HomeMy WebLinkAbout031 - 04/05/1988 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE, 1977 EDITION ORDINANCE NO. 31, 1988
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 28-17 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 that Section
28-17 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1 . That Subsections (26) (a) through (c) , amending Section
22-20 of the Model Traffic Code entitled "Authority to impound or
immobilize vehicles, prohibited acts, " are amended to read as follows:
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) Abandoned vehicle means:
a. Any 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 or her
legally authorized agent; or
b. Any 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 or her intention to return or
has otherwise notified the appropriate law
enforcement agency of his or her intention to
remove the same within seventy-two (72) hours.
(b) No person shall abandon any vehicle upon public
property or upon private property other than his or her own.
Abandoned vehicles may be towed and impounded in accordance
with the provisions of Title 42, Article 4, Part 16, C.R.S.
(c) Whenever any police officer finds a 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 vehicle to be
moved to eliminate any such obstruction or to tow and
impound the vehicle in accordance with the provisions of
Title 42, Article 4, Part 16. C.R.S.
Section 2. That Subsection (27) , amending Section 22-21 of the Model
Traffic Code, entitled "Disposal of abandoned vehicle, " is amended to read
as follows:
(27) Section 22-21 , Disposal of abandoned vehicle, is amended to
read as follows:
Section 22-21 . Storage and disposal of abandoned and
illegally parked 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
Title 42, Article 4, Part 16, C.R.S.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 15th day of March, A.D. 1988, and to be presented for final
passage on the 5th day of April , A.D. 1988.
Mayor
ATTEST-
City
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of April , A.D. 1988.
Mayor
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