TC Ord. No. 1980-164 6
TOWN OF AVON
ORDINANCE NO. #80-16
SERIES OF 1980
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO
MUNICIPALITIES, 1977 EDITION, ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2,
SERIES OF 1978, TO PROVIDE FOR IMPOUNDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
PARKED IN VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF SAID CODE AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF AVON AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Amendment.
Section 22-20 of Article XXII, Model Traffic Code of
Colorado Municipalities, 1977 Edition, adopted by Ordinance
number 2, Series of 1978, is amended by the addition of
subsections (c), (d) and (e) as follows:
(c) Whenever any Police Officer finds a vehicle
parked on any street or at any place within this municipality
in violation of any provision of this code or in violation of
a provision contained on any official sign, such officer may
require such vehicle to be removed or cause the same to be
removed and placed in storage.
(d) A vehicle illegally parked on private property
shall not be impounded pursuant to Section 22-20-(c) hereof
unless a complaint for said violation is signed by the owner,
lessee, tenant, or authorized agent, who is legally in possession
or control of said property.
(c) In the event a vehicle is impounded pursuant
to sub-section (a), (b) or (c) of Section 22-20 hereof, the
owner or driver of the vehicle shall pay as a fine a reason-
able amount for said removal or removal and storage in addition
to the penalty imposed for illegal parking or any other violation
of any of the provisions hereof.
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Section 2. Penalties.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
violation of this Ordinance and any such person, firm or
corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for
each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation
is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of
any such violation, such person, firm or corporation shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3. Severability of Provisions If any part,
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; and
the Town Council for the Town of Avon hereby declares it
would have passed this Ordinance and each part, section,
sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof; irrespective
of the fact that any one or more parts, sections sub-sections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
INTORDUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL, THIS /41~ -t,74 day of , 1980
and a public hearing on this Ordinance shall be held at the
regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Avon,
Colorado, on the day of 1980, at 7:30 P.M.
in the Municipal Offices of the Town of Avon, Colorado.
ATTEST:
Patricia J. Dofyae, Towrn Clerk
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INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING,
ONCE IN FULL, this yt:k-, day
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AP OVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
of 1980.
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Ang o. pi, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patricia J. Doyle;Town
STATE OF COLORADO )
COUNTY OF EAGLE ) SS
TOWN OF AVON )
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO, AT 7:30 P.M. ON THE 24th DAY OF
JUNE, 1980 AT THE TOWN HALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO.#80-16, SERIES OF 1980:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO
MUNICIPALITIES, 1977 EDITION, ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2,
SERIES OF 1978, TO PROVIDE FOR IMPOUNDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
PARKED IN VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF SAID CODE AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
A copy of said Ordinance is attached hereto and is also on file
at the office of the Town Clerk and may be inspected during regular
business hours.
Following this hearing, the Council may consider final passage of
this Ordinance.
This notice given and published by order of the Town Council of
the Town of Avon, Colorado.
Dated this 11th day of June, 1980.
TOWN OF AVON,
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POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE TOWI4 OF AVON
ON JUNE 12, 1980:
THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE BENCHMARK SHOPPING CENTER, AVON POST
OFFICE,
THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF EAGLE VALLEY BOWL,
THE PESTER GAS STATION, AND
THE TOWN OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR, BENCHMARK SHOPPING CENTER.