The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-08-07
An Ordinance


ffic within the City Of Idaho Springs;
Fixing speed limit for vehicles; Pro
viding penalty for violatio.. thereof
and repeating all ordinances or parts OF
| ordinances in conflict herewith.
/ Bet ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IDAHO
SPRINGS: .
Section l. DEFINITIONS. For the
purposes of this Ordinance the follow
ing terms are defined ~ A street
shall be any public way for vehicles
| (2) A vehicle" shall include saddle or
lead horses. and every conveyance on
wht els or runners. except railway or
baby carriages; (3) A "mctor vehicle"
shall include automobiles and motor
cycles; az A driver" or Operator
shall be anyor who guides or runs q
vehicle upon the street.
Section 2. SPEED. No vehicle
shall travel or be driven within the
Lity limits Of the City of Idaho Springs
at greater speed than eighteen miles
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
nue. within said City, no vehicle
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twelve miles per hour.
Section 3. RULES. ~ All vehi-
cles, except in passing vehicle ahead
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 euro; 90 No two vehicles
shall travel abreast: (4) A vehicle
NEE ting anorher shall pass to the right;
| 90 A vehicle overtaklng another shall
pass on the left of the over taken e.
hicle, and shall not pull over to the
right until entirely clear: (6) An over
| taken vehicle shall turn to the right
so as to allow the over-taking 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 GEN.
ter of the intersection whichever way
they travel. and shall pass in single file
| ~ Turns to the right snail be made as
close to the curb as practicable; (9) A
the intersection of the streets the We
| hicle to the right, has the right of way.
| Q0) A vehic e turning IN order to proceed
In the opposite direction shallturn to the
left to the opposite side of the sire,
| so as to head in the same direction as the
traffic on that side Of the street: an
At all points between 14th 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,
ana shall stop and stand with their
| right side AZ near the CURLING as prac
t'cable, and sh Ill not stop or stand out
IN the street. except In an emergency;
| (I3) No vehicle shall stand in anv alley
except while loading or unloading Q4)
I A -, IS Il.
have brakes set and on all automobiles
requiring cranking from the street, the
brake shall remain set until after the
engine is started; 05) No motor-ve-
hice shall stand with engine running
without an operator: Q6) Whenever
the driver of motor vehicle shall ap-
| proach frightened horse. he shall slow
his speed, and, if necessary, shall stop
his vehicle and engine; % No
| morse shall be left on the street
unless securely held by halter, weight
| or tie strap, or be inhibited unless Sc
curel, held by halter; Qs) No I'M
Authorized person shall moest or in
tertere 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 a brake, muffier and an
emergency brake, and the said
muller shall only be opened in an
emergency: eN ery motorcycle shall be
! equipped with q bell or horn; auto1 O.
bi es while in motion from sunset to
sun-rise shall be equipped with not less
than three lamps, viz: two front lamps
which shall show white lisht, and one
rear amp which shall show red light:
motorcycles while in motion between
i sunset and SUI rise, shall have one
| lamp which gives white light from the
! front and red light from the rear; BIZ
| cycles while in motion between SUNSET
and sunrise shall have one lamp which
gives white light from the front.
Section s. Vehicles belonging to the
Fire Department of the City of Idaho
! Springs, or those brought into the ser
Vce of said Fire Department shall
have the right of way on all the streets
of said City.
Section 6. Any person who shall vi
olate any provision or provisions of this
Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction there
of shall be fined in q sum of not less
/ than Five dollars, nor more than three
hundred dollars for each and every
offense.
introduced and read at regular adj
Journed meeting of the City Council,
| ED in said City on July l4th, 1915.
Published in full on the 14th and 3Ist
day of July, 1915 in fthe Idaho Springs
Sietings News weekly public news
paper of general circulation published
in said City of Idaho Springs.
Passed and Adopted by the City Coun
ell of the City of Idaho Springs this the
9Th day of August 1915
| GEO E. MCCIEIlANn
Mayor and Presiding officer of the CITY
Council
Attest,
B: A. HOLLEY
City Clerk
Approved by the undersigned, Geo. E,
McClelland Mayor Of the City of Idah,
Springs this 9Th dav of AuDnat 1oI6