HomeMy WebLinkAbout002 - 02/13/1947 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 021, 1929, AND ORDINANCE NO. 017, 1936, REGULATING THE USE OF AND TRAFFIC UPO ORDINANCE NO 2 , 1947
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 21, 1929,
and ORDINANCE NO 17, 1936, AS AMENDED, REGULATING THE USE OF
AND TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, AIJM3, AND SIDEWALKS IN
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATING OF TRAFFIC AT STREET
INTERSECTIONS AND THE REGULATING OF TRAFFIC OF ALL VEHICLES
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That Section 4 of Ordinance No 17, 1936,
as amended by Ordinance No 52 1941, be and the same is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following, to-wit "Provided,
however, that at the intersections of College Avenue and Mountain
Avenue, College Avenue and Oak Street, and College Avenue and
Laurel Street, the drivers of all vehicles turning to the left
shall keep to the left of the center of the street "
Section 2 That Section 4 of Ordinance No 21, 1929,
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit
"In the center of intersections of College Avenue and Mountain
Avenue, College Avenue and Oak Street, and College Avenue and
Laurel Street, there shall be installed and maintained automatic
signal systems of lights for the purpose of regulating and con-
trolling traffic Said lights shall be displayed at such times
during the day or night as the City Manager shall direct, the
lights being as follows red lights, green lights, and yellow
lights The display of the red signal light shall be to signal
traffic to stop before entering the intersection, the display of
yellow lights shall be to signal traffic to be at attention for
readiness to move or stop, and the display of the green lights
shall be to signal traffic to promptly move forward The
operators of all vehicles and all pedestrians shall conform with
the provisions hereof "
Section 3 That Section 5 of Ordinance No 21, 1929,
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit.
"During the time said signal lights are not in operation,
operators of all vehicles shall be warned by a flash of light
at said intersections to approach the intersection cautiously
and the vehicles approaching from the right in said intersection
shall have the right of way "
Section 4 That Section 6 of Ordinance No 21, 1929,
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit.
"Vehicles entering the intersections of College Avenue and
Mountain Avenue, College Avenue and Oak Street and College Avenue
and Laurel Street, may turn to the left or to the right, or pro-
ceed straight ahead, but no U turns shall be permitted in said
intersections "
Section 5 That Section 31 of Ordinance No 17, 1936,
be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following,
to-wit "The City Manager shall mark off a space in the center
immediately West of the intersection of College Avenue and
Mountain Avenue where passenger busses may stop for the purpose
of loading or unloading passengers, and the parking of all other
vehicles within said space is hereby prohibited "
Section 6 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed, save and except
that all causes of action accrued in favor of the City of Fort
Collins by reason of the violation of said ordinances prior to
the taking effect of this amendment shall be prosecuted as though
no amendment had been made
Section 7 In the opinion 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 authority contained in Sections 6
and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
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Introduced, read at length, and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, at a regular
meeting held this 13th day of February, A D 1947
Mayor
ATTEST.
City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO, )
ss
County of Larimer )
I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of
Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the afore-
said Ordinance, consisting of seven sections, was duly pro-
posed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City
Council, held on the 13th day of February, A D 1947, and
was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins
Coloradoan, a daily newspaper and 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 Ifthtay of
February , A D 1947, said Ordinance No 2 _
was duly published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily
newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said City ,this 18thday of February ,
A D 1947
City Clerk