HomeMy WebLinkAbout013 - 01/11/1919 - RELATING TO THE CLOSING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF WORKS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION O ORDINANCE NO 1919,
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CLOSING OF
STREETS AND ALLEYS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF WORKS DURING
THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS OR WHILE RE-
PAIRING THE SAME AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLA-
TION THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 The Commissioner of Public Works of
the City of Fort Collins is hereby authorized and empowered to
order closed any street , alley or portion thereof when in his
judgment it is necessary in order to carry on properly and
safely the construction of the public improvements or repairs
upon any street , alley or portion thereof and properly safe-
guard such improvements from damage or injury until it shall
be determined by said officer that such street or alley is in
safe condition for traffic, and to prevent the use of such
streets and alleys while the work of construction or repairs
are in progress to place obstructions across the street or
alley, together with a notice to the effect that said street
or alley is closed to traffic pursuant to the authority of
this ordinance and his order, and any violation of any such
order or interference with the obstructions placed in streets
or alleys shall be punished as hereinafter provided
Section a Any person, company or corporation
who shall violate the provisions of this ordinance, or any
order of the Commissioner of Works respecting the closing
of any street or alley, or in any manner interfere with the
obstructions placed across streets or alleys by order of said
Commissioner of Works on said closed s''reet or alley, or use
or attempt to use such closed street or alley while said order
is in effect, and prior to the opening of said street or
alley for traffic pursuant to order of the Commissioner of
Works upon conviction of such violation shall befined in
any sum not less than /4/ dollars
nor more than three hundred dollars , and costs of suit
Section 3 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 and publication, under and in virtue of the authority
contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the
una us vote of all the members of the City Council this
_L �day of October, A D 1919
Commissioner o_ Safety and
Ex Officio Mayor
ATTEST
�City Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF LARIMER )
I A J Rosenow, City Clerk of the City of
Fort Collins, do hereoy certify and declare tbat the fore-
going ordinance, consisting of three sections, was duly pro-
posed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the // day of October, A D 1919, and was
duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins
Courier, a daily newspaper , by the unanimous vote of all
the 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, towit
the 13 day of October, A D 1919, said ordinance No 1 3
was duly published in the Fort Collins Courier, 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 /3 day of
October, A D 1919
City Clerk