CHAPTER 7
AUTOMOBILES AND TRAFFIC

ARTICLE 8
DRIVING AFTER REVOCATION PROHIBITED

Section 7-8-1. Definitions. As used in this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise indicates:

(a)

The term "Department" means the Motor Vehicle Division of the Department of Revenue of the State of Colorado;

(b)

The term "Habitual Traffic Offender" means any person, resident or non-resident of the State of Colorado, who has been so declared by the Department, as more particularly set forth in C.R.S. § 42-2-202.

(c)

The terms "restraint" or "restrained" means any denial, revocation, or suspension of a person's license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the State of Colorado, or any combination of denials, revocations, or suspensions.

[Source: Ord. 1242, 1999]

Section 7-8-2. Driving After Revocation Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle on public rights-of-way of the City of Northglenn with knowledge that such person's license or privilege to drive has been restrained by the Department, or with knowledge that such person has been found to be a Habitual Traffic Offender by the Department and such order remains in effect pursuant to C.R.S § 42-2-205.

[Source: Ord. 1473, 2007]

Section 7-8-3. Evidence of Revocation. In any trial for a violation of Section 7-8-2 of this Article 8 of Chapter 7, a certified copy of any person's denial, revocation, or suspension, or any combination thereof from the Department, or a certified copy of the finding of a person to be a Habitual Traffic Offender by the Department shall constitute prima facie evidence of such a denial, revocation, suspension, or any combination thereof, or of such a person being found to be a Habitual Traffic Offender, and may be used in evidence against such person.

[Source: Ord. 1242, 1999]

Section 7-8-4. Violations--Penalty.

(a)

Operation of a motor vehicle while under restraint shall be punishable by a fine or not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

(b)

Operation of a motor vehicle when found to be a Habitual Traffic Offender shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) nor more than Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Dollars ($999.00). The minimum sentence imposed by this subsection (b) of Section 7-8-4 shall be mandatory, and the court shall not grant probation, reduce the fine below the minimum set forth herein, nor order that the sentence be suspended in whole or in part.

[Source: Ord. 1242, 1999]

Section 7-8-5. Driving Under Restraint Prohibited. Any person who drives a motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle upon any street in the City of Northglenn with knowledge that the person's license or privilege to drive, either as a resident or a nonresident, is under restraint for an outstanding judgment is guilty of a traffic infraction punishable according to Section 7-1-13 herein.

[Source: Ord. 1738, 2017]