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HomeMy WebLinkAbout012 - 04/09/1959 - RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAYS PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS THEREON AND PARTICULARLY RELATI Y ORDINANCE NO 12, 1959 BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAYS PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS THEREON AND PARTICULARLY RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAY NO 1 IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS COIARADO, DEDICATING THE SAME TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AS A PART OF STATE HIGHWAY NO 1 AND RECOGNIZING THE RIGHTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE SAME BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That the public necessity and convenience requires that a portion of State Highway No 1 which lies in and on a street of said City of Fort Collins be widened and reconstructed in accordance with the plans and specifications of Project No C 06-0001-17 of the Department of Highways State of Colorado Section 2 That the portions of the said Street are hereby dedicated to the People of the State of Colorado as connecting links in and as a part of Colorado State Highway No 1 recognizing that they may be relocated or abandoned as provided by law for State Highways, and recognizing that the streets or highways have priority over local intersecting streets Section 3 That the City of Fort Collins recognizes the right of the Department of Highways State of Colorado and its contractor or contractors to proceed at once or at any time in the future to construct the connecting links of Colorado State Highway No 1 in the City of Fort Collins on the portions of the street involved Section 4 That portions of the Street when constructed and improved shall remain a through Street that the City of Fort Collins acknowledges the right of the Colorado Department of Highways to place signs and warnings at points selected by the Department for the purpose of informing the traveling public that the portions of the Street are through Streets and for the purpose of requiring such stops and speeds and other traffic controls as may be necessary to protect the traveling public in the use of said portions of the Street That no commercial activity or encroachment shall be permitted within the right-of-way boundaries of said Streett and that the width from curb to curb of said Street shall be a minimum of 90 feet Y Section 5 That on no portion of any State Highway or connecting link within the said City of Fort Collins shall any person violate any of the provisions of Ordinance No 7 1953 nor any of the ordinances amending the same or any of the rules or regulations issued in pursuance thereof Section 6 That parking is hereby prohibited at those points along the portions of said Street which are within twenty (20) feet of any intersection that parking when and where permitted shall be parallel as provided by law for parallel parking that upon the basis of engineering and traffic investi- gations by the Department of Highways and by the City of Fort Collins it has been determined that a reasonable and true prima facie speed limit on portions of said Street shall be a minimum of thirty five (35) miles per hour in the business district and a minimum of thirty five (35) miles per hour on the remaining portions provided that standard signs are erected giving notice of the authorized speed as provided by Chapter 13 Article 4 Section 33 (4) and 34 (2) Colorado Revised Statutes 1953 Section 7 That there shall be no parking whatsoever on any roadway or contiguous shoulder of any State Highway or connection link within the said City of Fort Collins during the times and at the places where snow removal operations are in progress Section 8 That any violation of this Ordinance shall be punishable in the police court of the City of Fort Collins by penalty as provided by Ordinance No 7 1953 of the City of Fort Collins regulating the use of public streets That any police officer of the said City of Fort Collins is hereby authorized and required to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance and the Municipal Court shall have 3urisdiction to hear and try any person charged with its violation and if such person be guilty to punish such person as provided in the above mentioned Ordinance No 7 1953 Section 9 That in order to establish the streets and connecting links it will be necessary to take and purchase certain property included within the above described right-of-way By this Ordinance the said City of Fort Collins recognizes the right of the Department of Highways to purchase or condemn any such private property Section 10 That the provisions of the within ordinance are reinstated in their application to that portion of South College Avenue extending from its intersection with Olive Street South to the City limits Section 11 That all parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed Section 12 That if any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable Section 13 That this Ordinance is necessary to protect and preserve the public health safety convenience and general welfare and that certain funds now available to construct the portions of said Highways must be used within a short period of time or be forfeited and it is enacted for that purpose and shall take effect on the loth day following Its passage Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of March 1959 and to be presented for final passage on the 9th day of April 1959 Mayor ATTEST City Cle Passed and adopted on final reading this 9th day of April A D 1959 Mayor ATTEST City C erk