HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-10 Prohibiting Livestock on Public Streets within the TOV, Providing Penalties for Violations• • • • •
ORDINANCE N0. 10
SERIES OF 1971
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING LIVESTOCK ON PUBLIC STREETS
WITHIN THE TOWN OF VAIL; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS; AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN RELATION
THERETO.
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees for the Town of Vail has
determined that it is in the public interest to restrict the use
of public rights-of-way and streets within the Town of Vail in
order to assure the safety and welfare of pedestrians and motor-
ists using the same; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has determined that cer-
tain livestock should be prohibited on certain public streets or
thoroughfares within the Town of Vail;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of Trustees
for the Town of Vail, Colorado, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
a. "Livestock" shall mean horses, cattle, sheep, goats,
pigs, and any other common farm animal.
b. "Street" shall mean and include any public or private
street, road, or right-of-way, highway, alley, or any
other similar public or private place for the movement
or parking of motor vehicles.
c. "Person" shall mean any natural individual, partner-
ship, copartnership, firm, company, association or corp-
oration.
SECTION 2. RESTRICTION AND REGULATION OF USAGE OF STREETS
It shall be unlawful for any person who is the owner,
or any person who may be in possession or control of any
livestock to allow such livestock to use or occupy any
street in those areas within the Town of Vail zoned
"Commercial Core" and Commercial Core II", in accordance
with the Zoning Code for the Town of Vail, otherwise
known as Ordinance No. 7 (series of 1969).
SECTION 3. IMPOUNDING
Every police officer or other official of the Town
of Vail shall have the right to impound any livestock
found upon a public street within the Town of Vail in
violation of this Ordinance and place such livestock
in a public pound or other place of safekeeping for pur-
poses of enforcing the provisions of this Ordinance. In
the event it shall be necessary to impound or otherwise
detain any livestock, as defined in this Ordinance, the
following charges may be imposed upon the person owning
or having control of such livestock:
Two Dollars ($2.00) per day per animal.
SECTION 4. LICENSING
In the event the Board of Trustees for the Town of
Vail approves the issuance of a license by an appropriate
resolution, the right may be granted to persons to op-
erate on public streets horse-drawn vehicles such as
sleds or wagons, or otherwise permit livestock to use or
occupy public streets for parades or other special events,
upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the
Board of Trustees, in which event the licensee shall be
exempt from the provisions of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 5. PENALTIES
Any person found guilty of violating any provision
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for such
offense by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90)
days or by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY
It is the intention of the Board of Trustees that
this ordinance or any part or provision thereof, shall
be considered severable and if any provision of this
ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance
which can be given effect without the invalid provision
or application, and to this end the provisions of this
ordinance are declared severable.
SECTION 7. EMERGENCY
It is declared that an emergency exists and that
this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public peace, health, safety and general
welfare, and shall be in force and effect five (5)
days after publication.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDFp~''~ DTTT2T Tcu'C'Tl muTc
OF JUNE, 1971.
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