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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. -1- 6 9 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 -2- • INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING, ONCE IN FULL, this yt:k-, day 9 AP OVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED of 1980. r-- V 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, er 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.