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ORDINANCE NO. 610
Series of 1985
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12-2 OF THE CODE OF
LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE BY REPEALING AND
RENACTING SECTION 4-1, BASIC RULE, OF THE MODEL
TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES TO PROVIDE
THAT ALL POSTED SPEED LIMITS ARE MAXIMUM LAWFUL
SPEED LIMITS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 12-2 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge is hereby amended by the addition of the following
provisions:
"Section 4-1(a), Basic Rule, of the Model Traffic Code
is hereby repealed and renacted as follows:
4-1(a). No person shall drive a vehicle on a
street or highway within this municipality at a
speed greater than is authorized in this Section
4.1, and in no event greater than 55 miles per
hour."
Section 2. Section 12-2 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge is hereby amended by the addition of the following
provision:
"Section 4-1(c), Basic Rule, of the Model Traffic Code
is hereby repealed and renacted as follows:
(c). The speed limits specified in Subsection 4-
1(b) hereof shall be considered maximum lawful
speed limits and not prima facie speed limits."
Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated
under the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge,
that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare
of the public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the
preservation of health and safety and for the protection of
public convenience and welfare. The City Council further
determines that the ordinance bears a rational relation to
the proper legislative object sought to be attained.
Section 4. 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 5. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days
after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
6 to 1 on this 11th day of February , 1985,
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 March 11 , 1985, at
7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of to _2 this 11 th day of
March , 1985.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 11th day of March
1985.
FRANK 5 ITES, MAYOR
u.~ rt_ c APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY
Wanda Sang, cit Clerk ATTORNEY:
1st Publication: February 14, 1985 0000
2nd Publication: March 14, 1985
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date: March 29, 85 JOH AYES, CITY ATT EY
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