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Home My WebLink About110 - 09/06/1983 - AMENDING SECTION 114-2 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 'MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALIT ORDINANCE NO. 110, 1983 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING SECTION 114-2 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: Section 114-2 (Amendments) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended as follows: Section 1. Section 114-2A(2) (Section 4-1, Basic rule) , Subsection c is repealed and readopted as follows: (c) The Traffic Engineer, pursuant to Section 23-9, may establish speed limits different from those established herein and, upon posting such limits, the posted speed shall control and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a motor vehicle in excess of such posted limit. All speed limits posted on state highways within the City of Fort Collins shall be approved by the Colorado State Department of Highways prior to the posting of such limits. Section 2. Section 114-2A is amended to add the following sections or subsections, in numerical sequence with previous amendments: Section 8-4, Driving on roadways with designated bicycle lanes, is added as follows: Section 8-4. Driving on roadways with designated bicycle lanes - Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, any person operating a motor vehicle on such roadway shall not drive in the bicycle lane except to park where parking is permitted, to enter or leave the highway or to prepare for a turn. Any person operating a motor vehicle shall not enter a bicycle lane as provided by this section until yielding the right of way to all bicycles lawfully within the bicycle lane. Section 11-2, Parking for certain purposes prohibited, is amended by the addition of subsection (4) as follows: (4) Occupancy thereof, and no vehicle shall be parked upon any lot or premise within the City limits for the purpose of occupancy thereof unless the same shall meet with all sanitary and building code require- ments regulating the construction and occupancy of habitable buildings. Section 17-13, Riding on roadways and bicycle paths, is amended by the addition of Subsections (d) and (e) as follows: (d) Whenever a bicycle lane has been estab- lished on a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such lanes and shall not use the roadway except when entering or leaving the highway or preparing for a turn. (e) Any person operating a motorized bicycle upon a roadway with a designated bicycle lane may drive in the bicycle lane, except that no person shall operate a motorized bicycle In a bicycle lane at a speed greater than Is reasonable or prudent and in no instance exceeding the posted speed limit, having due regard for visibility and the traffic on and the surface of the bicycle lane, and in no event in a manner which endangers the safety, of bicyclists utilizing the bicycle lane. Section 3. Section 114-2A is amended to set out the fol- lowing adTit onal amendments to the provisions of the -Model Traffic Code, in numerical sequence with previous amendments: Section 18-3, Height, width and length of vehicles and loads, Subsection (d) , is amended to read as follows: (d) No combination of vehicles coupled to- gether shall consist of more than four (4) units, and no such combination of vehicles shall exceed a total overall length of seventy feet (70' ) . Said length limita- tions shall not apply to vehicles operated by a public utility when required for -2- emergency repair of public service facili- ties or properties, or when operated under special permit as provided in Section 18-11 of this Code, but in respect to night transporation every such vehicle and the load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of such load. The limitations provided .in this section shall be strictly construed and enforced. Section 18-7 , Wheel and axle loads, Subsection (b) (2) , is amended to read as follows: (b) (2) When the wheels attached to said axle are equipped with low-pressure pneu- matic tires, 20,000 pounds. Section 18-8 , Gross weight of vehicles and loads, Subsections (a) (1 ) and ( b) are amended to read as follows: (a) (1) (i ) The gross weight upon any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed the limits prescribed in Section 18-7 . (ii ) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 18-7, the gross weight of a vehicle having two axles shall not exceed thirty-six thousand pounds (36,000 lbs. ) . (iii ) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 18-7 , the gross weight of a single vehicle having three or more axles shall not exceed fifty-four thousand pounds (54,000 lbs. ) . (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, except as may be authorized under Section 18-11 of this Code, no vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any highway -3- or bridge which is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways, also known as the " Interstate System" , when the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds the following specified limits: (1) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 18-7 of this Code, the gross weight of a vehicle having two axles shall not exceed thirty-six thousand pounds ( 36 ,000 lbs . ) . (2) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 18-7 of this Code, the gross weight of a single vehicle having three or more axles shall not exceed fifty-four thousand pounds (54,000 lbs. ) . (3) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 18-7 of this Code, the maximum gross weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed that determined by the formula W = 500 (LN divided by N-1 + 12N + 36) ; W equals overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds, L equals distance in feet between first and last axles of such vehicle or combination of vehicles, and N equals number of axles; but in computations of this formula no gross vehicle weight shall exceed eighty thousand pounds (80,000 lbs. ) except as may be authorized under Section 18-11 of this Code. (4) For purposes of this section, where a combination of vehicles is used, no vehicle shall carry a gross weight of less than ten percent of the overall gross weight of the combination of vehicles; except that this limitation shall not apply to specialized trailers whose specific use is to haul poles and whose axles may carry less than ten percent of the weight of the combination. -4- Section 18-10 , Vehicles weighed, excess removed, Subsection (a) , is amended to read as follows: (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 weigh- ing of the same either by means of port- able or stationary scales and shall require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest public scales in the event such scales are within five (5) miles. Section 22-9, Notice to appear in court, is amended to read as follows: Section 22-9. Notice to appear in court. - Except when authorized or directed to take a person before a magistrate or other court, as provided in Section 22-5 or otherwise pursuant to State law, any police officer upon making an arrest for any violation of this Code punishable as a misdemeanor, shall take the name, address, and operator' s license number of said person, the registered number of the motor vehicle involved, and such other pertinent information as may be necessary , and shall prepare and issue to him in writing on the form authorized in Section 22-2 of this ordinance a notice or summons to respond and answer to the charge against him, at a place and at a time to be specified in the notice or summons, and if the arrested person does not possess a valid Colorado driver' s license, such arrested person, in order to secure release, must give his written promise to appear in court by signing the penalty assessment notice or summons. If the arrested person does possess a valid Colorado driver' s license, the person shall not be required to give his written acknowledgment or promise to appear on the penalty assessment notice or summons. Section 22-10, Failure to obey summons or notice, is amended to read as follows: Section 22-10. Failure to obey summons or notice. - For the purposes of this Code, tender by an arresting officer of the summons or penalty assessment notice shall constitute notice to the violator to appear in court at the time specified on such summons or to pay the required fine. It is a violation of this section for any person to fail to appear to answer any offense charged under this Code. -5- Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered pub- lished this 16th day of August, A.D. 1983, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of September, A.D. 1983. . .� Ma r ATTEST: City CLer Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day of September, A.D. 1983. 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