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INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
Council Bill No. 59 ORDINANCE
Series of 1994
EDWARDS
NO. 965
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY-ADOPTED MODEL
TRAFFIC CODE OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO,
TO MODIFY THE BASIC RULE REGARDING SPEED LIMITS
WITHIN THE CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Wheat Ridge Code of Laws, Section 13-2, Model Traffic
Code, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 4.1(b) Basic Rule of the Model Traffic Code lS hereby
repealed and reinacted as follows:
" (1.)
Twenty-five miles per
the City of Wheat
otherwise posted "
hour on all
Ridge City
streets within
limits unless
Section 2. 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
obtained.
Section 3. Severabilitv. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or
part of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person of
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 4. This Ordinance shall take effect one day after final
publication
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6
to 0 on this 23rd day of May , 1994, 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 Monday ,June 27 , 1994, at
7'00 o'clock p.m , in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
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READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 8 to 0 this 27th day of June
1994.
Signed by the Mayor on this 27th day of
June
, 1994.
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY
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KATHRYN L. SCHROEDER, CITY ATTORNEY
1st Publication: May 31, 1994
2nd Publication: July 5, 1994
Wheat Ridge Sentinal
Effective Date: July 6, 1994