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OODINI\NC E NO . 5 0
SERI ES OF 198_2 __
BY Alfl'HORITY
t'OUNC I L BILL NO . 47
INTRODUC ED BY COUNCILUNCIL
MEM BER FITZ PATRIC K
AN OOD I NI\NCE N'IENDING SECT I ON (l) (a) , QIAPf ER l, TITLE XIV , OF WE
ENGLEWOOD MUN I CIPA L CODE OF 1969 , i'5 N'IEN DED , ru:LATING 'fO W E MODE L
'ffiAf'Fit: CODE NOT :CE 'fO APPEAR I N COURT AND SUMMCllS PROVIS IONS .
WHE REAS , the Colo r ado Sta t e Legi s l at ur e has adopted l eg i s lation
de l eting the requ i r ement that a violat o r of a roote r vehicle law s i gn
a slll11ll0 ns and compl aint; a nd
WHEREAS , in order to reduce confusion and provide a un ifo rm
me thod of ser v ing slll11ll0 ns a nd compla i nts on bo t h city str eets and
s tate h i ghways fo r Municipal Co urt , i t is necessary t o amend Section
(1 ) (a ), Olapte r l , Ti tle XIV of t he 1969 E.M.C .
NCM , TH EREFOR E, BE IT CR!l'IINED BY THE CITY COUNC I L OF WE CI TY
OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORl\00:
Sect i on 1. Section (a) of Ti tle XIV, Olapte r l , Section l , of '69
~.M .C., as amend e<' is he r eby amended to r ead es foll ows:
14-1-1 : I\OOPrION
(a) Pursuant to Sectio 44 , Article V of the Engle\,l'.lod Home Rule
Olarter , and Ti t l e 31 , Article 16, pa r ts land 2 , C.R.S . 1973 , as
ame nded , there is hereby adopted by r e ference Articles I to XXVI,
inclus i ve of the l S"/7 Edition of the "t'odel Traffic Code fo r
Colo rado Muni c ipaliti es ", promulg ated and published as such by the
State Department of Highways , 420 1 E. Arkansas Aven ue , Denve r ,
Co l o r ado 80222 . '!he subject ma tter of the t'ode l Tr affic Code
re l a t es pri ma rily to comprehe, s i ve t r a f fic control r egulat i ons for
the City . 1he pu r pose o f this Ordi nance and the Code adopted he r ein
is t o provide a system of traff i c regulat i on consistent with State
l aw and gene rally conforming to simil a r regul at i ons thro ugho ut the
Sta t e and nat i on . 'lhre e (3) co p ies of the t'odel Traffic Cod e
adopte d herein are now f iled ir the office of the Di r ecto r of
Fi nance ex o ffici o Ci ty Cl e r k ,f the City of Engle\,l'.lod and may be
inspec ted d uring regular busi, ass hours . '!he 1977 ed iti on of the
t'odel Traffi c Co de i s ad opted as se t out a t l e ngth ~""""' ....i
il99ejM: EXCEPf the following art i cles and/or sect ions IJlich are
declared to be ina pp licable to t hi s muni cipality and are there fore
express ! y dele t ed OR AMEN DED :
(1 ) Article XXVI is dele t ed .
(2) Section 23-8 of Ar ti c l e XXI II i s deleted .
(3) Sec ti on 22 -9 of Arti c l e XX[ I i s amended t o r ead as
follows:
22-9: NOT I CE TO APPEAR IN COURT. EXCEPr WHEN AUTHORIZED
00 DIRECTED TO TAKE A PERSOO BEFOOE A MAGISTRATE 00 OTHER CO URT , AS
PROVIDED IN SECTIO N 22-5 00 OT HERWISE PURSUANT TO s rATE U\W, ANY
POLICE OFHCER , UPON MAKING AN ARREST FOR ANY VIO LATION OF THI S CODE
F\JN I SHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR, SHALL TAKE 'l)!E NAM E, ADDH ESS , AND
OPERATOR 'S LICENSE NUMBER OF SAID PERSON , 'll-lE REGI STE RED NUMBE R OF
'll-lE MorDR VEHICLE INVOLVED, AND SUC H arHER PERTI NENT INFORMAT ION AS
MAY BE NECESSARY, AND SHALL PREPARE AN D I SS UE TO HIM, IN WR I TING ON
'll-lE FOOM AUTHORIZED IN SECT ION 22 -2 OF THIS OOD I NANCE , A NOTICE 00
SIJ-1MOOS TO RES POND AND ANSWER 'fl) 'IliE CHARGE AGA IN ST flIM AT A PLAC E
AND AT A TIME 'fl) BE SPECIFIED IN '11l E NOrICE 00 SUMMOOS , AN D, ff '!'HE
ARRESTED PERSON DO ES N(Jf POS SESS A VALID COLOHAIXJ DHIVER'S LICENSE ,
SUC H ARRESTED PERSON , IN ORDER 'fl) SEC URE RELEASE, MUST GIVE HIS
WRITTEN PRCMI SE 'fl) APP :':AR IN COURT BY SIGNING '!'HE PENALTY ASSESSMENr
NOTICE 00 S UMMOOS . IF 'IliE ARRESTED PERSOO DOES POSS ESS A VA LID
COLORADO OOIVER 'S LIC ENS E, '!'H E PE RSON SHAL L NOr BE RE(}JIRED TO GIVE
HI S WRI'rrEN ACKNa../LEIX,t\ENr 00 PRCM I SE TO APPEAR , 00 TH ' PENALTY
ASSESSM ENT NOrI CE 00 SUMMOOS .
(4) Section 22-10 o f Art icle XXII i s ame nded to r ead as
follo-.s :
22-10 . FAILURE 'fl) CllEY S UMM(l,IS 00 NOTICI::. FOR '!'HE
PURPCG ES OF 'll-l I S CODE, TENDER BY AN ARRESTING OFF IC ER OF 'IliE S UMM(l,IS
00 P'"...NAl:r Y ASSESSMENT NOrICE SHALL CONSTITUTE Nor I CE 'fl) THE VIOLATOR
TO APPEAR IN CO URT AT 11-IE TIME SPEC IFIED (l,I SUCH SUMM(l,I S OH 'fl) PAY
THE RE (}JIHED FINE. IT IS A VIOLATION OF 'Ili IS SECTION FOR ANY PERSON
TO FAIL TO APPEAR 'fl) ANSWER ANY OF FEN SE CHARGED UNDER 11-lI S CODE .
Introduced , r e ad in fu ll , and passed o n f irs t r eadi ng on the
15th day of November , 1982 .
Pu bl i s hed as a Bi ll fo r an Or d inance o n the 17th da y o f
Novembe r , 1982 .
Read by title and i:essed on final r ead i ng on the 6 t h day of
Decembe r , 1982 .
Pu bl i s hed by t i tle as Or di nance No .
on t he 8th day of Dec embe r , 1982 .
At t est :
/s / Ga ry R . Hi gbee
ex of fi cio Ci ty Cl e r k-Treasur e r
50 Se ri es of 1982 ,
/s / Euge ne L . Oti s
Eug e ne L . Ot i s , Mayor I
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1, Gary R. Hig ~~, c t officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the
City of Engle...o<>d , Colorado , hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a t rue, accurate and complete copy of the Ordinance
passed on final reading and published by title as ordinance
No -...5!1..• Se ries of 1982 .
/s / Gary R. Hi g bee
Gary R. Higbee