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HomeMy WebLinkAbout017 - 08/19/1907 - RELATING TO AUTOMOBILES ORDINANCE NO 7 SERIES OF 1907. RELATING TO AUTOMOBILES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - Section 1. The owner of each automobile or motorcycle, before the same shall beused within this city, shall procure from the City Clerk a number therefor, the figures of which shall not be less than 3 inches high and 2 inches wide, which number shall be conspicuously displayed upon said vehicle when in use so that the same may be plainly seen, day or night, and shall be registered with the City Clerk with the name of the owner of the vehicle and the term for which payment is made, the said name ,number and term to be by the said clerk recorded in a book kept for that purpose. For said number the applicant shall pay to the City Clerk two dollars for each year beginning with the first day of January and ending with the Thirty first day of December Provided - that the City Clerk shall at any time after the Thirty-first day of larch Issue numbers as aforesaid for the remaining portion of the year at the rate of 50cents per quarter. And provided further that the provisions of this ordinance relative to the numbering of vehicles and pagient of fees shall not apply to transientq, tourists visitors or or other persons residing outside the corporate limits of this city who use their vehicles within the corporate limits of this city not more than five successive days within the period of one year, and that transients, tourists or visitors who disire to so use their vehicles for a longer peried than five days may Procure a number for their vehicles for such term as they may de- sire, not exceeding three months, by payment as before provide of fifty cents. All numbers furnished to •sners of aehicles by the City Clerk shall remain the property of the city and shall be returned to the City Clerk at or before the expiration of the term for which payment is made unless the term shall be renewed or extended by payment of amount provided in case of original applica- tion r Section 2. Engines attached to automobiles or other vehicles shall not run idle, or while the vehicle is at a stand still in any pub- lic street or alley, for a greater length of time than five minutes, and no person shall run any such vehicle, supplied with a muffler, with the exhaust open except when necessary to start the machine, ascend a grade, or when the full power of the engine otherwise be- comes necessary. Every person driving or operating such vehicle within the city shall at the request or signal by putting up the hand of ;a person driving restive or frightened animal or an- imals, cause shah vehicle to immediately stop and remain standing so long as may be necessary to allow such animals to pass. All such vehicles are required to carry, when running, sufficient light front and rear to serve as signal lights to bmherg on the streets or cross walks Section 8. All fees, fines and penalties collected by the city by virtue of this ordinance shall be added to and become a part of the fund set apart by the city council for the improvement of streets and crossings Any person violating , or failing to comply with any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty five dollars for each offense. Passed and adopted, signed and approved this -1- ---day off -1907 ayor. Attest:- C y Clerk.