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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER Worth
Council Bill No. 8
Ordinance No. 1019
Series of 1996
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13 OF
THE CODE OF LAWS PERTAINING TO
PARKING ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
WHEREAS, unauthorized and unlawful parking of motor
vehicles on City-owned property presents a risk to the welfare and
safety of the public by preventing the effective and efficient
movement of motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic and may prevent or
impede emergency response vehicles and personnel; and
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge desires to enable the
Public Works Director or the Director's designee to promulgate and
enforce regulations governing the parking of motor vehicles on
City-owned property and to permit the towing and storage of
unlawfully parked motor vehicles subject to an adequate hearing
opportunity following towing.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. New Section 13-51 of
Laws is hereby enacted to be entitled
Property" to read as follows:
the Wheat Ridge Code of
"Parking on City-owned
Sec. 13-51
Parking on City-owned Property
(a) The Public Works Director is authorized
to promulgate regulations governing the
parking of motor vehicles on City-owned
property, and to provide for the enforcement
of such regulations by towing and storing the
motor vehicle at the expense of the registered
owner of the vehicle or by imposing an
administrative fine not to exceed $25 00
against the registered owner. Any regulations
promulgated by the Public Works Director shall
be ratified by resolution of the City Council.
(b) If
Director's
vehicle as
the Public Works Director
designee elects to tow and
provided by subsection (a)
or the
store a
of this
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Section, such towing and storage shall be
undertaken in accordance with the procedures
applicable to abandoned vehicles contained in
subsection (b) (1) through and including (b) (4)
of Section 13-44 of the Wheat Ridge Code of
Laws. Any vehicle towed pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section and not claimed
by the registered owner within thirty (30)
days following such towing may be declared
abandoned and treated in accordance with the
provisions of this Chapter pertaining to
abandoned vehicles.
(c) A violation of any regulations
promulgated in accordance with this Section or
a failure of any registered owner to pay an
administrative fine imposed pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section shall
constitute a violation of this Section.
(d) In lieu of the imposition of an
administrative fine or towing as provided in
subsection (a), or in the event of nonpayment
of an administrative fine imposed pursuant to
this Section, and at the discretion of the
Public Works Director, the Public Works
Director may file a complaint in the Municipal
Court charging a violation of this Section.
The Municipal Court shall have the
jurisdiction to hear and decide all such
complaints filed with the Municipal Court and,
upon conviction of the defendant, may impose
punishment as provided at Sections 1-5 and 1-6
of this Code.
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. Severabilitv. If any clause, sentence,
paragraph, or part of this Ordinance or Application thereof to any
person or circumstances shall for any reason be judged 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.
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Section 4. Effect of Repeal or Modification. The repeal
or modification of any provision of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter,
modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or
liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred
under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held
as still remaining in force for the purposes of sustaining any and
all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the
enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as
for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which
can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits,
proceedings, or prosecutions.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote
of 6 to 2 on this 22nd day of January ,1996, 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 February 26 , 1996, at 7: 00 0' 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 --L to -----.!L, this 26th day of February
1996 .
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
27th day of February
1996 .
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ATTEST:
DAN WILDE, MAYOR
AS TO FORM BY CITY
GERALD E.
1st Publication: February 1, 1996
2nd Publication: March 7, 1996
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date: March 22, 1996
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