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INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WORTH
Council Bill No. 62 Ordinance No. ~
Series of 1994
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO REGARDING PARKING OF
RECREATION VEHICLES AND TOWED VEHICLES WITHIN
PUBLIC STREET RIGHTS-OF-WAY OR PRIVATE PROPERTY IN
RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Wheat Ridge Code of Laws, Section 26. zoning and
Development, Subsection 31. Off-Street parking requirements,
subpart (B)(6)(b) is hereby amended as follows:
nIb) In residential zone districts, motorized and
nonmotorized camping vehicles, (except campers mounted
upon pickup trucks) trailer mounted boats, and other
towed vehicles such as but not limited to utility
trailers, shall not be parked within public street
right-of-way for a period longer than seventy-two (72)
hours, however may be parked or stored upon property
owned by the vehicle owner, provided said vehicles are
parked six (6) feet or more inside the front property
line. SUCH VEHICLES WILL BE SIMILARLY PERMITTED UPON
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES WHERE THE OWNER OF THE
VEHICLE RESIDES UPON THE PREMISES, AND IN THE CASE OF
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, WHERE SUCH VEHICLE
OR VEHICLES DO NOT DISPLACE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED TO
MEET THE MINIMUM VEHICULAR PARKING STANDARD FOR THE
PROPERTY AS SET FORTH HEREIN FOR MULTIFAMILY
RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. Where it is difficult to
determine the public right-of-way boundary due to lack
of curb, gutter and/or sidewalk, or survey markers,
such boundaries shall be presllned to be ten (10) feet
from the edge of pavement or back of curb. Where a
sidewalk exists, such boundar~es shall be presumed to
be two (2) feet from the outside edge of sidewalk. In
cases where it is desired to maintain such a restricted
vehicle either within six (6) feet of a public street
on private property or within a lawful parking area on
a public street abutting the front of the property in
excess of seventy-two (72) hours, the property owner
may obtain a temporary parking permit from the planning
and development department. Such temporary parking
permit shall be for a time period not to exceed
fourteen (14) days, and no more than one (1) such
permit shall be issued each six (6) months for the same
vehicle. The permit must be placed upon the inside
windshield or side-window on the driver's side so as to
be visible for inspection. Pickup truck mounted
campers, when mounted upon pickup trucks, are not
subject to these subpart (b) p3rking restrictions.
Ordinance No. 974
Series of 1994
Page 2
Nothing in this ordinance will be construed to restrict
or limit parking of any vehicle so described within
this ordinance upon private property so long as said
vehicle is parked in accordance with the limitations of
this subpart (b), AND PROVIDED THAT SIGHT DISTANCE
TRIANGLE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 26-30(1)(2) ARE MET.
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 attained.
Section 3. 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 adjusted 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
final publication.
15
days after
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to ~ on this 11thday of July ___, 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 Auqust 8 , 1994, at 7:00 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 7 to 0 ,this 8th day of August
1994.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
9th
day
of August , 1994.
1~e'~Q ~
DAN WILDE, MAYOR
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Wanda Sang,
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APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY
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KATHRYN SCHROEDER, CITY ATTORNEY
1st Publication: July 19, 1994
2nd Publication: August 16, 1994
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date: August 31, 1994
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