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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALBEC
Council Bill No. 30
Ordinance No. 1130
Series of 1998
TITLE.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE WHEAT RIDGE
CODE OF LAWS TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED
PENALTIES FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. g g 42-4-615 and 42-4-614, any person who
commits a moving traffic violation in a designated school zone or a designated
maintenance, repair, or construction zone is subject to increased penalties and
surcharges; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Colorado has sought to
enable local governments to designate when areas shall be deemed to be school
zones for the purposes of C.R.S. g 42-4-615; and
WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council desires to provide the maximum
penalty range available for moving traffic violations in designated school,
maintenance, repair, or construction zones, as increased penalties are necessary to
protect the safety of school children and construction workers;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 13-2(b) of the Wheat Ridge City Code of Laws IS hereby
amended by the addition of the following new section:
(14) Part 14, concerning other offenses, is hereby
amended by the addition of a new section 1416, which section
shall read as follows:
1416. Traffic Violations Committed in Certain Zones
"( 1 ) Any person who commits a moving traffic violation in a
school, maintenance, repair, or construction zone, which zone
has been marked or posted as such, is subject to double the
amount of penalty and surcharge imposed For the purposes of
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this section, "school zone" means an area that is designated as
a school zone with signs posted on the public right-of-way. If
the penalty and surcharge has been doubled because a violation
occurred within a highway maintenance, repair, or construction
zone which was also a designated school zone, the penalty and
surcharge shall not be doubled twice.
Section 2. Section 13-2(b)(12)(3) of the Wheat Ridge City Code of Laws is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"(3)Traffic infractions as provided In this code shall be subject
to the following penalties:
"Minimum Penalty
Maximum Penalty
"Fine of $10.00 $25.00
Fine of $100.00 $1000.00
"Court costs as authorized by state law shall be added to the
fine,
Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares
that this ordinance is promulgated under the police powers 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
objective sought to be attained.
Section 4. 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 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
Section 5, Effective date, This ordinance shall take effect October 1, 1998,
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6 to 0 on this
17th day of August, 1998, 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 September 14, 1998, at 7 o'clock pm, in the Council Chambers,
7500 West 29TH Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 80215.
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READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote
of 8 to ~,this 14thday of September, 1998. ..~
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1st Publication: August 21, 1998
2nd Publication: September 25, 1998
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: October 1, 1998
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