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HomeMy WebLinkAbout017 - 12/04/1936 - REGULATING THE USE OF AND TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS OF THE CITY (EMERGENC ORDINANCE NO. 17 1936, BEING AN ORDI11' CE REGULATING Ma USE OF AND TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR TBE VIOLATION THEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE711TH AND DECLARING AN Ma2GENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to in violation of do any act/ or to fail to perform any act required in this Ordinance,or any Resolution duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Collins , or any law of the State of Colorado not inconsistent with this Ordinance and not covered by any ordinance or resolution of the City of Fort Collins. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, any vehicle which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps , brakes and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required by the laws of the State of Colorado, and which lamps and other equipment are not used at the times and places as required by the laws of the State of Colorado. Section 3. Upon all streets and alleys within the corporate limits of the City, vehicles shall be driven upon the right half thereof, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the sans direction as herein provided; drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right and shall give to each other at least one-half of the main travelled portion of the street or alley as nearly as possible ; in overtaking and passing vehicles proceeding in the same direction, the driver of a vehicle over- -1- taking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction first giving an audible Lvarning shall pass to the left thereof/at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the street or alley until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle and the driver of the overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the over- taking vehicle , no vehicle shall be driven on the left side of the center of the street in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, until such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a suf- ficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made iritnout interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken and in every event the overtaking vehicle must return to the right hand side of the street before coming within 100 feet of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction Section 4 In turning corners all vehicles shall keep to the right of the center of the street and the driver shall extend his arm to indicate the direction going, in full conformity with the laws of the State of Colorado, and where streets are laned left hand turns shall only be made from street , and right hand turns from lanes most distant from toe center of the / the lane which is nearest the center of the street /no vehicle shall turn across any street except at street intersections Section 5 No motor vehicle shall pass a street cal when the same has stopped to permit the alighting or taking on of passengers, but shall come to a stop and so remain until the passengers rave alighted and passed to the curb or have boarded the car except vheie safety zones are provided for passengers , all passengers shall proceed to the car or curb without stopping., and when street cars or passengers are standing near or approaching a safety zone no vehicle shall be driven over or through said safety zone -2= Section 6 The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right of vray to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway and trohen two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at the same time the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left, shall yield the right of wav to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a street from a private road or driveway, shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on said street Section 7 No vehicle shall be driven at a greater rate of speed upon the streets within the corporate limits of the City than twerty-five miles Der hour within the fire limits of said City and thirty miles Der hour upon all streets outside the fire limits of said City, and not to exceed fifteen miles per hour in any of the public parks or Grandview Cemetery of the City No vehicle shall be driven in an3 alley in excess of twelve miles per hour Provided further that no person shall drive a vehicle on a street or alley at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing and any kind of reckless driving at whatever rate of speed is Drohibited, and Drovided further that all gasoline or oil transport trucks of over 600 gallon capacity operated or driven on the streets or alleys of the City shall limit the speed of such trucks to not more than ten miles per pour, and shall not park within the fire district of the City Section 8 In passing from an alley or private driveway or a public driveway to a street , the operator of the -3- vehicle shall bring the same to a full stop at the crossing or sidewalk and shall give an audible sound before entering upon said crossing or sidewalk and shall thereupon turn to the right Section 9 Cit faze trucks or machines or vehicles used foz fire purposes in response to a fire alarm or call or other emergency and any motor vehicle while carrying a police officer or officers on duty shall be exeript from all the provisions of this Ordinance , and all ordinances relating to traffic upon the streets and alleys and City fire truths or machines oz vehicles used for fire purposes shall have the right of way over all traffic upon the streets and alleys when answering any fire alarm or call and all kinds of vehicles shall immediately proceed to the curb on the right hand side of the street to avoid collision faith the fire trucks or machines or vehicles used foi such purpose and all traffic on street cars and railway trains shall cease operation until the passing of the fire apparatus and all railway trains where occupying street crossings shall immediately break trains to permit passage of fire trucks No vehicle shall be equipped nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren or bell, except upon an authorized emergency vehicle Section 10 All vehicles shall stop near the curb except in case of emergency for the purpose of allowing another vehicle or pedestrian to cross , and no vehicle shall be permitted to stop on any street except to the right and near the curb and when the person in cnarge of any vehicle may desire to leave the same upon the street said vehicle shall be parked in the College Avenue districts upon the East side of the railway track at an angle of forty-five degrees to said track with the neatest point of the vehicle distant therefrom five feet nine inches, and no parking shall be allowed in the center of the street in Mountain Avenue paving district from the East side of College Avenue to the East side of Linden Street When tie owner or person in charge of any vehicle shall desire to leave the same upon the street, -4- said vehicle shall be narked as near as may be at an angle of forty-five degrees to the curb and against xxxxxxxxX4WXx=Yx the curb No car -narked at the curb shall back out more than six feet without stopping Cars parked in the center parking shall not back out Parking in the paving districts is pro- hibited between the hours of one o' clock A M and six o'clock A M All vehicles shall be parked between the established parking lanes then such are marked and not otherwise Bicycles shall not be left on the sidewalk against any building or lying upon the curb Wo Berson shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except Nhen necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance n th the directions of a police officer or traffic control device in any of the following places On the sidewalk , in front of a public or private driveway vithin an intersection Nithinf ise feet of a file hydrant , on a cross valk between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station ana on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy- five feet of said entrance Nihen properly narked alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction w'ien such standing stoppinb or parking could obstruct traffic , on the roadway side of any vehicle stooped or parsed at the edge or curb of a street, on any place vhere official signs prohibit stopping on any street railway track, in front of any entrance or building where aesignated and marked by appropriate signs ;mA Section 11 The Commissioner of Viorks shall � /oD designate the place and the width of space required to be designated where parking is prohibited under this ordinance or any resolution of the City Council, and it shall be unlawful for any person firm, co-partnershi-o or corporation, other than the Commissioner of 7orks to mark paint, designate or by sign or signs to prohibit parking -5- Section 12 No truck and no car with trailer attached thereto shall be parked in the center of any street or against the curb in the 100 block on North and South College Avenue and the 100 block on East and West Mountain Avenue Section 13 The Commissioner of Works may provide places for the parking of bicycles on the curb and shall designate the place and width of space required and the parking of all vehicles except bicycles shall be prohibited thereat Section 14 All persons and corporations are hereby prohibited from transporting beet pulp over across or upon any paved or oiled street within the City or allowing any beet wagon or truck to stand upon said paved or oiled street when containing beet pulp Section 15 It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in any alley of the City except during the necessary and ex- peditious loading and unloading of rerchandise and in no case shall an3 vehicle be parked in an alley so as to interfere with the free movement of traffic through the alley Section 16 It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on the left hand or wrong side of any street Section 17 The City Council may by resolution prohibit the parking of vehicles in any part or parts of the City and may limit the time for parking in such places as may be designated by resolution of the City Council and marked by appropriate signs by the Commissioner of Works x Section 18 It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street any vehicle displayed for sale No owner or occupant of any place of business shall suffer or permit any vehicle whether left for safe-keeping , repairing or otherwise , to so remain on the sidewalk adjoining or in front of any such place No person shall operate or park any -6- vehicle on any street for the primary purpose of displaying advertising Section 19 The drivers of all vehicles when travelling along any street adjacent to which is located a school building used for school purposes , except police and fire department vehicles while being operated in an emergency in the -oerformance of public duty shall at all timeshave such vehicle under control so as not to endanger uedestrians travell- ing through or across such streets in the vicinity of such scnool and upon signal of any person authorized by the Conoissioner of Safety or bj the Cnief of Police shall come to a complete stop and when continuing shall do so with due regard to the safety of all pedestrians upon said street or portion tiereof The signal to stop may be given either by a person holding a stop signal or having his arms extended or by the placing of a traffic stop sign or signal in saia street or immediately adjacent thereto Section 20 No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle, or as to interfere with the driver's control or the driving mechanism of the vehicle , not more than three adult persons shall ride in the front seat of any motor venicle in the City No vehicle shall be operated upon any street or alley in the City unless the driver's vision through any requited glass equipment is clear and unobstructed Section 21 do vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected nose or apparatus of the fire or municipal department , when laid down at any street , private driveway or street car track, %ithout the consent of the department official in charge -7- Section 22 It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle other than one on official business , to follow closer than 500 feet any fire apparatus travelling in response to a fire alarm, or to drive into or stop any vehicle within 500 feet from where fire apparatus nas stoppea in ansvrer to a fire alarru Section 23 No person shall drive any vehicle within the corporate limits of the City while unaer the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs Section 24 Any person who drives Gny vehicle in such a manner as to indicate either a wilful or a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property shall be guilty of reckless driving Section 25 All street cars operated upon the Fort Collins lIunicipal Raill�ay shall have the right of waj over all the streets while in operation it shall be unlawful for anyone to interfere in any manner with the operation of any street railway car, or to park a vehicle upon any street railway track or to interfere in any way with the street railway system, or to strike collide with or drive into any trolley pole used in the street railway system Section 26 The operator of a vehicle shall not drive within or ution any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveiray, and shall not drive in or over any center parking area Section 27 It shall be unlawful for am person walk or to/stand in any street or parking of the City for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the operator of any private vehicle Section 28 It shall be unlawful foz any person travelling upon any bicycle motorcycle coaster , sled, roller skates or any toy vehicle to cling to or attach himself or nis -8- vehicle to any other moving vehicle or street car upon any street Not more than one person shall ride upon a single bicycle Section 29 It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure move obstruct or interfere with any official traffic sign or signal Section 30 At intersections where traffic is con- trolled by traffic control signals or by police officers , operators of vehicles shall yi t e right gfape est iawQ Ql�utQ Al crossing the street on a green or go signal, where traffic con-� n trol signals are not in place or in operation, of traffic is not cohtrolled by- police officers the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way slow down or stopping if need be to so yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing the street within any marked cross walk or within any unmarked cross walk at an intersection, whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked cross walk or at any unmarked cross walk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the street the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle Every pedestrian crossing a street at any point other than within a marrea cross walk or within an unmarked cross walk at an intersection shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the street Section 31 the City Council may, by resolution, aesignate places and width of srace where passenger busses may stop for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and when places and width of spaces are so designated rassenger busses shall not stop or park at any other place or places , except those designated Section 32 No tire on a vehicle moved on a paved or oiled street in the City, shall have on its periphery any block stud flange , cleet lug solid rubber steel or -9- any protuberance of any material other than rubber , which projects beyond the tread on the traction surface of the tire , except tire chains of reasonable proportions may be used when required for safety because of snow ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid Shary shod horses shall not be permitted on any oiled or paved street Section 33 It shall be unlawful to use operate or drive any vehicle emitting excessive smoke or fumes or that is in such a state of repair as to be unnecessarily noisy in its operation nor shall any vehicle be used or operated with any unnecessary noise or with any noise whatsoever likely to dis- turb the public The Cit3 Council may by resolution prohibit the use or operation of trucks and busses in parks and upon and over such streets as it may designate and may designate and limit the routes for trucks and interstate ana antra-state busses in entering and leaving the City Section 34 It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer it shall be unlawful for any operator of a vehicle to disobey the instructions of any official traffic sign or signal placed in accordance with any ordinance or resolution of the City of Fort Collins unless otherwise directed by a police officer Section 35 If any vehicle is found upon a street, sideiaalk or alley of the CitS in violation of any of the pro- visions ci this Ordinance or a resolution of the City Council regulating the stopping standing or parking of vehicles and the identity of the operator cannot be reaaily determined, the owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation -10- Section 36 The operator of any vehicle involved to any degree in an accident resulting in injuries or death dana e to to any Derson of property shall within a re -tsopable time and not to exceed twenty-foul hours thereafter , make a report in writing of such accident to the Police Department Sectiop 37 A violation of any State law covering the operation of motor vehicles of the State of Colorado not specifically covered by an ordinance or resolution of the City of Fort Collins shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and the offender tnereof may be complained against in Municipal Court br designating this section of this ordinance apd the particular law violated Section 38 Any person who shall violate anj pro- vision of this ordinance or any resolution of the City Council adopted pursuant hereto , shall be guiltj of a violation of this ordinance and upon conviction tnereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed Three hundred ($300 00) Dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Municipal Court Section 39 If any section, sub-section, sentence clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be unconstitutional such decision shall not effect the validity of the iemaining portion of this ordinance The City Council hereb3 declares that it diould have passed this ordinance and each section sub-section sentence clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections sub-sections sertences clauses or phrases might be declared unconstitutional Section 40 Ordinance No 19 1917 Ordinance No 7 1918, Orainance No 33, 1920 , Ordinance No 14 19211 -11- Ordinance No 18 1921 Ordinance No 8, 1923 Ordinance No 3, 1934 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed, save and except that all causes of actions accrued in favor of the City of Fort Collins by reason of any violation of said ordinances prior to the taking effect of this repeal, shall be prosecuted as thougn no repeal had been made Section 41 In the on.Lniop of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health peace and safety and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage under and by virtue of the slutnority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter Introduced reaa at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council at a regular meeting held this 4th day of December , 4 D 1936 Mayor Attest City Clerk STATE OF COLORADO ) ss County of Larimer ) I J D hIcIN= City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing Ordinance consisting of forty-one (41) sections was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of December A D 1936 , and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins by the unanimous vote of all members 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 8th day of December A D 193 6 said Ordinance No 17 was duly published in The Fort Collins Express-Courier a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins Colorado IN WITNESS WHBRE01 , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 8th day of December A D 1936 City Cle k