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ORDINANCE NO, 11
SERIES OF 2001
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC O/EHICLES
WHEREAS, vehicles classified as neighborhood electric vehicles or golf carts
have been used in a very limited manner within the Town of Vaii; and
WHEREAS, there are presently no Town of Vail regulations governing their use,
and
WHEREAS, the Vail Town Council desires to adapt regulations which are
consistent with and reflect the current uses of neighborhood electric vehicles in the
Town of Vail.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL THE TOWN
Oh' VAIL, COLORADO that:
Section 9. TITLE 7, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, is hereby amended
to include CHAPTER 8, NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES, as follows:
7-8-~ : Definitions
7-8-2: Limitations on Operation
7-8-3: Liability
7-8-4: Designated Uses
7-$-5: Exemptions
7-8-6: Prohibited Acts
7-8-7: Violation; Penalty
7-8~'I DEFINITIONS: When used in this chapter, the words and phrases defined in this
Section shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as follows:
NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLE (NEV}: A self propelled, electrically powered
motor vehicle that has a speed attainable in one mile that does not exceed twenty-five
miles per hour.
CLASS I NEV: A neighborhood electric vehicle used for the exclusive purpose of
transporting goods from one location to another, and operated by a licensed driver. A
Class f NEV must contain the following equipment:
1. Head Camps
2. Tail lamps with brake light.
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3, Brakes.
4. Tires with adequate tread.
A Class I NEV may carry passengers who are employed by the operating entity and are
travelling from one point to another for job-related activities.
CLASS II NEV: A neighborhood electric vehicle used for the exclusive purpose of
transporting persons engaged in the playing of, or maintenance involving, a round of
golf at the Vail Galf Course. Class I! NEV's must contain the following equipment:
1. Brakes
2. Tires with adequate tread
and may only be operated by valid, licensed drivers.
COMMERCIAL CORE 1 & ll: Those areas previously defined as "Core Area Parking
Map I -Vail Village" and "Care Area Parking Map li - Lionshead."
LOADING AND DELIVERY OPERATION: The transport of goods from an origination
point to any other points, related to the maintenance and upkeep of a licensed business.
GOLD OPERATION: The transport of persons playing golf, or maintaining the gaff
course.
7-8-2 LIMITATIONS ON OPERATION;
Neighborhood Electric Vehicles may only be used for Loading and Delivery Operation
and Golf Operation in designated areas, and will at all times yield to pedestrians,
bicycles and motor vehicles.
7-$-3 LIABILITY:
Each commercial entity operating a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle is liable far that
vehicle. Liability insurance coverage varies, and each entity operating a NEV must
verify their coverage with the Town.
7-$-4 DESIGNATED USES:
Commercial Core I
1. Class I NEV
Permitted to travel East Meadow Drive from Vail Road to the Austria Haus westernmost
entrance. Also permitted to travel Vail Road from East Meadow Drive to the Vilest Side
Sonnenalp loading dock.
2. Class II NEV
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Na permitted uses in Commercial Care I.
b. Commercial Core li
1. Class I NEV
Na permitted uses in Commercia{ Core II.
2. Class ll NEV
No permitted uses in Commercial Core II.
c. Golf Course Operations
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Due to the location of the golf course maintenance facility, on Vail Valley Drive,
Class I I NEV 's and similar gas powered maintenance carts may operate in these
areas:
Sunburst Drive from the Vaii Goff Course clubhouse to Vail Valley Drive, and Vail
Valley Drive from Sunburst Drive to the crossover from hole six to hole seven.
Class II NEV's may also cross Sunburst Drive between holes one and two and
holes eight and nine.
7-8~5 EXEMPTIONS.
A. Special Events
The Town recognizes that NEV's can be useful tools to assist the elderly and
handicapped in certain situations, and grants the Chief of Police ar his designee the
power to approve limited, controlled use of Class I or I! NEV's when specially
requested in ather areas of the Town. Such uses shall not include travel an any
Frontage Road, Interstate 70 or Bighorn Road, and may not exceed a distance of
one-quarter mile from their point of origin when in operation.
The Police Department may also designate a section of Vail Valley Drive from
Northwoods condominiums to the East End of the Soccer Field as open to approved
NEV travel during special community events. Such use must: be confined to event-
sponsored travel. Normal Class I NEV's operating in Commercial Core 1 are limited
to their typical boundaries, and may not use these times as an extension of their
service area.
B. Ford Park
Class I and II NEV's may travel the paved paths which immediately surround the
Ford Park and Gerald Ford Amphitheatre, including the two paved parking lots
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commonly referred to as 'Ford Park.' They may not travel any sidewalk bordering
South Frontage Road, or South Frontage Raad itself. The Town of Vail may limit
the number of NEV's utilized in Ford Park at any one time.
7-8-6 PROHIBITED ACTS:
The fallowing acts are prohibited as relates to the operation of Neighborhood
Electric Vehicles:
A. Engaging in the transport of either passengers ar goads, which are neither
employees of nor property belonging to, the commercial entity operating the NEV.
B. Picking up or dropping off of employees along any public roadway.
C. Travelling on any Town of Vail dedicated recreation path or sidewalk not
specifically indicated in this Chapter.
D, Travelling on any portion of roadway not specifiically indicated in this ordinance.
E. Violating any moving traffic regulation of the State of Colorado or Town of Vail.
7-8-7 VIOLATION; PENALTY
A. Responsibility for Compliance Shared:
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for such offense as
provided in section 7~1 _f; of this Code.
Bath the operator and the commercial entity that awns or controls the NEV are
responsible for compliance with this chapter, and any or all of the same may be
summonsed into Municipal Court, and any or all may be found guilty of a violation
hereof.
B. Any moving traffic violation will be subject to the same penalties prescribed
in either Title 42 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, or the Municipal Traffic Code of
the Town of Vail.
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
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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 repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the
Municipal Code of the Town of Vail 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 ar proceedings
as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed and reenacted.
The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any ordinance
previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein.
Section 4. Ail 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, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON
FIRST READING this 15th day of May, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado.
. d~„~ ~r(_.,
Ludwig Kurz, Ma`~or
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L ei onaldson,~Town Clerk =: ,,
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REA^ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
this 5th day of June, 2001.
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