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i� ORDINANCE NO: 1916
REGULATING TEL USE AND OCCUP,-.hCY OF STREETS AND CURBS WITT?IN
THE LIbIITS OF THE PAVING DISTRICTS HERETOFORE ESTABLISHED
AND PROVIDIITG PELALTILS FOR VIOLATION TnREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY TYE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITi OF FORT COLLIYS
Section 1 That all persons and corporations are hereby
prohibited from erecting placing or maintaining in any street
or t thin the limits of any pa.vin district heretofore
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established and dul paved a hitching post or hi thing rail
coal box light poles telephone or telegraph poles or any
other obstruction upon the street excepting therefrom the
ornamental lighting poles erected for lighting the streets
in said paving districts and the poles erected for the mainte-
nance and operation of the Denver & Interurban Railway cars
within said districts also the hitching of teams is hereby
prohibited within the limits of said paving districts etc r°
Section 2 That where any obstruction such as is pro-
hibited by section 1 of this ordinance shall exist at the
time of the taking effect of tnis ordinance it shall be the
duty of the Commissioner of Public 17orks to notify in writing
each and every person or corporation erecting placing or
maintaining such obstruction to remove the same within
t (J days after the receipt of said notice If
after the expiration of said time such obstruction still
remains said Commissioner of Works is hereby authorized and
empowered to remove such obstruction by cutting or tearing
the same down and causing the material to be dclivercd to the
person or corporation awning the same
Section 3 The notice provided for in Section 2 of this
ordinance shall orly b,e necessary before the removal of an
obstruction by the Commissioner of Public 7orks but s",all
rest be necessary as the basis of prosecution and conviction
under this ordinance
Section 4 All persons and corporations are hereby
pro' ib, *cd from permitting automobiles to stand upon the
streets within the paving districts in front of ar„ place
of business for any period of time exceeding 3�
minutes and all persons desiring tomllow automobiles to
remain upon the streets in said paving district shall nark
the same upon the east side of the street railvray traick�art�yv�,,(�
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an angle of iv rues—(-4-5°) to the said track and-
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distant therefrom e ` feet ax-,e� $ �C1 C-Y'
Section 5 Every roerson o�ration who shall violate
anj provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than , �' _ dollars nor more than
dollars and costs of suit and may upon conviction be
committed to the city jail until such fine and hosts are
paid but not to exceed ninety (90) days
Section 6 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed
ttroduced read fist time and ordered published
this _-day of September A D 1916 (9C�
Passed and adopted this day of SEptre�e 1916
Commissioner of Safety and
ATTE Ex-0fficio .,ayor