HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.ord.017.2001 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
PROHIBITING BICYCLE USEAGE ON LOWER RIVER ROAD (CR# 16),
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6:30 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY,HOLIDAYS EXCLUDED,
FROM MAY 15,2001 TO NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 1, 2003
Ordinance No. 0/` - 2001
Recitals
1. Beginning May 2, 2001, the Colorado Department of Transportation and
their contractors will open a detour on Lower River Road (CR# 16) for the purpose of
directing all downvalley traffic from SH 82, between the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
This will make Lower River Road one of the most heavily traveled roads in the county.
2. Pursuant to C.R.S. §42-4-109 (11), the Board of County Commissioners
shall have the power to prohibit any bicycle, animal rider, animal drawn conveyance, or
other class or kind of nonmotorized traffic which is found to be incompatible with the
normal and safe movement of traffic.
3. The Board of County Commissioners has determined that there will be
unsafe conditions if any bicycle traffic were allowed on Lower River Road during this
detour and bicycle traffic would be incompatible with normal and safe movement of
vehicular traffic.
4. The Board of County Commissioners finds that the Rio Grande Bikepath
is a suitable path on which to redirect bicycle traffic during the prohibition, and that the
Rio Grande Bikepath is parallel to and within four hundred and fifty feet (450') of Lower
River Road.
5. The Board of County Commissioners hereby directs that the appropriate
official signs prohibiting bicycle traffic from using Lower River Road (CR#16) be
erected.
6. It is necessary for the immediate health, safety and welfare of the health
of the citizens of Pitkin that this prohibition be enacted
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that the Board of County
Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, does hereby prohibit all bicycle traffic on
Lower River Road (CR #16) from May 15, 2001 to no later than November 1, 2003. The
hours of the prohibition shall be from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Holidays shall be excluded.
This emergency ordinance is effective immediately.
Ordinance#,�41-2001
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INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED ON THE 25TH DAY OF APRIL 2001
AND SET FOR CONFIRMATORY READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON
MAY 9, 2001.
. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLISHED IN THE WEEKEND
EDITION OF THE ASPEN TIMES ON APRIL 28, 2001.
CONFIRMED AT PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 9, 2001.
PUBLISHED AFTER ADOPTION IN THE WEEKEND EDITION OF THE
ASPEN TIMES ON THE 19TH DAY OF MAY 2001.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
By: Gl/
Je ette Jones, Dep ,ty Clerk Michael C. Ireland
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Date:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John M. El Hilary Fle l er Smith
C ttoiney County Manager
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