribution and sale to
the public.
The "Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities", and
the related Traffic Control Manual of current issue were published by
the State Department of Highways, Denver, Colorado for the purpose
of providing uniform traffic regulation and control in municipalities
throughout the State of Colorado. The ordinance may be known and
cited as the Municipal Traffic Ordinance.
At its next regular meeting following this hearing, the
City Council will consider passage of the adopting Ordinance.
This notice given and published by order of the Council
of said City.
D~ted this .-~ day o ,~,~,~, , 1971.
Czty of Aspen, Colorado.
City Clerk
First notice of hearing ~ ~ , 1971.
Second notice of hearzng ~-~ /J , 1971.
STATE OF C~LORADO)
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COUNTY OF PITKIN )
s s CERT IF I CATE
City ClerE of Aspen, Colorado,
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~n~roduced, read in full, and passed on
first
reading at a regular meeting of the
City of Asoen on June 28
ed in
ation, published in the City of Asoen, Colorado, in its
issue of July 1 , 1~71 , an~ was finally
adopted and aDoroved at a regular meeting of the City
Council on
as Ordinance No. 16
orovided by law.
IN WITNESS %~EREOF,
July 26
,197 1 ~and ordered published
Series of 197 1~ of said City,
I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said C~_y of As~en~ Colorado,
~ay of July __~ 1')7__1.
this
27th
SEAL
/Lorraine Graves, Czty Cler!<
City Council of the
,1~71 , and nublish-
the AsDen Times, a weekly newsoaner of general ci'-cul-
as
· . ~.m?, Lorraine Graves,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was