HomeMy WebLinkAbout068 - 11/17/1966 - REGULATION OF TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE MODEL TRAFF ORDINANCE NO 68 , 1966
BEING AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE
'MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES' (1966) AS AMENDED
HEREIN AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE SAME AND REPEALING
CHAPTER 23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO,
19589 AS AMENDED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS s
Section 1 Pursuant to Chapter 139, Article 34, C R S , 1963, there is
hereby adopted for the purpose of regulating traffic within the City of Fort Collins
that certain ordinance known as the "Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities '
( 1966) officiallv approved and adopted and published as such by the Colorado Highwav
Safet'v Council and hereinafter referred to as the "Municipal Traffic Code ', the
same being adopted as if set out at length, save and except as sections thereof are
deleted by -)ection 2 of this ordinance or amended in Section 3 hereof
Section 2` The following sections or parts of sections of the ' Municipal
Traffic Code' are herebv declared to be inapplicable to this municipality and are
Ohereby expressly deleted Namely Section 13-4, Section 16-5 (c) , Section 17-6,
Section 17-19 (0, Section 22-6, Section 22-7, Section 22-9, Section
26-1, Section 26-2, Section 27-2, Section 27-3, Section 27-4, Section 27-5. Section
27-6, Article XXVIII
Section 3 The following sections, articles, schedules or parts thereof
of the "Municipal Traffic Code" are hereby amended to read as follows (The words
no change' indicate that there has been no change from the wording of the applicable
parts of the ' Municipal Traffic Code' )
Section 2-2 Entering Stop or Yield Intersection
(a) No change
(b) No change
(c) No ch,nee
(d) Where stop signs have been erected on all corners at an
intersection, the first vehicle arriving at the intersection shall,
after having stopped, have the right of way, and when two vehicles
have arrived at the intersection from different streets at approximately
the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the right, having first
stopped, shall have the right of way
Section 3-2 Obedience to Railroad Signal
(a) No change
(b) No change.
(c) The stopping requirements herein shall apply also when
a railroad train approaching the street crossing emits an audible
signal and such railroad train, by reason of its zpeed and nearness
to such crossing, is an immediate hazard, or when an approaching
train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such
crossing, or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a
sigral of the approach or passing of a train
Section 3-4 Emerging from or Entering Alle} , Drivewa},
Or Building
(a) The driver of a vehicle emerging from any allev,
driveway, or building, shall stop such -vehicle immediately
prior to driving on to a sidewalk or in to a sidewalk area
extending across any alle} way, or driveway, and shall } field
the right of way to anv pedestrian as may be necessar-v to
avoid collision, and upon entering the roaci,aa-v shall field
the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such roaduav
(b) The driver of a vehicle emerging from any alley,
driveway, or building, in a business district shall, except
when entering a one wav street, only turn such vehicle to the
right if appropr ate signs so indicating are posted in such
alley
(c) No change
Section 10-1 Parking on Roaduay
(a) No change
(b) No change
(c) Vehicles may be parked L- the center of the 100
and 200 blocks of South College Avenue, 100 and 200 blocks
of 'worth College Avenue, 100 and 200 blocks of «est Moun}ain
4venue, and from the Fast Side of Linden Street to Peterson
Street on East Mountain avenue, at an angle of 45' wit'iin
the lanes marked therefor Vehicles parkins in the center
of said streets shall not back into Said parlint, area Vehicles
parked in the center of said streets shall imen departing from
said center Darking vield the right of wa% �o all vehicles
aoproaching on the roadway
Scct.on 10-4 Unattended Motor °ehicle
'No persor driving or in charge of am motor vel-i(-le
except a licersed deliverx truck or other deliver% ehicle,
shall permit it to stand unatte^ded 7ithout first stopping
the engine, locking the ignition, and removing the ke,, do
vehicle shall be permitted to stand unatterded upor anv
perceptable grade without stopping the engine, and effectively
setting the brakes thereon, and turning the front oheels to
the curb or s_de of the street
Section 10-6 Parking in ,ileys
(a) *io person shall stop, stand or Dark a vehicle
within any alie in a business district except for she
expedit,ous loading or unloading of na erials and in no
event for a period of more tr i 90 r^inuies and no pe son
shall stop, stane or pa-1, a vehicle it any o}her alley
jn suer, a manner oL under such conditions as to leave
a-va�lable less than 10 feet of the idth of the roadwa-v
ror the free rrovernert of vehicular traffic and no person shall park
a vehicle in any other alley which is posted pith appr-)pri-ite
signs indicating no parking
(b) ','o change
Section 10-9 Kanner of Parting
Any per-on parking a vehicle upon the streets of tnis
-un_crpalit} shall park such vehicle wi*hir the designated
parking areas or zones if such areas or zones are designated
Section 10-9 ` acting for Parking Space to be Cleared
The driver of a vehicle while waiting for a parking space
to be cleared by another vehicle ihich is in the i. tuat process
of leaving such parking space shall stop on the roadaav side of
such leaving vehicle and shall rer^ain in such position until the
parking space has been cleared
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Section 11-1 Stopping,Standi>>g .or, Parking in Specified Places
No person shall stop, stand Or park a vehicle except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the directions of the police officer or traffic control
device, in any of the following places
(1) No change
(2) No change
(3) No change
(4) No change
(5) No change
(6) No change
(7) No change
(8) No change
(9) No change
(10) No change
(11) No change
(12) No change
(13) No change
(14) At any place where official signs or markings
prohibit stopping, standing or parking
Section 11-3 Parking For Certain Purposes Prohibited
No person shall park ayehicle upon a roadway for the principal
purpose of
(1) No change
(2) No change
(3) No change
(4) Selling merchandise from such vehicle except in
a duly established market place, or when so authorized or licensed
under the ordinances of this municipality
(5) Storage, or as junkage or dead storage for more
than 72 hours
(6) Occupancy thereof and no vehicle shall be perKed
upon any lot or premise within the city limits for the purpose of
occupancv thereof unless the same shall meet with all sanitary and
building code requirements regulating the construction and occupancv
of habitable buildings
Section 12-4 All Night Parking
No person except physicians or other persons on emergency
calls shall park a vehicle on any street signed to p*ohibit all
night parking for a period of time longer than 30 m..nutes between
the hours of 2 00 A M and 6 00 A M of any day
Section 13-1 Standing in Passenger Curb Loading Zone
No person shall stop stand, or park a vehicle for any
purpose or period of time other than for the expedious loading
or unloading of passengers in anv place officially marked as a
passenger curb loading zone during the hours when the regulations
applicable to such curb loading zone are effective, and then only
for a period not to exceed five minutes
Section 13-3 Permits for Curb Loading Zones
Whenever special permits are issued in accordance wi'h the
Code of Ordinances of this municipality to establish or control
the use of curb loading zone or to allow the backing of a vehicle
to a curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or
materials subject to certain conditions no permi*e or other person
shall violate any of the special terms of any such permit
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Section^13-5 Stopping# Standing or Parking of Buses and Taxi
Cabs Regulate
The operator of a bus or taxi cab shall not stop, stand
or park upon any street in any business district at any place
other than at a bus stop, or taxi cab stop, respectively, except
that this provision shall not prevent the operator of any such
vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping,
standing, or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of or
while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of
passengers
Section 15-2 Obedience to Official Devices
(a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions
of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed
in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, unless other-
wise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted
the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle as provided in this
ordinance
(b) The drivers of all vehicles when traveling along any
street adjacent to which is Located any school building used for
school purposes, except police or fire department vehicles while
being operated in an emergency in the performance of public duty,
shall at all times have such vehicles under control so as not to
endanger pedestrians traveling through or across said streets in
the vicinity of such school and upon signal of any person authorized
by the Chief of Police, shall come to a complete stop and when continuing
shall do so with due regard to the safety of all pedestrians upon said
street or portion thereof The signal to stop may be given either by
a person holding a stop signal or having his arms extended, or by the
placing of a traffic stop sign or signal in said street or immediately
adjacent thereto
Section 15-3 Official Devices Required for Enforcement Purposes
(a) No provision of this ordinance for which signs or markings
are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the
time and place of the alleged violation any official sign or marking
is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an
ordinarily prudent person
(b) No change
Section 15-5 Traffic Control Signal Legend
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals
exhibiting different colored lights, or colored arrow, successively
one at a time or in combination as declared in the traffic control
manual adopted by the State Department of Highways, only the colors
Green, Yellow and Red shall be used, except for special pedestrian
control signals carrying a word legend as provided in Section 15-8
and said lights, arrows and combinations thereof shall indicate
and apply to driers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows
(a) No change
(1) No change
(2) No change
(b) No change
(1) No change
(2) No change
(c) No change
(1) No change
(2) No change
(d) No change
(1) No change
(2) No change
(e) Yellow alone or yellow together with green
(1) Vehicular traffic fac Msuch signal is thereby
warned that the related green movemd'nt is being terminated
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or that a steady red indication will be exhibited immediately
thereafter, and such vehicular traffic shall not enter the
intersection when the red signal is exhibited
(2) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal
pedestrians facing such signal are thereby advised that there
is insufficient time to cross the roadway but any pedestrian
lawfully within the intersection at the time such signal is
exhibited shall retain the right of way as to vehicles
(f) No change
(1) No change
(2) No change
(g) No change
(1) No change
(2) No change
(h) No change
(1) No change
(2) No change
Section 15-6 Flashing Signals
(a) No change
(1) When a red lense is djuminated with rapid
intermittentflashes drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the
nearest cross walk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked
or if none then before entering the intersection or precedinn past
such signal, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules
applicable after making a stop at a stop sign
Section 17-3 License application
Application for a bicycle license shall be made upon a form
provided for this municipality and shall be made to an issuing
department designated by the City Manager A license fee of $1 50
shall be paid to this municipality before each license is granted
No renewal of license shall be necessary unless said license shall
have been revoked or suspended for violation of this ordinance
Section 17-4 Issuance of License
(a) The issuing department upon receiving a proper application
and payment of license fee therefor s authorized to issue a bicycle
license which shall be effective upon issuance
(b) The authorized official issuing a license shall not issue
a license for anv bicycle when he knows or has reasonable grounds
to believe that the applicant is not the owner of or entitled to the
possession of such bicycle
(c) The issuing department shall keep a record of the number
of each license, the date issued, the name and address of the person
to whom issued and the number of the frame of the bicycle for which
issued and a record of all bicycle license fees collected by it
License fees so collected shall be remitted monthly to the City Clerk
who shall give a receipt therefore
Section 17-5 Attachment of License Plate
(a) The issuing department upon issuing a bicycle license
shall also issue a license bearing Vie license number assigned to
the bicycle and the name of this municipality
(b) The person to whom such license is issued shall cause
the same to be firmly attached to the frame of the bicycle for which
issued in such a position as to be plainly visible
(c) No person shall remove a license from a bicycle except
upon a transfer of ownership or in the event the bicycle is dismantled
and no longer operated upon a street or bicycle path in this municipality
Section 17-7 Transfer of Ownership
Upon the sale or other transfer of the licensed bicycle the
licensee shall remove the license and shall either surrender the
same to the issuing department or may, upon proper application,
have said license assigned to another bicycle owned by the applicant
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Section 17-8 Rental Agencies
A rental agency shall not rent or offer any bicycle for
rent unless the bicycle is licensed and a license is attached
thereto as provided herein and unless such bicycle is equipped
with lamps, breaks and other equipment required in this article
Section 17-15 Entering or Emerging From Alley or Driveway
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway
or building shall upon crossing a sidewalk or sidewalk area extending
across any alley way or driveway yield the right of way to all pedestrians
approaching on said sidewalk or sidewalk area and upon entering the
roadway shall ield the the right of way to all vehicles approaching on
said roadway
Section 17-17 Parking
Bicycles shall be parked in such a manner as to afford the
least obstruction to pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic
Section 18-10 Vehicles Weighed, Excess Removed
(a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the
weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized to require
the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same either by
means of a portable or stationary scales and shall require that
such vehicles be driven to nearest public scales in the event
such scales are within five miles
(b) No change
(c) No change
Section 20-12 Permits Required for Parades, Processions and Sound
Trucks
No funeral procession or parade excepting the forces of the
United States Armed Services and military forces of this state
and the forces of the police and fire department shall occupy,
march or proceed along any street or roadway except in accordance
with the permit issued by the Chief of Police and such other regulations
as are set forth herein which may apply No sound truck or other
vehicle equipped with amplifier or loud speaker shall be driven
upon any street for the purpose of selling, offering for sale, or
advertising in any fashion except in accordance with a permit issued
by the Chief of Police
Section 22-1 Penalty Assessments
(a) No change
(b) Unless another penalty is expressly provided herein
every person found guilty of a violation of anv provision of this
ordinance may be punished by a fine of not more than $300 00 or
by imprisonment for not more than 90 days and if in the opinion
of the municipal judge he deems it advisable the right to drive
a vehicle upon the streets of the City of Fort Collins may be
revoked for a period not to exceed six months
(c) A municipal judge having jurisdiction to hear traffic
cases shall designate the specified offenses under the traffic
ordinances of this municipality and state traffic laws in respect
to which payments of fines may be accepted by the traffic violations
bureau in satisfaction thereof and shall specify by suitable schedules
the amount of such fines for first, second and subsequent offenses
provided such fines are within the limits declared by law and shall
further specify what number of offenses shall require appearance before
the Court
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Section 22-2 Forms and Notices of Arrest or Appearance,
(a) The municipality shall provide books to include traffic
summons for notifying alleged violators to appear and answer to
charges of violating traffic laws and ordinances
(b) No change
(c) No change
Section 22-5 Procedure Upon Arrest
(a) Except wnen permitted by this ordinance to keep in
custody a person arrested for a violation of any of the traffic
ordinances or where any lawful bail is required any police officer
upon making an arrest for violation of the traffic ordinances of
this municipality sh-ill take the name, address and operators license
number of the alleged violator and the registration number of the
motor vehicle involved and shall issue to him in writing on the form
provided by this municipality a summons or notice to answer to the
charge against him at a place and at a time to be specified in the
notice 'he officer serving a copy of the summons or notice upon
the alleged ,iolator shall release such person from custody
(b) fn every case of arrest where it appears doubtful whether
the violator will appear pursuant to a written summons or notice
the violator may be kept in custody by the police department unless
lawfully released on bond, until tri31, or until he shall have complied
with the penalty imposed by the Court as the case mdy be
Section 22-8 When Person Charged Nay Elect To 1ppear At Bureau
or Before Court
fa) A% person charged with an offense or violation urder
*his ordinance for which payment of s fine may be made to the Traffic
Violations Bureau shall have the option of (1) paying such fine within
the ti-re specified in the traffic summons or notice of arrest at the
Traffic Violations Bureau upon enter+rg a plea of guilty and upon
wai,,ing appearance in Court or (2) deposit_ng any required bail
and upon a plea of not guilty shall be entitled to a trial as
authorized b) law
+b) No change
Section 22-15 Authority of Officer at Scene of Accident
1 pol ce officer at the scene of a traffic accident may issue
a written summons or notice to any driver of a vehicle involved in the
accident when,',ased upon personal investigation, the officer has
reasonable a i probable grounds to be1_eve tha• Li -c-son has
committed any offense under the provisions of this ordinance or
pursuant to state law in connection with the accident
Section 22-20 kua hoiity to Remove and Impound Vehicles
( a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle attended
or unattended standing upon any portion of a street or alley rignt
of way witnin this municipality in such a manner as to constitute
a v,dation of this ordinance or left unattended for a period of
72 hours o- more and presumed to be abandored under the conditions
prescribed by Section 13-5-71 C R S , 1963, as amended, such officer
shall require that the driver or person in charge of the vehicle
love the same to a position off the paved or improved or main
traveled part of such street or alley or the officer may cause the
same to be removed, placed in storage in the nearest garage or other
place of satety designated or maintained by this municipality
(b) No change
Sect on 22-22 Records of Traffic Cases
(-) Pursuant to Sectior 13-5-130 C R S , 1963, 0,e munripal
judge snali keep or cause to be kept a full record of every case in
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which a person is charged with any violation of any of the
traffic ordinances of this muntipality or any of the traffic
laws of this state
(b) No change
Section 23-3 Investigation of Traffic Accidents
It shall be the duty of the police department to investigate
traffic accidents occurring within this municipality either by
investigation at the time of or at the scene of the accident or
thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses, to issue
summons and notices for traffic violations in connection with
traffic accidents and to assist in the prosecution of those
persons charged with violations of law or ordinance causing or
contributing to accidents
Section 23-7 Annual Traffic Safety Report
The police department shall annu-ily prepare a traffic
report and it shall be filed with the City Manager and shall
contain information on traffic matters in this municipality
as follows
(1) No change
(2) No change
(3) No change
(4) No change
(5) No change
Section 23-8 Office of the Traffic Engineer
(a) The office of Traffic Engineer is hereby established
The Traffic Engineer shall be appointed by the City Manager of
this municipality and shall exercise the powers and duties provided
in this ordinance
(b) In the absence of such appointment or at such time as
the Traffic Engineer may be absent from the municipality or unable
to perform his duties the said duties shall be vested in the Chief
of Police or other municipal official as determined and authorized
by the City Manager of this Municipality
Section 23-10 Division of Authority over Streets which are
State Highways
(a) All traffic and parking restrictions on streets
which are a part of the state highway system shall be regulated
and enforced by this municipality subject to the provisions of
any agreement heretofore or hereafter entered into between the
municipality and the State Department of Highways or any ordinance
heretofore enacted by this municipality governing this subject
(b) No change
(c) No change
Section 23-12 Official Traffic Control Records
(a) No change
(b) Said records shall include schedules of streets
and parts of streets where the following regulations and controls
have been authorized and made effective
(1) No change
(2) No change
(3) No change
(4) No change
(5) No change
(6) No change
(7) No change
(8) No change
(9) No change
(10) '&affic control signals
(11) Designation of stop or yield intersections
(12) Designation of streets where angle parking
is permitted
(13) Designation of intersections at which drivers
shall not make a right or left turn, a U turn
or any turn at all times or during certain times
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(c) No change
(d) Such records shall further show the effective
date of such regulations and the date that signs giving notice
of such regulation were erected
Section 24-1 Traffic Violations Bureau Created
(a) The municipal court having jurisdiction to hear
traffic cases in this municipality may establish a traffic
violations bureau to assist the court with the clerical work
of traffic cases
(b) No change
Section 4 At least three copies of the "Model Traffic Code for Colorado
Municipalities",(1966), are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be
inspected at regular business hours In add+tion, copies are available for
distribution and sale to the public at a price not to exceed $ 75 per copy
Section 5 If any part of parts of this ordinance are for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect validity
or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts
thereof irrespective of the fact that an) one part or parts be declared invalid
or unconstitutional
Section 6 All former traffic ordinances of this municipality are hereby
repealed including particularly Chapter 23 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Fort Collins, Colorado, 1958, as amended, and all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict with or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution
or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any
ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this ordinance
Section 7 This ordinance may be known and cited as the Municipal Traffic
Ordinance
Section 8 This ordinance shall take effect from and after the 1st
day of December 1966
Section 9 Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, Section 7, of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins the City Council hereby directs the Citv
Clerk to publish the title of this ordinance together with a comprehensive
summary of the substance of this ordinance and a statement that the text is
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available for public inspection and acquisition in the office of the City Clerk
in lieu of publishing this ordinance in full
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 27th day of October , A D , 1966, and to be presented for
final passage on the 17th day of November , A D , 1966
mayor
ATTEST
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City Cle k
Passed and adopted on final reading this ^17th day of November
A D , 1966.
Maryor
ATTEST s
City"C rk
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