The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-24
An Ordinance


| tiic within the City of Idaho Springs;
Fixing speed limit for vehicles; Pro-
vlding penalty for violatio.. 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 |. 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
whe els or runners, except railway or
baby carriages; (3) A 'moter vehicle
shall include automobiles and motor
cycles; (4) A driver" or operator"
be anyor who guides or runs a We
hlcle upon the street.
Section 2. SPEED. No vehicle
shall travel or be driven within the
CITY 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
points to and including Tenth Ave
nue. within said City, no vehicle
shall travel at a greater speed than
twelve miles per hour.
Section 3. RULES. % All vehi-
cIes except in passing vehicle ahead,
shall keep to the right of the middle
of the road; (2) Slow moving vehicles
sNa't keep as rear a practicable to &c
risht hand curb; (3) No two vehicles
shall travel abreast: (4) A vehicle
meeting anorher shall pass to the right;
(5) 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 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
hlcles shall keep to the right Of the CEN
trr of the intersection whichever way
they trave', shall pass in single file; ( -
Turns to the right shall be made as
close to the curb as practibe; ts) At
the intersection of the streets the We
hicle to the right of way. G0) A ve-
hic e turning IN order TO proceed in the
opposite direction shall turn to the left
to the opposite side of the stree t so as
to head in the same direction IS the
traffic on that side of the street: 0D
AT all points between 18th Anenue-and
| 18th Avenue, vehicles on wheels or
runners shal! 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 I'll not stop or stand out
! in the street, except in an emergency;
| U3) No vehicle shall stand in anv alley
except while loading or unloading; 04)
| 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 startec; G5) No motor-ve-
| hicle shall stand with engine running
without an operator. Q6) Whenever
the driver of motor vehicle shall APP
his spes d, and, if necessary shall stop
his vehicle and engine; % No
horse shall be left on the street
unless securely held by halter, weight
or tie strap, or be unbitted unless Sc
curely held by halter; Gs) No un-
authorized person shall molest or in
terfere with any vehicle; Q9) No We
hice shall travel upon any sidewalk.
Section A. Every automobile shall be
provided with horn or bell three
lamps and a brake, muller and an
emergency brake, and the said
muffier shall only be opened in an
| IctHcl tNSLN iIlObOIC CNtlc SHdil bC
equipped with bell or horn; autono-
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 sur rise, shall have one
lamp which gives white light from the
front and red light from the rear; Bi-
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
vice 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 sum of not less
than Five dollars, nor more than three
hundred dollars for each and every
offense.
introduced and read at regular ad
aurned meeting of the City Council
held in said City on July l4th, 1915.
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Mayor