HomeMy WebLinkAbout185 - 12/01/1987 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES, 1977 EDITION ORDINANCE NO. 185, 1987
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 28-17 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO THE
MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR
COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES, 1977 EDITION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1 . That Subsection 28-17(5) (a) (2) (Section 11-1, Stopping,
standing or parking prohibited in specified places) is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(2) Within thirty (30) feet of an intersection.
Section 2. That Subsection 28-17(19) (Certification of emissions
control ) is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That the following subsection, amending Section 20-13 of
the Model Traffic Code, is hereby adopted, such subsection to be placed in
numerical sequence with previous amendments:
Section 20-13, Motorcycle and motor-driven cycle rules,
subsections (b) through (k) and (m) , are amended to read as
follows:
"(b) Any motorcycle or motor-driven cycle carrying a
passenger, other than in a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be
equipped with footrests for such passengers.
"(c) Every person operating a motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle shall be granted all of the rights and shall be
subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any
other vehicle under this ordinance, except as to special
regulations herein and except as to those provisions of this
Code which by their nature have no application.
"(d) A person operating a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle
shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached
thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person
nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle or
motor-driven cycle unless such motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which
event a passenger may ride upon the permanent seat if
designed for two persons, or upon another seat firmly
attached to the motorcycle or motor-driven cycle at the rear
or side of the operator.
"(e) A person shall ride upon a motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle only while sitting astride the seat, facing forward,
with one leg on either side of the motorcycle or
motor-driven cycle.
"(f) No person shall operate a motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle while carrying packages, bundles, or other articles
which prevent him from keeping both hands on the handlebars.
"(g) No person shall carry any person, nor shall any person
ride, in a position that will interfere with the operation
or control of the motorcycle or motor-driven cycle or the
view of the operator.
"(h) All motorcycles or motor-driven cycles are entitled to
full use of a traffic lane and no motor vehicle shall be
driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle or
motor-driven cycle of the full use of a traffic lane. This
subsection shall not apply to motorcycles or motor-driven
cycles operated two abreast in a single lane.
(i) The operator of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle
shall not overtake or pass in the same lane occupied by the
vehicle being overtaken.
"(j) No person shall operate a motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle between lanes of traffic, or between adjacent lines or
rows of vehicles.
"(k) Motorcycles or motor-driven cycles shall not be
operated more than two abreast in a single lane.
"(m) No person riding upon a motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle shall attach himself or the motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle to any other vehicle on a roadway.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 17th day of November, A.D. 1987, and to be presented for
final passage on the 1st day of December, A.D.
May
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City Clerk
1987.Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of December, A.D.
yor
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City Clerk