HomeMy WebLinkAbout028 - 03/07/2017 - AMENDING THE FORT COLLINS TRAFFIC CODE RESTRICTING PARKING IN BICYCLE LANES (2)ORDINANCE NO. 028, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE FORT COLLINS TRAFFIC CODE
RESTRICTING PARKING IN BICYCLE LANES
WHEREAS, on February 18, 2003, by Ordinance No. 016, 2003, the City Council
adopted the Fort Collins Traffic Code (the "Traffic Code"); and
WHEREAS, due to an ambiguity in the current Traffic Code, there is often confusion for
citizens and City staff whether vehicles may park in bicycle lanes; and
WHEREAS, bicyclists are often placed in difficult and unsafe positions when vehicles
park in designated bicycle lanes; and
WHEREAS, after a robust outreach to the citizens of the City, staff recommends the
Traffic Code be amended to state without ambiguity that parking in bicycle lanes is not
permitted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes it is necessary for the preservation of the health,
safety, and welfare of the City's citizens to amend the Traffic Code to reflect that vehicles may
not park in bicycle lanes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 1013 of the Traffic Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 1013. Driving on roadways with designated bicycle lanes.
Whenever a lane has been established on a roadway as a bicycle
lane, any person operating a motor vehicle on such roadway shall
not park in such bicycle lane and shall not move into or out of such
bicycle lane except to enter or leave the highway, enter or leave a
parking space, or to prepare for a turn. Any person operating a
motor vehicle shall not enter a bicycle lane as provided by this
subsection until yielding the right-of-way to all bicycles lawfully
within the bicycle lane. For purposes of this subsection and
subsection 1204, at least three signs or pavement stencils per mile
designating a lane as a bicycle lane, together with a white line
parallel to the roadway, shall constitute prima facie evidence that a
bicycle lane has been established on such roadway.
Section 3. That Section 1204(3) of the Traffic Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 1204. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
3) In addition to the restrictions specified in Subsections (1)
and (2) of this Section, no person shall park a vehicle,
except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic
or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or
official traffic control device, in any of the following
places:
a) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad
crossing.
b) At any other place where official signs prohibit
parking.
c) To park any vehicle other than an authorized
vehicle in any area designated for such use.
d) Where a lane has been established on a roadway as
a bicycle lane pursuant to subsection 1013.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
February, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of March, A.D. 2017.
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