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INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
Council Bill No. 8 ORDINANCE
Series of 1993
SELSTAD
NO. ---.9Z!l
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.
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:
"(b) In residential zone districts, motor homes
or recreational vchiclc3, wh~ arc cither
eight (8) feBt or more in width or tHenty
fivc (25) feet or more in lcngth, 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,
or if said vehiclcs are owned by anyone othcr
-'than the-property OHner Hhere parked, said
motor vehiclcs or rccrcational vehicles may
be stored or par}{cd on said private property
,vi th the knoHledgc and consent of the
property OHncr; provided, that no more thaft
tom (2) 3uch vehicles are stored on any
Stich lot or parcel at anyone (1) timeT
ftftd provided said vehicles are parked
six (6) feet or more inside the front
property line. Where it is difficult to
determine the public right-of-way boundary
due to lack of curb, gutter and/or sidewalk,
or survey makers, such boundaries shall be
presumed to be ten (10) feet from the edge
of pavement or back of curb. Where a
sidewalk exists, such boundaries shall be
presumed to be two (2) feet from the outside
edge of sidewalk. except t~t, for-kfle purpose
of allmving the load~ or unl-ead-iflg
frF-any-gueh-motor home or r~ational
vehieles, sueft-motor---fieme or recFeaH-oftfrl-
v~e s may- -Be 1 a wful-l-y-pa-rked--on-a
public 3treet~rcctly in fron~-~he
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Series of 1993
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property of the person or person3 being
~ited by thc owner or operator of the
vehicle for a maximum period of
t~ty four (24) seventy two (72) hours
ne-morc frcquently than once in cach
~ week period. In cases where it is
desired to maintain a-+arge motor
homc or recreatio~ 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 twenty four (247
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 propert~. 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) parking restrictions. 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). no closer tA~~eet of
aRy--f)aVed public 3treet."
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 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.
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect ~ days after
final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to ~ on this 8th day of March , 1993, 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 April 12 , 1993, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., in
the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge,
Colorado.
4/12/93 - Motion to postpone until April 26, 1993; carried 7-1.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
by a vote of 5 to 4 ,this 26th day of Apri 1
1993.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
27th day of
Apri 1
1993.
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RAY J. W ~ R, JR',JM~R
Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY
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KATHRY
1st Publication: March 16, 1993
2nd Publication: May 4, 1993
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date: May 19, 1993
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