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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1060 Model Traffic Code Parking Regulations 03-12-2025ORDINANCE 1060 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF FIRESTONE COLORADO, ENACTING SECTION 10.04.285 OF THE FIRESTONE MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING SECTION 1214 PARKING REGULATIONS OF THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE WHEREAS, the Town of Firestone's Parking Regulations were previously contained in the 2020 Model Traffic and were deleted from the 2024 Model Traffic Code as they were to be relocated in Chapter 8.07 of the Firestone Municipal Code and treated as administrative citations; and WHEREAS, as a result of administrative changes within the Police Department it is more appropriate for the Parking Regulations to be relocated within the Model Traffic Code. OF FIRESTONE, 1 Section 1. Section 10.04.285 of the Firestone Municipal Code, establishing Sec.1214 Parking Regulations of the Model Traffic Code is enacted to provide as follows: Section 1214 Parldng Regulations (1) Definitions (a)For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings except as otherwise specified. (i)"Adventure or camper van" means a self-propelled vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodations that have often been fitted out with a coach -built body, to provide sleeping accommodations. (ii) "Commercial trailer" means any wheeled vehicle, without motive power, which is designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and to carry its cargo load wholly upon its own structure and which is generally and commonly used to carry and transport property over the public highways in furtherance of any commercial activity or "used "for hire." (iii) "Commercial vehicle" means any truck tractor, dump truck, semi -trailer, commercial trailer, low truck or vehicle equipped to provide towing services, bus, which is used, or normally associated with, the transportation of materials, products, freight, other vehicles, or equipment in furtherance of any commercial activity or is used "for hire" except that any passenger vehicle designed to transport no more than nine persons or any pickup truck or van not exceeding twenty- five feet in length shall not be considered a commercial vehicle. (iv) "Food truck" means a motorized or towed, self-contained, readily movable vehicle, that is designed and equipped to prepare and sell beverages and/or food while parked in a fixed location. (v) "Recreational vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed or used as a conveyance upon streets and highways and constructed so as to provide temporary occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons. Recreational vehicle does not include an adventure van, camper van or pick-up truck with an attached camper shell. (vi) "Trailer" means any wheeled vehicle, without motive power which is designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and carry its load wholly upon its own structure and which is generally and commonly used to carry and transport property over the public highways. (vii) "Travel trailer" means a portable structure, mounted on wheels, designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle and containing cooking or sleeping facilities to provide temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use. Such structures may be constructed with rigid sides or may have collapsible side walls of fabric, plastic or other pliable material. (2) Vehicle parking prohibitions. (a). It shall be unlawful for any person to park any of the following vehicles on either side of the public right-of-way adjacent to any lot in any residential zoned district except, when such vehicle is being used to render services to a property located with two hundred feet of the vehicle: (i) Any commercial vehicle or commercial trailer: (ii) Any motor vehicle exceeding twenty-five feet in length except that the measured length of such vehicle shall exclude towing gear bumpers and attached cargo racks. (iii) A combination of a trailer and motor vehicle exceeding twenty-five feet in length or eight feet in wide. 2 (iv) Any trailer or travel trailer exceeding twenty-five feet in length. (b). It shall be unlawful for any person to park a food truck and conduct business upon any public right-of-way except as authorized and in compliance with a permit issued by the city's office of special events. (c). It shall not be a defense to this section that any vehicle, trailer or food truck has been moved to a different location within the public right-of-way. To be in compliance, the vehicle, trailer or food truck or 1 must be removed from the right-of-way. (3) Parking of recreational vehicles, travel trailers or trailers on public right-of-way prohibited. (a). It is unlawful for any person to park a recreational vehicle, travel trailer or trailer on the public right-of-way except as follows: G) Directly in fiont of the single-family or multi -family dwelling of the vehicle's registered owner for a period of not more than seventy-two (72 ) hours when being loaded or unloaded. (ii) In compliance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued pursuant to subsection (d) herein below. (iii) It shall not be a defense to this section that the recreational vehicle, travel trailer or trailer has been moved to a different location within the public right-of-way. To be in compliance with this section, the recreational vehicle, travel trailer or trailer must be removed from the public right-of-way. (4) Permits for parking recreational vehicles or travel trailers on the public right of way. (a). Code enforcement may issue a permit to the registered owner of a recreational vehicle, travel trailer or trailer to park such vehicle for a period of time greater than seventy-two (72) hours on public right-of-way adjacent to any lot in any residential -zoned district subject to the following restrictions: (i) The permit shall only allow the vehicle to be parked on the public right-of-way that is directly in front of the applicant's single-family or multi -family dwelling for a period of time which shall not exceed fifteen calendar days within any calendar year. Section 2. If any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the 3 validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Board of Trustees hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared unconstitutional or invalid. Section 3. Violations of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine only in accordance with Section 1. 16. 010 of the Firestone Municipal Code. Section 4. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. FULL this LZ- day of March 2025. Don Cony Jr, 4