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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1994-0965 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13-2, Model Traffic Code, is hereby amended as follows: Section 4.1(b) Basic Rule of the Model Traffic Code lS hereby repealed and reinacted as follows: " (1.)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. - Page 2 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. ~~ DAN WILDE, MAYOR /' APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY lu.,4 ",,1111I,1"G' I' ll!..t. 1,,,")1 i' II \. j, l;r. ~.A';h__:.tl..-~ KATHRYN L. SCHROEDER, CITY ATTORNEY 1st Publication: May 31, 1994 2nd Publication: July 5, 1994 Wheat Ridge Sentinal Effective Date: July 6, 1994