ORDINANCE NO. 1384

 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC WITHIN, AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, WITHOUT THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE "MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES" AS APPROVED AND PUBLISHED IN 1970 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AND INCLUDING IN SAID CODE REFERENCES TO A SECONDARY CODE OFFICIALLY TITLED "UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR ALL CLASSES OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS" OF CURRENT ISSUE ALSO PUBLISHED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 Section 1. ADOPTION.--Pursuant to Article 34 of Chapter 139, Colorado Revise Statutes 1963, there is hereby adopted for the purpose of regulating traffic within, and, where appropriate, without the City of Grand Junction that certain primary code known as the "Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities" embodying references to a secondary code of traffic control devices as jointly described in the title of this ordinance of which three (3) copies of both primary code and secondary code, together with traffic control schedules for designated streets, have been filed in the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours the same being adopted as if set out at length.

 Section 2. PENALTIES.--The following penalties, herewith set forth in full, shall apply to this ordinance:

 (a) It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions stated or adopted in this ordinance.

 (b) Every person convicted of a violation of any provision stated or adopted in this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

 Section 3. APPLICATION.--This ordinance shall apply to every street, alley, sidewalk area, driveway, park, and to every other public way or public parking area either within bi outside the corporate limits of this municipality, the use of which this municipality has jurisdiction to regulate. The provisions of Sections 5-1, 5-2, 15-12 and 23-3 of the adopted Model Traffic Code respectively concerning careless driving, reckless driving, unauthorized devices, and accident investigation shall apply not only to public places and ways but also throughout this municipality.

 Section 4. VALIDITY.--If any part or parts of this ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared invalid.

 Section 5. REPEAL.--Existing ordinances or parts of ordinances covering the same matters as embraced in this ordinance are hereby repealed and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this ordinance.

 Section 6. INTERPRETATION.--This ordinance shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the local traffic regulations contained herein. Article and section headings of the ordinance and adopted Model Traffic Code shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or extent of the provisions of any article or section thereof.

 Section 7. SHORT TITLE.--This ordinance may be known and cited as the Municipal Traffic Ordinance.

 Section 8. PUBLICATION.--The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance, cause notice of its contents and passage to be published or posted, and make not less than three copies of the adopted Code and the related Traffic Control Manual available for inspection by the public during regular business hours.

 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of February, 1971.

    /s/ R. G. Youngerman

    President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1384, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 21st day of January, 1971, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 18th day of February, 1971.

/s/ Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

Published: February 21, 1971.