Section 7-1-1. Definitions. As used in this Ordinance:

"Model Traffic Code" means the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 edition, as adopted, modified and amended by this Ordinance. Any reference in this Code to the Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities, 1977, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2010, or 2018 editions, shall mean the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 edition.

"Uniform Manual" means the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways with Revision Numbers 1 and 2 incorporated, dated May 2012, of the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, as adopted, modified and amended by the Supplement and by this Ordinance.

"Supplement" means the Colorado Supplement to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2009 edition, as adopted, modified and amended by this Ordinance.

"Traffic Engineer" means the City Engineer of the City of Northglenn.

"Police Department" means the City of Northglenn Police Department.

"Ordinance" means and includes this ordinance and the Model Traffic Code, Uniform Manual, and Supplement herein adopted by reference.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1694, 2015; 1792, 2020]

Section 7-1-2. Adoption. Pursuant to Parts 1 and 2 of Title 31, Article 16, C.R.S., as amended, there is hereby adopted by reference the 2020 edition of the "Model Traffic Code" promulgated and published as such by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Traffic Engineering and Safety Branch, 2829 W. Howard Place, Denver, CO 80204. The purpose of this Ordinance and the Code adopted herein is to provide a system of traffic regulations consistent with State law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the State and the nation. Three (3) copies of the Model Traffic Code adopted herein are now filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of Northglenn Colorado, and may be inspected during regular business hours. The 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code is adopted as if set out at length, except as amended hereby.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1694, 2015; 1792, 2020]

Section 7-1-3. Adoption of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Pursuant to Parts 1 and 2 of Title 31, Article 16, C.R.S., as amended, there is hereby adopted by reference the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, with Revision Numbers 1 and 2 incorporated, dated May 2012" edition published by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, through the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 10402, the various parts of which shall take effect on the effective date of this Ordinance and shall be implemented as provided in the implementation schedule contained in Section 7-1-5 of this Ordinance. The purpose and subject matter of the Uniform Manual is the provision of consistent nationwide guidelines for traffic control devices to inform and regulate motorists and pedestrians. Copies of the Uniform Manual adopted herein are now filed in the office of the City Clerk, City of Northglenn, Colorado, and may be inspected during regular business hours. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, with Revision Numbers 1 and 2 incorporated, dated May 2012, is adopted as if set out at length.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1694, 2015; 1792, 2020]

Section 7-1-4. Adoption of the Colorado Supplement to Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Pursuant to Parts 1 and 2 of Title 31, Article 16, C.R.S., as amended, there is hereby adopted by reference the "Colorado Supplement to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices," 2009 edition, published by the Department of Transportation of the State of Colorado, 4201 E. Arkansas Ave., Denver, Colorado. The purpose and subject matter of the Supplement is the provision of consistent, statewide guidelines for traffic control devices in addition to the guidelines contained in the Uniform Manual. Copies of the Supplement adopted herein are now filed in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Northglenn, Colorado, and may be inspected during regular business hours. The Colorado Supplement to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2009 edition, is adopted as if set out at length.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1694, 2015; 1792, 2020]

Section 7-1-5. Implementation of Manuals.

After the effective date of this Ordinance, all traffic control devices installed, erected, or constructed in the City of Northglenn shall be installed, erected or constructed pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of the Uniform Manual, subject to such exceptions, additions, adaptations, modifications and amendments as declared in the Supplement, except that the express provisions of this Ordinance shall be controlling over any provision inconsistent therewith contained in either the Uniform Manual or the Supplement. All traffic control devices existing at the effective date of this Ordinance shall continue in existence, operation and effect until removed or replaced by the Traffic Engineer.

Implementation of the Uniform Manual shall be subject to such exceptions, additions and adaptations as declared in the Supplement or in this Ordinance.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1694, 2015; 1792, 2020]

Section 7-1-6. Deletions, Modifications and Additions to the Model Traffic Code.

Every reference to, suggestion or requirement for, the passage of an ordinance or resolution to effectuate any provision of the Model Traffic Code is hereby stricken, it being the intent of the City Council that no such ordinance or resolution shall be required to enforce or effectuate any provision of the Model Traffic Code.

Section 227(3)(b) is hereby amended to read as follows:

Any person who installs, covers, or treats a windshield so that the windshield does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the maximum fine as set forth in Section 1-1-10(a)(2) of the Northglenn Municipal Code.

Section 239(6)(b) is hereby amended to read as follows:

An operator of a motor vehicle shall not be cited for a violation of subsection (3) of this Section unless a law enforcement officer saw the operator use a wireless telephone for the purpose of engaging in text messaging or other similar forms of manual data entry or transmission, in a manner that caused the operator to drive in a careless and imprudent manner, without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and use of the streets and highways and all other attendant circumstances, as prohibited by Section 1402.

Section 511 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 602(2) is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 603(1) is hereby amended to read as follows:

No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic control device, whether located on public or private property, including any official hand signal device placed or displayed in accordance with the provisions of this Code unless otherwise directed by a police officer subject to the exceptions in this Code granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle.

Section 613 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 711 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 802(3) is hereby amended to read as follows:

No pedestrian or person riding a bicycle or otherwise using a crosswalk not afoot shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk, run, or otherwise enter into the path of a moving vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. When traffic signals are in place at a marked crosswalk, a pedestrian or person riding a bicycle or otherwise using a crosswalk not afoot shall exercise reasonable care, which shall include, but not be limited to, activation of any traffic control signals prior to using the crosswalk.

Section 805(5) is hereby amended to read as follows:

This local government may, by ordinance, regulate the use by pedestrians of streets and highways under its jurisdiction to the extent authorized under subsection (6) of this Section and Sections 42-4-110 and 42-4-111, C.R.S. But no regulation concerning an ordinance regulating such use of streets and highways in a manner differing from this Section shall be effective until official signs or devices giving notice thereof have been placed as required by Section 42-4-111(2), C.R.S.

Section 1007(1) is hereby amended with the addition of a new subsection (e) to read as follows:

Whenever a lane of traffic on any street or highway is indicated by pavement marking or by signs as being assigned solely as a bicycle lane, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, not defined as a bicycle, to occupy such lane except that drivers of vehicles other than bicycles may reach lanes on the other side of the designated bicycle lane. Bicycle lanes, meaning a lane on a roadway reserved for the exclusive use of bicycles, shall be designated by pavement marking, traffic signs or both.

Section 1010(3) is hereby amended to read as follows:

This local government may, by ordinance consistent with the provisions of Section 43-2-135(1)(g), C.R.S., with respect to any controlled access highway under their respective jurisdiction, if consistent with the provisions of Section 43-2-135(1)(g), C.R.S., prohibit the use of any such highway by any class or kind of traffic which is found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic. After adopting such prohibitory regulations, local authorities shall install official traffic control devices in conformity with the standards established by Sections 105 and 601 at entrance points or along the highway on which such regulations are applicable. When such devices are so in place, giving notice thereof, no person shall disobey the restrictions made known by such devices.

Section 1101(2)(b) and (c) are hereby amended to read as follows:

Thirty-five (35) miles per hour in any business district;

Twenty-five (25) miles per hour in any residential district.

Section 1102(1)(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:

Whenever local municipal authorities determine upon the basis of a traffic investigation or survey, or upon the basis of appropriate design standards and projected traffic volumes in the case of newly constructed highways or segments thereof, that any speed specified or established as authorized under Sections 1101 to 1104 is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the road and traffic conditions at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway in its jurisdiction, said local limit there at which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or upon the approaches thereto.

Section 1102(6) is hereby amended to read as follows:

In its discretion, this local government may impose and enforce stop sign regulations and speed limits, not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 1101 to 1104, upon any way which is open to travel by motor vehicles and which is privately maintained in mobile home parks, when appropriate signs giving notice of such enforcement are erected at the entrances to such ways. Unless there is an agreement to the contrary, the jurisdiction ordering the regulations shall be responsible for the erection and maintenance of the signs.

Section 1201 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 1201. Starting Parked Vehicle.

No person shall start or move a vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.

Section 1204(2)(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:

Within five (5) feet of a public or private driveway; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to vehicles owned by the owner or legal occupant of any private residential driveway or to the vehicles parked within five (5) feet of such driveway with such owner's or occupant's consent.

Section 1210 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 1211(1)(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:

The driver of a vehicle, whether on public or private property, which is used by the general public for parking purposes, shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with pedestrians or other traffic or vehicles which are stopped, standing, or parked.

Section 1701 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 1901 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 1902 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section 1903(6) is hereby deleted in its entirety and the remaining subsections are renumbered accordingly.

Section 1904 is hereby amended by the deletion of subsection (3) and the renumbering of the remaining subsections accordingly.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1540, 2009; 1694, 2015; 1738, 2017; 1792, 2020; 1811, 2021]

Section 7-1-7. Applications.

This Ordinance and the code and manuals which this Ordinance adopts by reference shall apply to every street, alley, sidewalk, driveway, park and every other public way, public place and public parking area under the jurisdiction of the City.

Sections 603(1), 606, 1105, 1211, 1401, 1402, and 1413 of the 2020 Model Traffic Code shall also apply to private property throughout the City, but shall not apply to racetracks.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1694, 2015; 1792, 2020]

Section 7-1-8. Traffic Violations Bureau Created. The Traffic Violations Bureau of the City of Northglenn is hereby created and established. The bureau shall be administered by such persons as the City Manager may designate from time to time, but such persons and all employees performing duties in the Traffic Violations Bureau shall be under the supervision and control of the City Manager with respect to such duties. The bureau shall be open such days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, and such hours as may be established by the City Manager.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004]

Section 7-1-9. Severability. If any part or parts of this ordinance or of the code and manuals which this ordinance adopts by reference are for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision of unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or of the code and manuals which this ordinance adopts by reference. The City Council of the City of Northglenn declares that it would have passed this ordinance and the code and manuals which this ordinance adopts by reference and each part of the same even though any one or more parts be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004]

Section 7-1-10. Interpretation. This Ordinance shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to conform to the State's uniform system for the regulation of vehicles and traffic. 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.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004]

Section 7-1-11. Saving Clause. The amendment, repeal, or supersession of any ordinance or part of any ordinance by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify or change in whole or in part any penalty, liability or right which may have been incurred or obtained under such ordinance or part thereof; and such ordinance or part thereof so amended, repealed, or superseded shall be treated and held as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions, for the enforcement of such penalty, liability, or right, and for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions imposing, inflicting, or declaring such penalty or liability or enforcing such right, and shall be treated and held as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings, actions, acts, decisions, hearings, and appeals relating to the City of Northglenn and pending before any administrative board or agency, court or official of the City, the County of Adams, the State of Colorado, or the United States.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004]

Section 7-1-12. Evidence. Copies of such code and manuals in published form, duly certified by the City Clerk and the Mayor of the City of Northglenn, shall be received without further proof as prima facie evidence of the provisions of the same of public records in all courts and administrative tribunals of this State.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004]

Section 7-1-13. Violations--Penalty.

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of this article or any of the provisions of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 edition. Any violations of the provisions of said Model Traffic Code shall be a violation of this article.

Except as provided in subsection (c)(1) of this section, any violation of this article shall be a Traffic Infraction punishable by civil penalties of not more than four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499.00), to be determined and assessed at the discretion of the Municipal Judge, except where such fines are mandatory. Traffic infractions shall constitute civil matters.

Exceptions to the penalty provision set forth under subsection (b) of this Section 7-1-13 are as follows:

Any violations of Section 1105, Speed Contests; 1401, Reckless Driving; 1413, Eluding or Attempting to Elude Police Officer, of the Model Traffic Code shall be misdemeanor traffic violations punishable by a fine not exceeding the amount set forth in Section 1-1-10(a)(2) of this Code or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding three hundred sixty-four (364) days, or both such fine and imprisonment; provided that where the person convicted is under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the offense, such person shall not be subject to imprisonment for or on account of said violation; and provided further that the maximum fine which may be imposed upon any person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499.00).

Whenever any person violates the provisions of either subsection (1), (2) or (3) of section 1409, Compulsory Insurance, either by findings of the court, a plea of guilty or no contest, or an entry of default judgment, such person shall be punished by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00). The Court may suspend up to one-half of the fine upon a showing that appropriate insurance as required by law has been obtained. Nothing in this paragraph (2) shall be construed to prevent the court from imposing a fine greater than the minimum mandatory fine.

Upon a second or subsequent finding of a violation, plea of Guilty or plea of No Contest, or entry of a default judgment to a violation under either subsection (1),(2) or (3) of Section 1409, Compulsory Insurance, within a period of five (5) years following a prior conviction under Section 1409, the defendant shall be punished by a mandatory fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and the Court shall not suspend such minimum fine, in whole or in part, unless it is established that appropriate insurance as required as by law has been obtained, and if proof of appropriate insurance is provided, the Court may suspend up to one-half of the fine. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the Court from imposing a fine greater than the minimum mandatory fine.

A person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of Section 239(2) shall be punished by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00). A second or subsequent violation of Section 239(2) shall be punished by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00).

Except as set forth below, a person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of Section 239(3) shall be punished by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00). If the person's actions are the proximate cause of bodily injury or death to another, the person shall be punished by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment for a period from ten (10) days to one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment; provided that where the person convicted is under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the offense, such person shall not be subject to imprisonment for or on account of said violation.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child, as defined in C.R.S. § 19-1-103(18), convicted of the offenses set forth in subsection (c)(1) of this Section 7-1-13, or found in contempt of court in connection with a violation of this Code shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1-1-10(a)(2) applicable to persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

Any person who pleads Guilty or No Contest to, or is convicted of, any offense specified in this article shall be assessed the applicable civil penalty or criminal punishment in amount to be determined at the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. At any trial for offenses specified by this article, the burden of proof shall be upon the people or the City to prove both civil traffic infractions and misdemeanor traffic violations beyond a reasonable doubt.

Except for persons who are charged with one of the offenses specified in subsection (c)(1) of this section, if a person fails to appear at a hearing before the court at the date and time specified in the Summons and Complaint, or at such other time as the court may order, the Municipal Court shall enter a default judgment, assess an appropriate civil penalty and assess applicable court costs against such person. A Default Judgment shall have the same legal effect as a plea of guilty or a conviction at trial. Upon motion made not later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the entry of a Default Judgment, the Municipal Court may vacate a Default Judgment upon adequate showing of excusable neglect, or that the Default Judgment violates the Constitution or laws of the United States, the Constitution or laws of the State of Colorado, or the Charter or ordinances of the City, or for any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the Default Judgment.

If a person who is charged with one of the offenses specified in subsection (c)(1) or subsection (c)(2) of this section fails to appear at a hearing before the court at the date and time specified in the Summons and Complaint, or at such other time as the court may order, the court may issue a Bench Warrant for the arrest of such person and set the amount of bail for such person pursuant to Section 8-2-2(b) of this Municipal Code and Colorado Rule of Municipal Court Procedure 246.

The Municipal Court shall report its entry of a Default Judgment, a Plea of Guilty or No Contest, a conviction or a forfeiture of bail, against every person concerning any charge specified in this section, to the Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicles Division, pursuant to Section 42-4-1510, C.R.S., as amended, and The Motor Vehicles Division may thereafter assess penalty points against such persons' driving privileges. Following such a report by the Municipal Court, the provisions of Section 42-4-1505.5(7), C.R.S., shall control any outstanding obligations to the Municipal Court.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004; 1689, 2014; 1694, 2015; 1738, 2017; 1792, 2020; 1826, 2022]

Section 7-1-14. Use of Red Light Cameras.

The City of Northglenn Police Department is authorized to use red-light cameras within the City of Northglenn to detect violations of section 603 of the Model Traffic Code at signalized intersections.

As used in this section, red-light camera shall mean a device operated by a peace officer, or by a contractor designated by the City, that is placed in a fixed location at a signalized intersection and that is programmed to automatically produce photographs depicting any vehicle whose driver has violated the provisions of section 603 at that intersection. The photographs shall depict the vehicle's location at the intersection, the vehicle's license plate, and the driver of the vehicle. Printed on the photographs shall be the date of the violation, the approximate time of the violation, the approximate location of the violation, and the speed of the vehicle.

When a peace officer, based on evidence obtained in whole or part by means of a red-light camera, has probable cause to believe that a vehicle has been driven in violation of section 603, the peace officer may issue, or cause to be issued through a contractor designated by the City, a summons and complaint charging the person in whose name the vehicle is registered with violations of section 603. If, however, the vehicle is registered in more than one person's name, the summons and complaint shall be issued to that registrant who the issuing peace officer determines, under all the facts and circumstances, was the person most likely depicted in the photographs produced by the red-light camera. The summons and complaint shall contain the signature, or reasonable facsimile thereof, of the peace officer issuing the summons and complaint.

In order to obtain personal jurisdiction in municipal court over the person charged in the summons and complaint, a copy of the summons and complaint issued under this section must be personally served upon the person charged with the violation of section 603 or, in lieu of such personal service, by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint at the charged person's usual place of abode with some person over the age of eighteen (18) years residing therein, or by mailing a copy to the charged person's last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested, within ninety (90) days after the alleged violation occurred and not less than five (5) days prior to the time the charged person is required pursuant to the summons and complaint to appear in municipal court. The person charged may waive service of the summons and complaint by voluntarily submitting to the court's jurisdiction, through payment of a fine or other affirmative act constituting a waiver of service.

When a person is served with a summons and complaint under this section, the person shall:

If admitting the charge, complete the summons and complaint form by providing his or her driver's license number and other pertinent information requested in the form, and return the completed summons and complaint form, together with payment of the fine assessed, to the municipal court on or before the time specified in the summons and complaint for the charged person to appear in court; or

If contesting the charge, appear in municipal court at the time specified in the summons and complaint for arraignment.

Proof that a particular vehicle entered an intersection in violation of section 603 as detected by a red-light camera and as shown by the photographs produced by the red-light camera, together with proof that the particular vehicle is registered in the charged person's name, shall raise the evidentiary presumption and constitute prima facie evidence in any prosecution of a violation under this section of the fact that the charged person was the person driving the vehicle depicted in the photograph. However, such evidence and presumption may be rebutted by the presentation of any probative and competent evidence that the charged person was not the driver shown in the photograph. The City may not require a registered owner of a vehicle to disclose the identity of a driver who was detected through by the use of the red-light camera. However, the owner may be required to submit evidence that the owner was not the driver at the time of the alleged violation.

In any proceeding in the municipal court to prosecute a violation of this section 603, any photograph produced by a red-light camera concerning the violation shall be admissible in court as prima facie evidence of a violation of section 603, provided that the peace officer who activated and tested the red-light camera prior to the photographs being taken testifies as to the placement of the red-light camera and the accuracy of the scene depicted in the photographs, and further testifies that he or she tested the red-light camera for proper operation within a reasonable period of time both before and after the taking of the photographs. Also, to be admissible in municipal court, the photographs must be of a sufficient quality to permit identification of the driver of the vehicle.

In any proceeding under this section, the court may impose, as an additional cost, the cost of service of the summons and complaint upon the defendant, if such service is effected through either certified mail or personal service as set forth in the Colorado Municipal Court Rules of Procedure. The court may impose the actual cost of such service so long as the costs are reasonable and do not exceed the amount actually charged for civil service of process.

The City may not report to the Department of Revenue any conviction, entry of judgment, outstanding judgment, or warrant based on a violation of section 603, which was detected exclusively by means of a red-light camera. The department does not have the authority to assess any points against a license if a violation is detected through the use of a red-light camera. Furthermore, the department may not keep any record of such violation in the official records maintained by the department.

The maximum penalty for a violation of section 603 that is detected by a red-light camera, including surcharge, is seventy-five dollars ($75.00).

If a driver fails to pay a penalty imposed for a violation detected by using a red-light camera, the City of Northglenn may not attempt to enforce such penalty by immobilizing the driver's vehicle.

No portion of any fine collected for a violation discovered by use of a red-light camera may be paid to the manufacturer or vendor of the red-light camera. The compensation paid by the City of Northglenn for such equipment shall be based on the value of such equipment and may not be based upon the number of traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by such equipment.

[Source: Ord. 1366, 2004]

Section 7-1-15. Safety Sensitive Zones.

Authority. The City as a home rule municipality organized under Article XX of the Colorado Constitution, has the authority to adopt this Section.

Legislative purpose. The City Council finds and determines that certain areas of the City constitute a public safety risk based on the combination of high traffic volume and/or dangerous speeds in combination with a concentrated amount of pedestrian traffic, and such zones shall be designated as "safety sensitive zones." The City Council herein implements a system of mandatory enhanced penalties for traffic violations in the safety sensitive zones in order to deter such violations and enhance the health, safety, and welfare of the community.

The City Council shall, by resolution, designate safety sensitive zones within the boundaries of the City based on the public safety risk caused by the combination of high traffic volume and/or dangerous speeds in combination with a concentrated amount of pedestrian traffic; said safety sensitive zones may be modified as deemed necessary by resolution of the City Council.

Safety sensitive zones shall be indicated by signage with the following language:

If a summons and complaint is issued for a moving traffic violation in the safety sensitive zone, the summons and complaint shall indicate that the alleged violation has occurred in a safety sensitive zone.

In the event a summons and complaint is issued for a moving traffic violation in a safety sensitive zone, that violation will be subject to the following enhanced fine structure:

The fine assessed for a moving violation in the safety sensitive zone shall be imposed at a rate of twice, or double, the customary fine for the violation had it not occurred in a safety sensitive zone; and

The fine assessed for a moving violation in the safety sensitive zone shall be mandatory and may not be subject to a plea bargain; provided, however, that the points assessed against a traffic violator's Colorado Driver History may be reduced based on the discretion of the municipal prosecutor to offer a plea bargain.

In no event may the total civil penalty assessed for a traffic offense in a safety sensitive zone exceed four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499.00) for a single traffic offense or infraction.

[Source: Ord. 1845, 2023]