HomeMy WebLinkAbout080 - 06/03/1986 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE, 1977 EDITION ORDINANCE NO. 80 , 1986
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 114-2 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO
THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES,
1977 EDITION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS:
Section 114-2 (Amendments) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 1 . Section 114-2A is amended to set out the following
additional amendments to the provisions of the Model Traffic Code, in
numerical sequence with previous amendments:
Section 22-20, Authority to Impound Vehicles, Subsections (a)-(d) , are
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22-20. Authority to impound or immobilize vehicles;
prohibited acts.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Abandoned motor vehicle" means:
A. Any motor vehicle left unattended on private
property for a period of twenty-four (24) hours or
longer without the consent of the owner or lessee
of such property or his legally authorized agent;
or
B. Any motor vehicle left unattended on public
property, including any portion of a street or
highway right-of-way, within the municipality for a
period of twenty-four (24) hours or longer unless
the owner or driver has conspicuously affixed
thereto a dated notice indicating his intention to
return or has otherwise notified the appropriate
law enforcement agency of his intention to remove
the same within seventy-two (72) hours.
(b) No person shall abandon any motor vehicle upon public
property or upon private property other than his own.
Abandoned motor vehicles may be towed and impounded in
accordance with the provisions of Part 16 of Article 4 of
title 42, C.R.S.
(c) Whenever any police officer finds a motor vehicle, attended
or unattended, standing upon any portion of a street or
highway right-of-way within this municipality in such a
manner as to constitute a violation of section 10-5 of this
Code, such officer is authorized to cause the motor vehicle
to be moved to eliminate any such obstruction or to tow and
impound the vehicle in accordance with the provisions of
Part 16 of Article 4 of title 42, C.R.S.
(d) If the owner of a vehicle does not respond to a notice sent
to him by the Clerk of the Court or Traffic Violations
Bureau pursuant to section 22-13 of this Code and any police
officer finds such vehicle standing upon any portion of a
street or highway right-of-way or other public property
within this municipality, then such police officer is
authorized to immobilize such vehicle by installing on or
attaching to such vehicle a device designed to restrict the
normal movement of the vehicle, provided that such police
officer shall attach to the vehicle a notice advising the
owner, driver or person in charge of the vehicle that the
vehicle was immobilized because of failure to respond to a
notice regarding illegal parking and that release from such
immobilization may be obtained by contacting the Police
Department and arranging for payment of all fines or other
penalties applicable to such vehicle, including the charge
established by the Court for immobilizing the vehicle, or
posting a bond in such amount and arranging for a trial
before the Municipal Court.
Section 22-21, Disposal of Abandoned Vehicle, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 22-21. Storage and disposal of abandoned and illegally
parked motor vehicles. - Vehicles removed from public or private
property within this municipality and placed in storage as
provided in section 22-20 of this Code shall be stored and
disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Part 16 of
Article 4 of title 42, C.R.S.
Section 2. The effective date for this ordinance is July 1, 1986.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered
published this 20th day of May, A.D. 1986, and to be presented for final
passage on the 3rd day of June, A.D. 1986.
Mayor
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of June, A.D. 1986.
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