HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-25 Amending Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1978, to Prohibit Vehicular Traffic Within the Pedestrian Mall Consisting of Gore Creek Drive from Willow Bridge Road East to the Easterly Boundary Line of Tract G, Vail Village Fifth Filing, and Bridge Street~" 4
NOT ADOPTED
ORDINANCE NO. c~~'
Series of 1978
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 14,
SERIES OF 1978, TO PROHIBIT VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN MALL
CONSISTING OF GORE CREEK DRIVE FROM
WILLOW BRIDGE ROAD EAST TO THE EASTERLY
BOUNDARY LINE OF TRACT G, VAIL VILLAGE
FIFTH FILING, AND BRIDGE STREET; SETTING
FORTH THE EXCEPTION5 THERETO; AND SETTING
FORTH DETAILS IN RELATION THERETO
WHEREAS, the pedestrian traffic in the pedestrian
mall consisting of Gore Creek Drive from Willow Bridge Road
east to the easterly boundary line of Tract G, Vail Village
Fifth Filing, and Bridge Street has increased;
WHEREAS, the heaviest time of pedestrian traffic in
the Gore Creek Drive/Bridge Street pedestrian ma11 is over the
lunch hour;
WHEREAS, many restaurants adjacent to the Gore Creek
Drive/Bridge Street pedestrian mall provide outdoor eating faci-
lities for their patrons;
WHEREAS, many residents and visitors of the Town
enjoy sitting outside in the pedestrian mall area, particularly
over the lunch hour;
WHEREAS, the intrusion by cars and' trucks into the
pedestrian mall, particularly over the lunch hour, creates hazar-
dous situations for pedestrians and people using the mall; the
noise and noxious emissions from cars and trucks create an
unhealthy environment for eating and general enjoyment of the
pedestrian ma11; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council is of the opinion that it
is in the public health, safety and welfare that vehicles be
prohibited from the specified pedestrian mall from the hours of
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day except under certain specified
circumstances;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOL~TN COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO, THAT:
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{~.) Subsection 3 (c) of Ord~.nance No. 14, Series of
1978, is hereby amended by the addition of a subsection 7 to
read as follows:
(7} From the hour of 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
on each day, all vehicular traffic shall
be prohibited, provided, however, that
vehicles may use the mall during the
closed hours for the fallowing purposes:
(i) to respond to Police, Fire or
public emergencies;
(ii} to provide necessary support for
persons working within the mall
area and there is no other reason-
able alternative parking or access
for the support vehicle;
{iii) to make a delivery that is neces-
sary for the supplying of a com-
mercial enterprise in the ma11
area, when said delivery is required
by an unforeseen circumstance, the
delivery is necessary immediately,
and there is no other reasonable
alternative parking or access;
(iv) to make a commercial delivery in
the mall area that is necessary
because of unforeseen circumstances
relating to the delivery vehicle
or delivery service, the delivery
is necessary immediately, and there
is no other reasonable alternative
parking or access.
(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 por-
tions of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it
would have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsec-
tion, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact
that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
(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 of Vail and the inhabitants
thereof.
INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READTNG, APPROVED, AND
ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL, this 1st day of August, 1978,
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and a public hearing on this ordinance shall be held a~ the
regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Vail,
Colorado, on the 15th day of August, 1978, at 7:30 P.M. in
the Municipal Building of the Town.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Town Clerk
Introduced, read, adopted and enacted an second .reading and ordered published
by title only this day at 1978.
Mayor
ATTEST:
T04~1N CLERIC