HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987 Ordinance No. 035I
OODINANCE NO. 6 5
s rnu:s OF 198.,---
BY AUTHCRITY
cnJNCIL BILL NO. 39
INTROOUCED BY COJNCIL
MDIBER BILO
/IN ORDINANCE AMnIDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 1, SB'..:'l'IOO 10, ENGI.EJOXl MUNICIPAL
CXUE OF l 985, ENl'ITLID "PENALTIES, 11 BY RENUMBERING 'l'IIA'f SEx:'1'100 'ro RF.AD
TITLE 11, Cll/\PTER 1, SB'..:'I'IOO 20; /IND BY ADDING A Nao/ SFX:TIOO 10 RELATING 'ro
SAFETY BELT SYS'J'F.2,15 -MI\NDA'fORY USE -CHILD RESTRA!tll' SYSTEM! -EXEMPTIOIS.
WHERF.AS, the Colorado State Sena':e Bill No. 12, was enacted into law
a nd ,1dd~ a new Sect ion 42-2-2 36 Color.,do Revise d Statues providing for the
n.indato ry use of seat belts in motor ·.-~hicles. Under the provisions of
Sections 42-4-108, 42-4-109 and 42-4-,·,, CRS, nunicipalities have authority
t o e nact ordinances requiring the manda '·cn:y use of seat belts in motor
lll'hicles ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood, COlorado,
determines that it is advantageous to enforce the use of seat belts through
a nunicipal ordinance to provide consistency in enforcenent and to avoid
the splitting of offenses between the state and the nunici-pality;
NG/ THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COONCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEl',IX)(), COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Title 11, Chapter 1, SUbsection 10, Englewood Municipal
Code, 1985, 1s hereby arrended by changing the section n\SltJer to read as
follows :
11-1-20 : Pl!IW.Til!S:
Section 2. Title 11, Chapter 1, Englewood Municipal COde, 1985, is
hP.reby amended by adding a new Section 10 to read as follows:
11-1-10 SAl'lmr ll!LT SYBl'l!MS -MNIWl'<llY IS -OIIU> R&9'1RADr1'
SYSTIHI -EXIIPl'ICJIS:
A. DEFINITIOOS:
MOl'OR VEHICLE MF.ANS A SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE INTmDID PRIMARILY Fell USE
/IND OPERATI@ 00 THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, IOCWDING PASSEJm CARS, STATIOO
WllCmS, VANS, TAXICABS, AMBULANCES, JIUI'OR t«:MES, AND PICKUPS. THE T.lRM
DOES NOT INCLUDE IDroRCYCLES, JIUI'ORIZID BICYCLES, Pl'ISSl:N:;ER BUSES, &lfJOL
BUSES, AND FARM TRACTORS AND IMP~ OF HUSBANDRY DESI= PRIMARILY OR
El<CLUSIVELY Fell USE IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIOOS.
SAFETY BELT SYSTEM MF.ANS A SYSTEM UTILIZING A LAP BELT, A SHOOLDER
BELT, OR ANY Ol'HER BELT OR CCM!INATIOO OF BELTS INSTALLED IN A ltJOCR
VEHICLE 'ID RFSI'RAIN DRIVERS AND PASSmGERS, WHICH SYSTEM CCffi'OOMS 'ID
FIDERAL MOl'OR VEHICLE SAFF:l"i Sl'ANDAROS.
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B. l. UNLESS EX™1'TID PURSUAm' ro SUBSEX:TIOI C OF 'lllIS SEX:'l'IOI, EVERY
DRIVER OF AND EVERY f'ROOT SF.AT PASSENGER IN A r,cJUR VEHICLE
!WIPPED wrm A SAFirrY BELT SYSTEM SHALL WFAR A FASl»iID SAFETY
BELT WHT!.E nIE r,cJUR VEIIICLE IS BEING CPERATID OI A S'mEZl' Cll
IIIG!i'il\Y IN THIS STIITE.
2 • = PF.RSON OPERATING A ooroR VEl!ICLE WHILE HE oo ANY PASSl'Nill'. IS I
N(Yf' TN CCf,11'!,IANCE WI'lll 'lllIS CXUlINANCE VIOLATES nus ORDINANCE AND
IS SUllJFX:T m BF.ING PUNISHED J\S PROVIDED IN SOCTIOI 1-4-l,
Fl'r.l,EWYXJ MUNICIPIIL COOE 1985.
C . THE RWJIR~ OF SUBSEY::'l'IOI B OF THIS S&:'l'IOI SHALL NCYI' APPLY ro:
1. II CHI!D REJ;)UIRED AV stJBSEx::TIOO E ro BE RESl'RAINED BY II CHILD
RESTRAIN'!' SYSTEM;
2 . 11 MEMBER OF J\N AMBUI.Al«:E TEIIM, t:l'IIER 'lllJ\N 'lllE DRIVER, WHILE
INVOLVED IN PIITIENl' CARE;
3 . II PP.AC E OFF'ICT.R, LEVEL I, AS DEFINED IN SEL'TIOI 18-1-901 (3) (1)
(I), C .R .S., WHILF. PERFORMING OFFICIAL Dl1l'IES &> UH; AS 'lllE
PERFORMIIN:E OF SIIID DUTIF.5 IS IN AO:xlRDAOCE WI'lll RULES AND
RmULATIOIS APPLICABLE TO SJ\ID OFFICER WHICH ARE AT LFJ\ST AS
Rl'..sTRICTIVE /IS SUBSEX:TIOl B OF 'lllIS 5=IOI AND WHICH OILY PIOVIDE
P.XCEPTIOOS NOCFSSJ\RY ro PRcmr.T 'lllE OFFICER;
4 • 11 PF.RSON WI'nl II PHYSIC/ILLY OR PSYCHOU:X;ICALLY DISABLm:; CQIDITIOI
WHOSE PIIYSJ('JI!. OR PSYCHOL(x;ICAL DISABILITY PREVENl'S APPROPRIATE
RESTRAINT BY A SAFITTY BELT SYSTEM IF SUCH P~ POOSESSF.5 A
WRI'l'I'EN STll'l'fl'll'ffi' BY A PHYSICIJ\N CERTIFYI!{; 'lllE CQIDITIOI, AS WELL
/IS STIITING nIE RE'A.<;all WIIY SUCH RESl'RAINT IS INAPPROPRIATE;
5. II PERSOI DRIVING Cll RIDING IN A ~ vmlICLE NCI!' IQJIPPED WI'lll A
Sl\Fm"l BELT SYS'l'fl,I Dl!F. TO THE FJ\CT 'lllAT FEDJ!RAL LAW DOES NCI!'
~IRE SUCH VEHICLE TO BE EX)l!IPPED WI'lll A SAFETY BELT SYSTEM;
6. 11 RURA!, lEITllR CIIP.RIER OF n!E UNITED STIITES POOTAL SERVICE WHILE
PERFORMING DUTIF.5 AS A RURAL LETTER CARRIER; OR
7. /\ PF.RSON OPERATING A ooroR VEHICLE FOR CCff!ERCIAL CR RESIDENl'IAL
DELIVERY Ol1 PICl<UP SERVTCE; EXCEPT THAT SUCH P~ SHALL BE
REJ;){JIRED ro WF'.AR II FASTENED SAFETY BELT DURING 'lllE TIME PERICD
PRIOR TO TfJE FIRST DELIVERY OR PICl<UP OF nlE DAY AND OORING 'lllE
TIME PERIOD F'OLLO-IING 'lllE L/1ST DELIVERY Cll PICl<UP OF 'lllE DAY,
D. NO DRIVER 00 PASSENGER IN A r,cJUR VEHICLE SP.ALL BE CITID FCll A
VTOIJ\TIOI 01' SUBSi;rl'IOI B OF nils SEX:'l'IOI l.NLESS 'lllE DRIVER WAS 8l'CPPED BY
11 !.JIW rnFORCEl-lENT OFFICER FOR J\N ALLEX;ED VTOLI\TIOI C7l'IIER THAN ; . '/IOLATIOI
01' Tf!IS SEX:TIOI.
E. CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTl'MS ~IRED -DEFINITIOIS •• EXPMPTIOIS:
l • AS usrn IN nus S'IJ3SECI'IOI E, UNLESS 'lllE CXNl'EXT Ol'l!ERWISE
RFUJIRES:
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SAFETY BELT MEANS A LAP BELT, A SHOOI.DER BELT, 00 ANY Ol'HER BELT 00
CCMBINATI<ii OF BELTS INSTALLED IN A f,UJ'QR VEHICLE 'ro RESTRAIN DRIVERS AND
PASSEN,ERS , EXCEPT /WY SUCH BELT WHICH IS PHYSICALLY A PART OF A CHIID
RES'l'RAINI' SYSTl!M. "SAFel"i BELT" INCIAJDES THE AN:IICIW.ES, THE BUCKLES, AND
,\LL crmrn FQJIPMENI' Dina::I'LY RELATFD TO TGHE CPl'llATIOO OF SAFETY BELTS.
SFATING POSITIOO MEANS /WY t,Ol'OR VEHICLE IN!'ERICll SP.ACE Im»IDED BY
1i!E r-K1f0~ ro PROVIDE SFATING ACCOMXlP.Tictl WHILE THE
r-'Ol'OR VEllICLE IS IN M'.l Ictl.
F . UNLFSS F.X™PTID PURSUANT 'JU SIJBSErl'IOO G OF THIS SErl'IOO, EVEl!Y Cllll.D,
WHO rs UNOF.R FOOR I 4) YEARS OF AGE AND WEIGHS UNDER FORTY I 40) POUNDS,
f\R ING TR.I\NSPORTID IN THIS STATE IN A PRIVATELY Ol'NEil NCH:(l,f,IERClAL
P/\SSF.NGER VFJHCLE WHICH I S DRIVffl BY A RESIDENI' OF THIS STATE, SHALL BE
PROVIDED WITH A CHII.D RF.'lTRAINI' SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR THE CHIID' S SIZE AND
S111\Ll. BE PROPERLY FASTENrn !NTO SUCH CHIUl RESTRAIN!' SYSTEM WHICH IS IN A
SE:l\TING POSITictl WHICH IS S:VIPPED WITH A SAFETY BELT OR O'ffiER MEANS TO
ST:X:URE SAID SYSTEM AO::OODING 'ro THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIOOS. IT IS THE
~SIBif,ITY OF THE DRIVER TRANSPalTING CHIUlRfll , SUBJFX:T TO THE
RFQJIREl!ENTS OF THIS SF.X:TTON, TO ENSURE TIIJ\T SUCH CHIUlRfll ARE PROVIDED
1'11 '111 /\NO THAT THEY PROPERLY USE A CHIUl RESTRAim' SYSTEM.
G . TilE RE(OIR™Em' OF SIJBSEr!'ION F OF 'lllIS SEX:'l'Ictl SHALL NOl' APPLY TO A
CHILD WHO:
I • IS BEING TRANSPORTED IN A ooroR VEHICLE IN WHICH ALL SF.ATING
POSITIONS ~IPPED WITH SAFETY BELTS 00 CHIUl RESTRAim' SYSTalS ARE
CCCUPI!'D; OR
2. rs BEING TRANSPORTl:D IN A ooroR VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY.
H. NO PERSCII SHALL USE A SAFETY BELT 00 CHIUl RESTRAINT SYS'I'FJI FOR
Cl IIUlRfll FOOR ( 4 ) YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER IN A IDOCR VEHICLE UNLESS IT
crnFORMS TO ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL f,UJ'QR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS.
I. /!Ni VIOLATictl OF THIS SFX:'I'Ictl SHALL NOl' ca;STI'IUI'E NEXiLIGENCE PEll SE CR
CXffl'RIBVroRY NEXiLIGENCE PER SE.
J . THE FINE SHALL BE WAIVED FOR VIOLATIOOS OF PARAGRAPH F l\PINE IF THE
DRIVER PRESENI'S Tlfr: COOR'!' WITH Sl\TISFACTOOY EVIDEN:E OF THE JIC(;(.JISITIOO,
PURCII/\SE, OR RFNl'AL OF AN APPROVID CIIIUl RESTRAINI' SYSTEM BY THE TI.ME OF
THE COORT APPFJ\RANCE.
section 3. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, of tht, Englewood
Munic~ 1985 and secondary codes adq>ted thereby in conflict
herewith are expressly repealed.
Introduced, read in full, and passed on first reading on the 20th day
of July, 1987.
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Published as a Bi 11 for an ordinance al the 22nd day of JUly, 1987.
Read by title and pasl'ed al final reading al the 3rd day of August,
1987.
I, Patricia H. GrCM, City Clerk of the City of Engl~, Colorado,
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed on
final reading and published by title as ordinance No.2::".; Series of 1987.
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Patricia H. Crow
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