The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-31

| An Ordinance relating to Street ira
ffic within the City Of Idaho Springs;
Firing speed limit for vehicles; Pro
viding penalty for violation. thereof;
and repeating all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IDAHO
SPRINGS:
Section l. DEFINITIONS. For the
purposes of this Ordinance the follow.
ing term are defined U A street"
shall be any public way for vehicles /;
| (2) A vehicle" shall include saddle or
lead horses, and every conveyance on
whG els or runners. except railway or
baby carriages; ~ A motor vehicle"
shall include automobiles and motor
cycles; ~ A driver" or operator
shall be anyone who guides or runs q
vehicle upon the street.
Section 2. SPEED. No vehicle
shall travel or be driven within the
City limits of the City of Idaho Springs
per hour; And within the district bound
ed by Radium Road on Miner street.
and Seventeenth Avenue on Colorado
street, and extending west from said
points to and including Tenth Ave
nue. within said City, no vehicle
shall travel at greater speed than
twelve miles per hour.
Section 3. RULES. a. All vehi-
cles, except in passing a vehicle abe I'D,
shall keep to the right of the middle
of the road; (2) Slow moving vehicles
shall keep as near as practicable to the
right hand curb; (3) No two vehicles
shall travel abreast: ~ A vehicle
meeting anorher shall pass to the right
(5) A vehicle over-taking another shall
pass on the left of the over taken We
hicle, and shall not pull over to the
right until entirely clear: (6) An over
so as to allow the overtaking vehicle
to pass to the eft of it and still be to
the right of the middle of the road; %
At the intersection of streets all We
hicles shall keep to the right of the cen
ter of the intersection whichever way
they travel, and shall pass in single file
(S) Turns to the right snail be made as
close to the curb as practicable; (s) A
the intersection of the streets the We
hicle to the right, has the right of way.
QU) A vehic e turning IN order to proceed
IN the opposite direcLIon shallturn to the
left to the opposite side of the sire. t
SO as to head in the same direction as the
traffic on that side of the street: QD
At all points between 18th Avenue and
18th Avenue, vehicles on wheels or
runners shall turn around only at street
intersections; Q2) All vehicles shall
stop only on the right side of the street,
and shall stop and stand with their
right side as near the curbing as prac-
ticable, and sh al not stop or stand out
in the street, except in an emergency
Q3) No vehicle shall stand in anv alley
except while loading or unloading Q4)
All automobiles left standing shall
have brakes set, and On all automobiles
requiring cranking from the street, the
brake shall remain set until after the
engine is started, Q5) No motor-ve-
hicle shall stand with engine running
without an operator: Q6) Whenever
the driver of motor vehicle shall ap
proach frightened horse, he shall slow
his spec d, and, if necessary, shall stop
his vehicle and engine; % NO
morse shall be left on the stree
unless securely held by halter, weight
or tie strap, or be inhibited unless Sc
cureI, held by halter; (ls) N" un-
Authorized person shall molest or IN
terfere with any vehicle: Q9 No We
hicle shall travel upon any side Walk.
Section 4. Every automobile shall be
provided with a horn or bell, three
lamps and brake, a muffler and an
emergency brake, and the SAID
muff1er shall only be opened in an
emergency: e, cry motorcycle shall be
equipped with bell or horn; autou o.
bi es while in motion from sunset to
sunrise shall be equipped with not less
than three lamps, viz: two front lamps
which shall show white light, and one
rear lamp which shall show red light;
motorcycles while in motion between
sunset and SUNRISE, shall have one
lamp which gives white light from the
front and red light from the rear; bl-
cycles while in motion between sunset
and sunrise shall have one lamp wnicn
gives white light from the front.
Section 5. Vehicles belonging 70 the
Fire Department of the City OF Idaho
Springs, or those brought into the ser,
vice of said Fire Department snail
have the right of way OH all the streets
Of said City. r -;
Section 6. Any person who shall VI
olate any provision or provisions OF TINS
Ordinance shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor and upon conviction there
of shall be fined in sum OF not less
than Five dollars, nor more than three
hundred dollars for each and every
offense.
Introduced and read at regular ad-
iourned meeting of the City Councll,
held in said City on July 14th. 1919.
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Mayor
Attest