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INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN SOVERN
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. J 9 , SERIES OF 1974
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-7 OF THE 'MODEL TRAFFIC
CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES, 1966, ' AS ADOPTED WITH
AMENDMENTS BY ORDINANCE NO. 24, SERIES OF 1969, (CHAPTER 1,
TITLE XIV, '69 E.M.C.) BY AUTHORIZING THE USE OF AIR HORNS
ON FIRE VEHICLES ONLY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TilE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
.ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
That Section 21-7 of the Model Traffic Code, 1966
Edition, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 21-7. Authorized Emergency Vehicles -
Equipment -Privileges
(a) EVERY AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE
SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTIIER EQUIPMENT AND
MARKINGS REQUIRED BY THIS MODEL TRAFFIC CODE,
OR BY THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,
BE EQUIPPED WITH A SIREN, EXHAUST WHISTLE OR
BELL CAPABLE OF GIVING AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL AND
BE EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE LIGHTED LAMP
EXHIBITING A RED LIGHT VISIBLE UNDER NORMAL
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS FROM A DISTANCE OF
500 FEET TO THE FRONT OF SUCH VEHICLE. A
POLICE VEHICLE, MAY, BUT NEED NOT, BE EQUIPPED
WITH THE RED LIGHT SPECIFIED HEREIN. THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT VEHICLES MAY ALSO BE EQUIPPED WITII
AIR HORNS FOR USE BY ITS DRIVERS SO AS TO CLEAR
INTERSECTIONS. OTHER AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY
VEHICLES MAY ALSO BE EQUIPPED WITH WARNING
DEVICES, OTHER THAN AIR HORNS, THAT EMIT YELPS
AND SCREECHES FOR USt; HY 'J.'llliJ.K UKJ.VEl<.S TO CLEAR
INTERSECTIONS .
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(b) The driver of an authorized emer-
gency vehicle, when responding to an emergency
call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected
violator of the law, or when responding to but
not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exer-
cise the privileges set forth in this section,
but subject to the conditions herein stated.
(c) The driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle may:
(1) Park or stand a vehicle, irrespective
of the provisions of this ordinance;
(2) Proceed past a red or stop signal
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or stop sign, but only after slowing
down as may be necessary for safe
operation;
Exceed the prima facie speed limits
so long as he does not endanger life
or property;
(4) Disregard regulations governing
direction of movement or turning
in specified directions.
(d) The exemptions herein granted to an
authorized emergency vehicle ,shall apply only when
such vehicle is making use of audible and visual
signals meeting the requir~ments of THIS MODEL
TRAFFIC CODE OR STATE LAW, except that an
authorized emergency vehicle being operated as
a police vehicle while in actual pursuit of a
suspected violator of any provision of this
ordinance or any provision of State law applicable
to drivers and vehicles in this municipality need
not display or make use of audible and visual
signals so long as such pursuit is being made
to obtain verification of or evidence of the guilt
of the suspected violator .
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(e) The provisions of this section shall
not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for
the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions
protect the driver from the consequences of his
reckless disregard for the safety of others.
Introduced, r~ad in full and passed on first reading
on ·he 20th day of May , 1974 .
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 23rd
day of May, 1974.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the
·June 3, 1974.
Published by title as Ordinance No.
of 1974, on the 6th day of June, 1974.
ATTEST :
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
J 9 , Series
I, Karl Nollenberger, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of
the Ordinance , passed on final reading and published by
title as Ordinance No. 19 , Series of 1974.
ex officio City .Clerk-Treasurer
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