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ORDINANCE NO 69, 1967
BEING AN ORDINANCE 'RELATING TO PARKING LOTS OWNED OR OPERATED BY
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS , RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF HOURS A CAR
MAY BE PARKED ON SUCH LOTS AND PROVIDING FOR IMPOUNDING AND DIS-
POSING OF VEHICLES PARKED ON SUCH LOTS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS
HERE=N EKPRESSED, AND DECLARING 41N EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAIN ED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That from and after the effective date of
this Ordinance, no person shall park any vehicle on any parking lot
owned or maintained and operated by the City off' Fort Collins for a
period of time greater than 72 consecutive lours
Section 2 Whenever any motor venicle without a driver
is found parked or stopped in violation of the restrictions imposed
by this Ordinance , the police officer finding such vehicle shall
take the registration number of such vehicle and any other informa-
tion which may identify its user, and shall conspicaousl� affix to
sacn vehicle a penalty assessment notice on the form authorized in
Section 23-22-2 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of Fort Collins ,
Corrado, 1958, as amended, directing the owner thereof to respond
to and answer the charge against him at a place and a time specified
in said notice In the event the owner of such vehicle fails to
comply with such notice, the procedure set forth in Section 22-.22-13
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins , Colorado,
1958, as amended, shall be followed
Section 3 Whenever any police officer finds a venicle
parked on a parking lot owned or maintained and operated by the City
of Fort Collins in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance ,
such officer shall require the owner of the same to remove the same ,
if he is able to locate such owner, or if he cannot locate such
owner, then he may cause the same to be removed and placed in storage
in the nearest garage or other place of safety designated or main
tained by this municipality
Section 4 Any automobile or other vehicle left on any
parking lot owned or maintained and operated by the City of Fort
f
Collins for a period of more than 72 consecative 'aours shall be
conclusively presumed to have been abandoned by the odner thereof
Section 5 Any motor vehicle placed in storage, pur-
suant to the provisions of this Ordinance , shall be disposed of in
accordance with the provisions of Section 13-5-72, Colorado Revised
Statutes , 1963, as amended
In the opinion of the City Council, an emergency exists
for the actual preservation of the public peace , health, safety
and property, and this Ordinance shall take effect on its passage
under and by virtue of the authority contained in Section 6 and 7
of Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous
vote of all members of the City Council at a regular meeting head
this 7th day of December, A D , A D 1967
MAYOR
ATTEST
CITY CLERK
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STATE OF COLORADO)
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COUNTY OF LARIMER)
I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing
Ordinance , consisting of five sections, was duly proposed
and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 7thj, day of December, A D 1967, and was duly
adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan,
a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of
Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members present
of the City Council as an emergency ordinance, in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the
City Charter, and thereafter and on, to-wit the 12th day
of December, A D 1967, said Ordinance No 69, 1967, was
duly published in the Fort CoIlins Coloradoan, a daily news-
paper published in the City of Fort Collins , Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of this City, this 12th day of
December, A D 1967
City CIjbrk