HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1979-0346INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER Lewman
ORDINANCE NO. 346
Series of 1979
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 289, SERIES OF 1978, OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, BY THE ADDITION OF
SECTION 12-4.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 289, Series of 1978, of The Code of The City of
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby amended by the addition of the following
section:
Sec. 12-4. Parking, Storage or Use of Trucks and Recreational
Equipment.
(a) No driver, owner or operator of any truck, van, truck trailer,
truck tractor, tractor trailer combination or road machinery with a
curb weight in excess of 9,000 pounds as shown on the vehicle regis-
tration shall park or cause to be parked any such vehicle for longer
than two hours at any one time on a street or public right-of-way
within any zoned residential district, excluding state highways;
except that an operator may park said vehicle for a longer period
while actually and continuously engaged in loading or unloading and,
except that upon a showing of exceptional need, the Chief of Police or
his designee may issue a temporary permit not to exceed three (3)
days for such parking.
(b) No recreational equipment with a curb weight in excess of 9,000
pounds as shown on the vehicle registration shall be parked or stored
on any street, highway, roadway or public right-of-way, excluding
state highways, within the City for a period in excess of 48 hours
within any five-day period unless such vehicle has been issued a
temporary permit not to exceed three (3) days by the Chief of Police
or his designee, based on a showing of exceptional need.
(c) No recreational equipment or any other vehicle shall be used
for living, sleeping or house keeping while parked on the streets,
public right-of-ways, or public property of this city.
(d) No detached non-motorized equipment, including but not limited
to trailers and semitrailers, with a curb weight in excess of 9,000
pounds as shown on the vehicle registration, shall be parked on any
street, public right-of-way or public property, excluding state high-
ways, of the City for longer than two hours.
(e) For the purposes of this Ordinance, recreational equipment with
a curb weight in excess of 9,000 pounds as shown on the vehicle regis-
tration shall include, but not be limited to, boats, boat trailers,
travel trailers, trailer coaches, mobile homes, motorized dwellings,
tent trailers, recreational trailers, and buses. Detached non-motorized
equipment shall include, but not be limited to, any equipment other
than that defined as recreational which is not attached to any part
of a vehicle.
ORDINANCE NO. 346
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Section 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph,
or part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by
a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance
or its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
after final publication.
day
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
6 to 0 on this 23rd day of July , 1979;
ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration
on final passage set for August 13 , 1979, at
7:30 o'clock _.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of 6 to 0 this 13th day of
August , 1979.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 17th day of August , 1979.
Oliver V. Phillips, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol a p _ H.Cit~y Cle
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1st Publication Ju~_6,_1979
2nd Publication August 23, 1979
Effective Date __8K st 24,1979 _
APPROVED BY OFF,ZCE,OF,CI Y ~TORNEY:
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