HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.001-49ORDINANCE NO. ~
(SERIES OF 19~9)
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF AND TRAFFIC UPON MAIN STREET
~-~TWEEN MONAiqCH AND MILL-~REk-~S', IN THE---~O~_~P.~. CO-~O,
PROVIDING-A PENAL-~ ~-0-~-THE VIOLAT~-~N ~--HER-~, ~.EP--~G ALL ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HERE~,~ITM, AND DECL.~ING AN EMERGENCY THEREFOR.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN:
Section 1. That it shall be unla~ul for sLy person to park
any motor or other vehicle, which shall also include bicycles and
motorcycles, or to park any animal, ~t any time, except for the
purpose ~nd to the extend hereinafter permitted, anywhere on the
North half of Main Street between Monarch and Mill Streets in the
City of Aspen, Colorado.
Section 2. Tbst the Chief of Police shall cause to be erected
and maintained, such visible signs as he may deem necessary to warn
the public of the parking restrictions contained herein at such
suitable locations as he may select.
Section 3. That nothing herein contained shall prevent sLy
person from p~.rking any vehicle parallel with the parkway along
the area described in Section I hereof, for the purposes Of loading
or discharging passengers, or for loading or unloading baggage,
luggage, freight or express, but in any or all such cases, mlch
p~rking shall be limited to not exceeding thirty minutes.
Section 4. That the parking restrictions herein contained
shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles of the fire de-
partment and oolice department of said city nor to ~ny ambulance
or any vehicle used as an ambulance while on call.
Section 5. That the orovisions of this ordinance shall ~lso
a~ply to the operator of any vehicle owne~ or leased or used in
the service of the United States Government, the State of Colorado,
or any county, or
SLy such operator
Lance,
the City of Aspen, and it shall be unlawful for
to violate any of the ~orovisions of this ordi-
exz~?~t ss otherwise permitted in this ordina.nc
Section 6. Thet it shsll be unlawful for ~ny person to place
or mslntein or to display upon or in view uoon or in the ~rea de-
fined in Section i hereof, ~ny unofficisl sign, signal or device
w~ich purports to be, or is sn imitstion of, or resembles, an
official traffic or psrking sign. Every such prohibited sign,
signal or device is hereby declared to be ~ public nuisance, and
the Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove the seme without
notice.
Section 7.
psrking of motor
Mein Street neer
Thst nothing herein contained sh~ll prevent the
or other vehicles ~long the South side line of
the sidewelk in the City of As~oen, Color~do, and
such psrking shall be ~ng~lsr to the sidewslk, tskin~ only such
sp~ce es m~y be necessary therefor with due consideration for the
rights of others. No m~ch psrking ga~ll be within twenty feet of
~ny street corner; ~nd it shall be unle~ul for ~ny operator of
~ny motor or other vehicle to oerk any such vehicle on the South
h~lf of Mein Street in the City of Asoen, Color~do, other th~n ss
provided herein.
Section 8. That eny person who sh~ll violate sny orovision
of this Ordinance shall be guilty of ~ violstion of this Ordinance,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be ounished by ~ fine of not
to exceed Five Dollars (~5.00) for esch such offense.
Section 9. If any provision of this Ordinance or the ~pplic~-
tion thereof to ~ny person or circumstences is held invelid, such
invalidity shell not ~ffect other orovisions or applicetions of the
Ordinence which cen be given effect without the invalid orovision or
~pplic~tion, end to this end the orovisions of this Ordinance ere
declared to be severable.
Section 10. That in the opinion of the Council, this Ordinance
is deemed necessary to control tr~ffic upon M~in Street in the City
of Aspen, end in the opinion of the Council ~n emergency exists ~nd
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this Ordinance is deemed necessary for the preservation of the
public peace, health, property and safety, and shall therefore
take effect immediately ~oon its passage and publication as pro-
vided by law.
Section ll. Each and every Ordinance or part of ordinance in
conflict herewith is hereby repealed.
Introduced and read and ordered published by the affirmative
vote
City
held on June 6th,
Adopted and
three-fourths of
Aspen, Colorado,
A. D. I949.
of three-fourths of all members of the City Council of the
of Aspen, Colorado, at s regular meeting of s~id Council,
A. D. 1949.
ordered published by the affirmative vote of
all men, ers of the City Council of the City of
at a regular meeting of said City Council held
D. 1949,
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~nd approved on the ~, day of July,
~" ~ M~yor.
ATTEST:
STATE OF COLOP~DO, )
)SS.
COUNTY OF PITKIN. )
I, ETHEL M. FROST, ss City Clerk of the City of Aspen, Colorado
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was intro-
duced, read in full and oassed first re~ding at the regular meeting
of the City Council held~June 6th, A. D. 19~9, and oublished in The
Aspen Times, a weekly newspaper of general clrcul~tlon published st
the City of Asoen, Color~do, in its issue of June __~___, 19'49, and
was finally pa~sed, adooted snd~])~rovea at the regul~r meeting of
s~id City Council ~%d ~uly ~-~, tgAPg, ~nd was ordered published
as Ordinance No. ~.___ (Series of 1999) of said City, as orovided
by law.
IN WIT~,IESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto.~et my hand and the seal
of the City of Aspen, Colorado, this ~ ~-day of July, A.D. 19~9.
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