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Home My WebLink About2025-19 An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Vail Town Code, Adopting by Reference the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2024 Edition10/8/2025 C:\USERS\UFC-PROD\APPDATA\LOCAL\TEMP\BCL TECHNOLOGIES\EASYPDF 8\@BCL@3C17B57C\@BCL@3C17B57C.DOCX ORDINANCE NO. 19 SERIES 2025 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 7 OF THE VAIL TOWN CODE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO, 2024 EDITION NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Vail Town Code is repealed in its entirety and reenacted as follows: CHAPTER 1: TRAFFIC CODE § 7-1-1. MODEL TRAFFIC CODE ADOPTED. The Town hereby adopts by reference the 2024 edition of the Model Traffic Code promulgated and published by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch, 2829 W. Howard Place, Denver, CO 80204 (the "Model Traffic Code"). The Model Traffic Code provides a system of traffic regulation for the Town. Three (3) copies of the Model Traffic Code shall be filed with the Town Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. § 7-1-2. AMENDMENTS. The Model Traffic Code is amended as follows: (A) Section 109(9) is amended to read as follows: "(9) No person shall use a roadway for traveling on skis, toboggans, coasting sleds, skates, or similar devices. No person shall enter a roadway on roller skates or riding in any coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device, except while crossing a roadway in a crosswalk, and when so crossing such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This subsection shall not apply upon any street or portion thereof designated as a limited play street for use of roller skates, skateboards or similar devices." (B) Section 110.5(2) is amended to read as follows: "(2) The Town may adopt an ordinance authorizing the use of an automated vehicle identification system to detect violations of traffic regulations adopted by the Town, or the Town may utilize an automated vehicle identification system to detect traffic violations under state law, subject to the following conditions and limitations and, as applicable, the requirements for state highways set forth in and any rules adopted by the department of transportation pursuant to subsection (2.5) of this section. 2 10/8/2025 C:\USERS\UFC-PROD\APPDATA\LOCAL\TEMP\BCL TECHNOLOGIES\EASYPDF 8\@BCL@3C17B57C\@BCL@3C17B57C.DOCX (a)(I) If the Town detects any alleged violation of a district court or Town traffic regulation or a traffic violation under state law through the use of an automated vehicle identification system, then the Town shall issue, or cause its vendor to issue, to the registered owner of the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation, by first-class mail, personal service, or by any mail delivery service offered by an entity other than the United States postal service that is equivalent to or superior to first-class mail with respect to delivery speed, reliability, and price, a notice of violation." (C) Section 110.5(4.5) is amended to read as follows: "(4.5)(a) If the Town detects a violation of a district court or Town traffic regulation or traffic violation under state law for disobedience to a traffic control signal through the use of an automated vehicle identification system, the maximum civil penalty that the Town may impose for such violation, including any surcharge, is seventy-five ($75) dollars. (b) Subsection (4.5)(a) of this section does not apply within a maintenance, construction, or repair zone designated pursuant to section 42-4-614, C.R.S., or a school zone, as defined in section 42- 4-615(2), C.R.S." (D) Section 110.5(4.7) is amended to read as follows: "(4.7) If a registered owner fails to pay a penalty imposed for a violation of a district court or Town traffic regulation or a traffic violation under state law detected using an automated vehicle identification system, the Town shall not attempt to enforce such a penalty by immobilizing the registered owner's vehicle." (E) Section 117(3) is amended to read as follows: "(3) Unless otherwise authorized, an EPAMD shall not be operated: (a) On a limited-access highway; (b) On a bike or pedestrian path; or (c) At a speed of greater than twelve and one-half miles per hour." (F) Sections 801 through 808 shall not apply on streets or rights-of way designated by the Town as pedestrian malls pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 7 of this Code. (G) Section 1101(2) is amended to read as follows: "(2) Except when a special hazard exists that requires a lower speed, the following speeds shall be lawful: (a) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in any business district; (b) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in any residential district; 3 10/8/2025 C:\USERS\UFC-PROD\APPDATA\LOCAL\TEMP\BCL TECHNOLOGIES\EASYPDF 8\@BCL@3C17B57C\@BCL@3C17B57C.DOCX (c) Twenty (20) miles per hour on narrow, winding mountain roadways and blind curves, and fifteen (15) miles per hour on the same when pedestrians are present; (d) Forty (40) miles per hour on open mountain roadways; (e) Forty-five (45) miles per hour for all single rear-axle vehicles in the business of trash disposal that exceed twenty thousand (20,000) pounds, where higher speeds are posted, when said vehicle is loaded as an exempted vehicle pursuant to Section 507(3); (f) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour on open highways which are not on the interstate system, as defined in C.R.S. § 43-2-101(2); (g) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on surfaced highways which are on the interstate system, as defined in C.R.S. § 43-2-101(2); and (h) Any speed not in excess of a speed limit designated by an official traffic control device." § 7-1-3. APPLICABILITY. The Model Traffic Code shall apply to every street, alley, sidewalk, driveway, park, public way, private way and public or private parking area within the corporate limits of the Town, the use of which the Town has jurisdiction and authority to regulate. § 7-1-4. PENALTIES. It is unlawful to violate any provision of this Chapter or the Model Traffic Code. Violations of this Chapter shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 7-2A-4 of this Code. 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 effect 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. Section 3. The Town Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare of the Town and the inhabitants thereof. Section 4. The amendment of any provision of the Vail Town Code as provided 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 any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein. 4 10/8/2025 C:\USERS\UFC-PROD\APPDATA\LOCAL\TEMP\BCL TECHNOLOGIES\EASYPDF 8\@BCL@3C17B57C\@BCL@3C17B57C.DOCX Section 5. 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 7th day of October, 2025 and a public hearing for second reading of this Ordinance set for the 21st day of October, 2025, 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 21st day of October, 2025. _______________________________ Travis Coggin, Mayor ATTEST: ____________________________ Stephanie Kauffman, Town Clerk