HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-16 An Ordinance Amending Section 7-3D-1(C) to Increase the Penalties for Parking Violations in Designated Parking Zones1
ORDINANCE NO. 16
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7-3D-1(C) OF THE VAIL TOWN
CODE TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS
IN DESIGNATED PARKING ZONES
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 42-4-111 and its Home Rule Charter, the Town
is empowered to regulate and restrict the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles within
its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds and determines that increased penalties are
necessary for parking violations in certain designated parking zones.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF VAIL, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 7-3D-1(C) of the Vail Town Code is hereby amended as
follows:
7-3D-1: PENALTIES:
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(C) There shall be two a special enforcement zones area: surrounding
the Booth Lake Trailhead known as (1)the Booth Lake Trailhead Parking
Zone, which shall include Mann's Ranch Road, Booth Falls Road, Booth
Falls Court, and the 2800 – 3700 block of the North Frontage Road; and (2)
the South Frontage Road East Parking Zone, which shall include the South
Frontage Road East from Vail Road to West Vail Valley Drive and the 000-
300 block of the South Frontage Road East. Every person who is convicted
of, who admits liability for, or against whom a judgment is entered for a
parking violation in the Booth Lake Trailhead Parking Zone or the South
Frontage Road East Parking Zone shall be fined as follows:
First offense:$150 $100
Second similar offense within one year:$250 $200
Subsequent similar offenses within one
year:$350 $300
Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would
have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
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Section 3. The amendment of any provision of the Vail Town Code in this
Ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation
that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any
other action or proceeding as commenced under or by virtue of the provision amended.
The amendment of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or ordinance
previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein.
Section 4. All bylaws, orders, resolutions and ordinances, or parts thereof,
inconsistent herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer
shall not be construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution or ordinance, or part thereof,
theretofore repealed.
INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READING, APPROVED, AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON FIRST READING this 5th day of November, 2024 and
a public hearing for second reading of this Ordinance is set for the day
of 2024, in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building, Vail,
Colorado.
_____________________________
Travis Coggin, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________
Stephanie Kauffman, Town Clerk
READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED this day of , 2024.
_____________________________
Travis Coggin, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________
Stephanie Kauffman, Town Clerk