HomeMy WebLinkAbout180 - 12/18/1984 - AMENDING SECTION 114-2 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE ''MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALI ORDINANCE NO. 180, 1984
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) to the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Section 114-2 (A) is amended to add the following section,
in numerics sequence with previous amendments:
Section 20-18, Child restraint systems required, is added as follows:
Section 20-18. Child restraint systems required.
(a) As used in this section, the following phrases
shall have the following definitions:
(1) "Child restraint system" means any device
which is designed to protect, hold, or restrain a child
in a privately owned noncommercial passenger vehicle in
such a way as to prevent or minimize injury to the
child in the event of a motor vehicle accident and
which conforms to all applicable federal motor vehicle
safety standards.
(2) "Safety belt" means a lap belt, a shoulder
belt, or any other belt or combination of belts in-
stalled in a motor vehicle to restrain drivers and
passengers, except any such belt which is physically a
part of a child restraint system. "Safety belt"
includes the anchorages, the buckles, and all other
equipment directly related to the operation of safety
belts.
(3) "Seating position" means any motor vehicle
interior space intended by the motor vehicle manu-
facturer to provide seating accommodation while the
motor vehicle is in motion.
(b) Every child, who is under four years of age and
weighs under forty pounds, being transported in the
City in a privately owned noncommerical passenger
vehicle which is driven by a resident of this state,
shall be provided with a child restraint system
suitable for the child' s size and shall be properly
fastened into such child restraint system which is in a
seating position which is equipped with a safety belt
or other means to secure said system according to the
manufacturer' s instructions. It is the responsibility
of the driver transporting children, subject to the
requirements of this section , to ensure that such
children are provided with and that they properly use a
child restraint system.
(c) No person shall use a safety belt or child re-
straint system for children four years of age and under
in a motor vehicle unless it conforms to all applicable
federal motor vehicle safety standards.
(d) The requirements of this section shall not apply
to a child who:
(1) Is being transported in a motor vehicle in
which all seating positions equipped with safety
belts or child restraint systems are occupied;
or
(2) Is being transported in a motor vehicle as a
result of a medical emergency.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered pub-
lished this 4th day of December, A. D. 1984 and to be presented for final
passage on the 18th day of December, A.D. 1984.
Mayor1,�,,�.
ATTEST:
City clerk tS
1984.Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of December, A.D.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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