(1) 
A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or low-power scooter in such a manner as to indicate either a wanton or a willful disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
(2) 
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter or low-power scooter in a careless and imprudent manner, without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and use of the streets and highways and all other attendant circumstances, is guilty of careless driving.
(2) 
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2)(b) and (c) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor.
(b) 
If the person’s actions are the proximate cause of bodily injury to another, such person commits a misdemeanor.
(c) 
If the person’s actions are the proximate cause of death to another, such person commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the Fire Department used at any fire, alarm of fire, or practice runs or laid down on any street, private driveway, or highway without the consent of the Fire Department official in command. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No person shall occupy a trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
(a) 
No person shall throw or deposit upon or along any highway any glass bottle, glass, stones, nails, tacks, wire, cans, container of human waste, or other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon or along such highway.
(b) 
No person shall throw, drop, or otherwise expel a lighted cigarette, cigar, match, or other burning material from a motor vehicle upon any highway.
(2) 
Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway or structure any destructive or injurious material or lighted or burning substance shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
(3) 
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(4) 
No person shall excavate a ditch or other aqueduct, or construct any flume or pipeline or any steam, electric, or other railway, or construct any approach to a public highway without written consent of the authority responsible for the maintenance of that highway.
(5) 
(a) 
Except as provided in subsection (5)(b) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(b) 
(I) 
Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1)(b) of this section commits a misdemeanor.
(II) 
Any person who violates subsection (1)(a) of this section by throwing or depositing a container of human waste upon or along any highway commits a misdemeanor.
(6) 
As used in this section:
“Container”
includes, but is not limited to, a bottle, a can, a box, or a diaper.
“Human waste”
means urine or feces produced by a human.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded or the load thereof securely covered to prevent any of its load from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom; except that material may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
(2) 
Reserved.
(2.4) 
(a) 
A vehicle shall not be driven or moved on a highway if the vehicle is transporting trash or recyclables unless at least one of the following conditions is met:
(I) 
The load is covered by a tarp or other cover in a manner that prevents the load from blowing, dropping, shifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle;
(II) 
The vehicle utilizes other technology that prevents the load from blowing, dropping, shifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle;
(III) 
The load is required to be secured under and complies with 49 CFR Parts 392 and 393; or
(IV) 
The vehicle is loaded in such a manner or the load itself has physical characteristics such that the contents will not escape from the vehicle. Such a load may include, but is not limited to, heavy scrap metal or hydraulically compressed scrap recyclables.
(b) 
Subsection (2.4)(a) of this section shall not apply to a motor vehicle in the process of collecting trash or recyclables within a one-mile radius of the motor vehicle’s last collection point.
(2.5) 
(a) 
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway for a distance of more than two miles if the vehicle is transporting aggregate material with a diameter of one inch or less unless:
(I) 
The load is covered by a tarp or other cover in a manner that prevents the aggregate material from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle; or
(II) 
The vehicle utilizes other technology that prevents the aggregate material from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle.
(b) 
Nothing in this subsection (2.5) shall apply to a vehicle:
(I) 
Operating entirely within a marked construction zone;
(II) 
Involved in maintenance of public roads during snow or ice removal operations; or
(III) 
Involved in emergency operations when requested by a law enforcement agency or an emergency response authority designated in or pursuant to §  29-22-102, C.R.S.
(2.7) 
For the purposes of this section:
“Aggregate material”
means any rock, clay, silts, gravel, limestone, dimension stone, marble, and shale; except that “aggregate material” does not include hot asphalt, including asphalt patching material, wet concrete, or other materials not susceptible to blowing.
“Recyclables”
means material or objects that can be reused, reprocessed, remanufactured, reclaimed, or recycled.
“Trash”
means material or objects that have been or are in the process of being discarded or transported.
(3) 
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3)(b) or (c) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(b) 
Any person who violates any provision of this section while driving or moving a car or pickup truck without causing bodily injury to another person commits a traffic infraction.
(c) 
Any person who violates any provision of this section while driving or moving a car or pickup truck and thereby proximately causes bodily injury to another person commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Splash guards”
means mud flaps, rubber, plastic or fabric aprons, or other devices directly behind the rearmost wheels, designed to minimize the spray of water and other substances to the rear.
“Splash guards” must, at a minimum, be wide enough to cover the full tread of the tire or tires being protected, hang perpendicular from the vehicle not more than 10 inches above the surface of the street or highway when the vehicle is empty, and generally maintain their perpendicular relationship under normal driving conditions.
(2) 
Except as otherwise permitted in this section, no vehicle or motor vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway unless the vehicle or motor vehicle is equipped with splash guards. However, vehicles and motor vehicles with splash guards that violate this section shall be allowed to remain in service for the time necessary to continue to a place where the deficient splash guards will be replaced. Such replacement shall occur at the first reasonable opportunity.
(3) 
This section does not apply to:
(a) 
Passenger-carrying motor vehicles registered pursuant to §  42-3-306(2) C.R.S.;
(b) 
Trucks and truck tractors registered pursuant to §  42-3-306(4) or (5) C.R.S. having an empty weight of 10,000 pounds or less;
(c) 
Trailers equipped with fenders or utility pole trailers;
(d) 
Vehicles while involved in chip and seal or paving operations or road widening equipment;
(e) 
Truck tractors or converter dollies when used in combination with other vehicles;
(f) 
Vehicles drawn by animals; or
(g) 
Bicycles, electric scooters, or electrical assisted bicycles.
(4) 
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in an area owned or under the control of the City, if the City has declared the operation of motor vehicles to be prohibited in such area. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
No owner of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter required to be registered in this State shall operate the vehicle or permit it to be operated on the public highways of this State when the owner has failed to have a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by law.
(2) 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or low-power scooter on the public highways of this State without a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by law.
(3) 
(a) 
When an accident occurs, or when requested to do so following any lawful traffic contact or during any traffic investigation by a peace officer, an owner or operator of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter shall present to the requesting officer immediate evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by law.
(b) 
As used in this section, “evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect” includes the presentation of such a policy or certificate upon a cell phone or other electronic device.
(4) 
(a) 
Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section commits a misdemeanor. The minimum fine of $500.00 shall be mandatory. The court may suspend up to one-half of the fine upon a showing that appropriate insurance as required pursuant to § 10-4-619 or 10-4-624, C.R.S., has been obtained. Nothing in this paragraph (a) shall be construed to prevent the court from imposing a fine greater than the minimum mandatory fine.
(b) 
Upon a second or subsequent conviction under this section within a period of five years following a prior conviction under this section, in addition to any imprisonment imposed, the defendant shall be punished by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $1,000, and the court shall not suspend such minimum fine. The court may suspend up to one-half of the fine upon a showing that appropriate insurance as required pursuant to § 10-4-619 or 10-4-624, C.R.S., has been obtained.
(c) 
In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsections (4)(a) and (b) of this section, any person convicted pursuant to this section may, at the discretion of the court, be sentenced to perform not less than 40 hours of community service.
(5) 
Testimony of the failure of any owner or operator of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter to present immediate evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by law, when requested to do so by a peace officer, shall constitute prima facie evidence, at a trial concerning a violation charged under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, that such owner or operator of a motor vehicle violated subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
(6) 
A person charged with violating subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section shall not be convicted if the person produces in court a bona fide complying policy or certificate of self-insurance that was in full force and effect as required by law at the time of the alleged violation. The Court Clerk’s Office may dismiss the charge if it verifies that the person had a valid policy in effect at the time of the alleged violation using the uninsured motorist identification database created in §  42-7-602, C.R.S.
(7) 
Reserved.
(8) 
Reserved.
(8.5) 
If an operator of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter uses a cell phone or other electronic device to present evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect, as described in subsection (3)(b) of this section:
(a) 
The law enforcement officer to whom the operator presents the device shall not explore the contents of the cell phone or other electronic device other than to examine the operator’s policy or certificate of self-insurance; and
(b) 
The law enforcement officer to whom the operator presents the device and any law enforcement agency that employs the officer are immune from any civil damages resulting from the officer dropping or otherwise unintentionally damaging the cell phone or other electronic device.
(9) 
The Municipal Court shall not have jurisdiction under this section in those cases in which property damage and/or injury results.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
It is unlawful for any person to offer, use, or attempt to offer or use any means, manner, type of paper, document, card, digital image, or any other proof of motor vehicle liability insurance required by State law to a law enforcement officer, judge, magistrate, prosecutor, or employee of a Court Clerk’s Office with the intent to mislead that official regarding the status of any motor vehicle liability insurance policy in the course of an official investigation, or for purposes of dismissing any charge under GJMC § 10.04.1409 or reducing any penalty imposed under GJMC § 10.04.1409, where such means, manner, type, or kind of proof of insurance offered or used, or that is attempted to be offered or used, is known or should be known by the person to be false, fraudulent, or incorrect in any material manner or way, or which is known or should be known by the person to be altered, forged, defaced, or changed in any material respect, unless such changes are required or authorized by law.
(2) 
Violation of this section is a traffic infraction, punishable by a fine of up to $500.00.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
(a) 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones.
(b) 
For purposes of this subsection (1), “earphones” includes any headset, radio, tape player, or other similar device which provides the listener with radio programs, music, or other recorded information through a device attached to the head and which covers all of or a portion of the ears. “Earphones” does not include speakers or other listening devices that are built into protective headgear or a device or portion of a device that only covers all or a portion of one ear and that is connected to a wireless, handheld telephone.
(2) 
Any person who violates this section commits a traffic infraction.
(3) 
Nothing in this section authorizes the holder of a commercial driver’s license issued pursuant to Title 42, Article 2, Part 4, C.R.S., to act in violation of any federal law or regulation relating to driving a commercial vehicle.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
Every person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to special regulations in this chapter, except as provided in GFMC 10.04.1412.5, and except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Said riders shall comply with the rules set forth in this section and GJMC § 10.04.221.
(2) 
Reserved.
(3) 
No bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed or equipped.
(4) 
No person riding upon any bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall attach the same or himself or herself to any motor vehicle upon a roadway.
(5) 
(a) 
Any person operating a bicycle, an electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter (for this section referred to as “rider”) upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic shall ride in the right-hand lane, subject to the following conditions:
(I) 
If the right-hand lane then available for traffic is wide enough to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a rider shall ride far enough to the right as judged safe by the rider to facilitate the movement of such overtaking vehicles unless other conditions make it unsafe to do so.
(II) 
A rider may use a lane other than the right-hand lane when:
(A) 
Preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private roadway or driveway;
(B) 
Overtaking a slower vehicle; or
(C) 
Taking reasonably necessary precautions to avoid hazards or road conditions.
(III) 
Upon approaching an intersection where right turns are permitted and there is a dedicated right-turn lane, a rider may ride on the left-hand portion of the dedicated right-turn lane even if the rider does not intend to turn right.
(b) 
A rider shall not be expected or required to:
(I) 
Ride over or through hazards at the edge of a roadway, including but not limited to fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow lanes; or
(II) 
Ride without a reasonable safety margin on the right-hand side of the roadway.
(c) 
A person operating a bicycle, an electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter upon a one-way roadway with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near to the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway as judged safe by the rider, subject to the following conditions:
(I) 
If the left-hand lane then available for traffic is wide enough to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a rider shall ride far enough to the left as judged safe by the rider to facilitate the movement of such overtaking vehicles unless other conditions make it unsafe to do so.
(II) 
A rider shall not be expected or required to:
(A) 
Ride over or through hazards at the edge of a roadway, including but not limited to fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow lanes; or
(B) 
Ride without a reasonable safety margin on the left-hand side of the roadway.
(6) 
(a) 
Persons riding bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b) 
Persons riding bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
(7) 
A person operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.
(8) 
(a) 
A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter intending to turn left shall follow a course described in GJMC § 10.04.901(1), 10.04.903, and 10.04.1007 or may make a left turn in the manner prescribed in subsection (8)(b) of this section.
(b) 
A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter intending to turn left shall approach the turn as closely as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. After proceeding across the intersecting roadway to the far corner of the curb or intersection of the roadway edges, the rider shall stop, as much as practicable, out of the way of traffic. After stopping, the rider shall yield to any traffic proceeding in either direction along the roadway that the rider had been using. After yielding and complying with any official traffic control device or police officer regulating traffic on the highway along which the rider intends to proceed, the rider may proceed in the new direction.
(c) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (8)(a) and (b) of this section, the City may cause official traffic control devices to be placed on roadways and thereby require and direct that a specific course be traveled.
(9) 
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (9), every person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall signal the intention to turn or stop in accordance with GJMC § 10.04.903; except that a rider may signal a right turn with the right arm extended horizontally.
(b) 
A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter before turning and shall be given while the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter is stopped waiting to turn. A signal by hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand is needed in the control or operation of the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter.
(10) 
(a) 
A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian. A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter in a crosswalk shall do so in a manner that is safe for pedestrians.
(b) 
A person shall not ride a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk where such use of bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters is prohibited by official traffic control devices or ordinances. A rider shall dismount before entering any crosswalk where required by official traffic control devices or ordinances.
(c) 
A person riding or walking a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, including, but not limited to, the rights and duties granted and required by GJMC § 10.04.802.
(11) 
(a) 
A person may park a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by an official traffic control device or ordinance.
(b) 
A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter parked on a sidewalk shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic.
(c) 
A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter may be parked on the road at any angle to the curb or edge of the road at any location where parking is allowed.
(d) 
A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter may be parked on the road abreast of another such vehicle(s) near the side of the road or any location where parking is allowed in such a manner as does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
(e) 
In all other respects, bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters parked anywhere on a highway shall conform to Chapter 10.08 GJMC regulating the parking of vehicles.
(12) 
(a) 
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor; except that § 42-2-127, C.R.S. shall not apply.
(b) 
Any person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter who violates any provision of this chapter and Chapter 10.14 GJMC other than this section which is applicable to such a vehicle and for which a penalty is specified shall be subject to the same specified penalty as any other vehicle; except that § 42-2-127, C.R.S. shall not apply.
(13) 
Upon request, the Police Department shall complete a report concerning an injury or death incident that involves a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter on the roadways of the State, even if such accident does not involve a motor vehicle.
(14) 
(a) 
(I) 
A person may ride a class 1 or class 2 electrical assisted bicycle or electric scooter on a bike or pedestrian path where bicycles are authorized to travel.
(II) 
The City may prohibit the operation of a class 1 or class 2 electrical assisted bicycle or electric scooter on a bike or pedestrian path.
(15) 
(a) 
A person under 16 years of age shall not ride a class 3 electrical assisted bicycle upon any street, highway, or bike or pedestrian path; except that a person under 16 years of age may ride as a passenger on a class 3 electrical assisted bicycle that is designed to accommodate passengers.
(b) 
A person shall not operate or ride as a passenger on a class 3 electrical assisted bicycle unless:
(I) 
Each person under 18 years of age is wearing a protective helmet of a type and design manufactured for use by operators of bicycles;
(II) 
The protective helmet conforms to the design and specifications set forth by the United States consumer product safety commission or the American Society for Testing and Materials; and
(III) 
The protective helmet is secured properly on the person’s head with a chin strap while the class 3 electrical assisted bicycle is in motion.
(c) 
A violation of subsection (15)(b) of this section does not constitute negligence or negligence per se in the context of any civil personal injury claim or lawsuit seeking damages.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 5076, 6-1-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
Reserved.
(2) 
(a) 
(I) 
A pedestrian or a person who is 15 years of age or older or who is under 15 years of age and accompanied by an adult and who is operating a low-speed conveyance and approaching a controlled intersection with a stop sign shall slow down and, if required for safety, stop before entering the intersection. If a stop is not required for safety, the pedestrian or person operating a low-speed conveyance shall slow to a reasonable speed and yield the right-of-way to any traffic or pedestrian in or approaching the intersection. After the pedestrian or person operating a low-speed conveyance has slowed to a reasonable speed and yielded the right-of-way if required, the pedestrian or person operating a low-speed conveyance may cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping.
(II) 
For purposes of this subsection (2)(a), a reasonable speed is 10 miles per hour or less. The City may raise the maximum reasonable speed to 20 miles per hour if the City also posts signs at the intersection(s) stating a higher speed limitation.
(b) 
A person who is 15 years of age or older or who is under 15 years of age and is accompanied by an adult and who is operating a low-speed conveyance and approaching a controlled intersection with an illuminated red traffic control signal shall stop before entering the intersection and shall yield to all other traffic and pedestrians. Once the person operating a low-speed conveyance has yielded, the person operating a low-speed conveyance may cautiously proceed in the same direction through the intersection or make a right-hand turn. When a red traffic control signal is illuminated, a person operating a low-speed conveyance shall not proceed through the intersection or turn right if an oncoming vehicle is turning or preparing to turn left in front of the person operating a low-speed conveyance.
(c) 
A person who is 15 years of age or older or who is under 15 years of age and is accompanied by an adult and who is operating a low-speed conveyance approaching an intersection of a roadway with an illuminated red traffic control signal may make a left-hand turn only if turning onto a one-way street and only after stopping and yielding to other traffic and pedestrians. However, a person operating a low-speed conveyance shall not turn left if an oncoming vehicle is turning or preparing to turn right.
(d) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the City has placed a traffic sign or a traffic control signal at a controlled intersection and the traffic sign or traffic control signal provides instructions only to one or more specified types of low-speed conveyances, the operator of a low-speed conveyance to which the traffic sign or traffic control signal is directed shall obey the instructions provided by the sign or traffic control signal.
(3) 
This section does not create any right for a pedestrian or the operator of a low-speed conveyance to travel on any portion of a roadway where travel is otherwise prohibited by law. This section is intended to solely govern the regulation of bicycles, electric assisted bicycles, low-speed conveyances, and pedestrians approaching a controlled intersection.
(4) 
Any person riding a bicycle, electric assisted bicycle or low-speed conveyance who violates any provision of this chapter other than GJMC § 10.04.1412 which is applicable to such a vehicle and for which a penalty is specified shall be subject to the same specified penalty as any other vehicle; except that § 42-2-127, C.R.S. shall not apply.
(Ord. 5076, 6-1-22)
Any operator of a motor vehicle who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe has violated a State law or municipal ordinance, who has received a visual or audible signal such as a red light or a siren from a police officer driving a marked vehicle showing the same to be an official police, sheriff, or Colorado State Patrol car directing the operator to bring the operator’s vehicle to a stop, and who willfully increases his or her speed or extinguishes his or her lights in an attempt to elude such police officer, or willfully attempts in any other manner to elude the police officer, or does elude such police officer commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any highway of the State using diesel fuel dyed to show that no taxes have been collected on the fuel.
(2) 
(a) 
Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(b) 
Any person who commits a second violation of subsection (1) of this section within a 12-month period shall be subject to an increased penalty.
(c) 
Any person who commits a third or subsequent violation of subsection (1) of this section within a 12-month period shall be subject to an increased penalty.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
(a) 
No person shall use, possess, or sell a radar jamming device.
(b) 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle with a radar jamming device in the motor vehicle.
(2) 
(a) 
For purposes of this section, “radar jamming device” means any active or passive device, instrument, mechanism, or equipment that is designed or intended to interfere with, disrupt, or scramble the radar or laser that is used by law enforcement agencies and peace officers to measure the speed of motor vehicles. “Radar jamming device” includes but is not limited to devices commonly referred to as “jammers” or “scramblers.”
(b) 
For purposes of this section, “radar jamming device” shall not include equipment that is legal under FCC regulations, such as a citizens’ band radio, ham radio, or any other similar electronic equipment.
(3) 
Radar jamming devices are subject to seizure by any peace officer and may be confiscated and destroyed by order of the court in which a violation of this section is charged.
(4) 
A violation of subsection (1) of this section is a misdemeanor.
(5) 
The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to peace officers acting in their official capacity.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
The driver of a vehicle, whether on public property or private property which is used by the general public for parking purposes, shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(2) 
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled-access highway.
(3) 
A violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section is a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) 
A person commits failure to present a valid transit pass or coupon if the person occupies, rides in, or uses a public transportation vehicle without paying the applicable fare or providing a valid transit pass or coupon.
(2) 
A person shall not occupy, ride in, or use a public transportation vehicle without possession of proof of prior fare payment. A person shall present proof of prior fare payment upon demand of a peace officer, or any other employee or agent of a public transportation entity.
(3) 
A violation of this section is a traffic infraction and is punishable by a fine of $75.00. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fines for a violation of subsection (1) of this section.
(4) 
(a) 
Public transportation entities may appoint or employ, with the power of removal, fare inspectors as necessary to enforce the provisions of this section. The employing public transportation entity shall determine the requirements for employment as a fare inspector.
(b) 
A fare inspector appointed or employed pursuant to this section is authorized to enforce the provisions of this section while acting within the scope of his or her authority and in the performance of his or her duties. A fare inspector is authorized to issue a citation to a person who commits failure to provide a valid transit pass or coupon in violation of this section. The fare inspector shall issue a citation on behalf of the County in which the person occupying, riding in, or using a public transportation vehicle without paying the applicable fare is located at the time the violation is discovered. The public transportation entity whose fare inspector issued the citation shall timely deliver the citation to the Clerk of the County Court for the jurisdiction in which the accused person is located at the time the violation is discovered.
(5) 
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Proof of prior fare payment”
means:
(a) 
A transit pass valid for the day and time of use;
(b) 
A receipt showing payment of the applicable fare for use of a public transportation vehicle during the day and time specified in the receipt; or
(c) 
A prepaid ticket or series of tickets showing cancellation by a public transportation entity used within the day and time specified in the ticket.
“Public transportation entity”
means a mass transit district, a mass transit authority, or any other public entity authorized under the laws of this State to provide mass transportation services to the general public.
“Public transportation vehicle”
means a bus, a train, a light rail vehicle, or any other mode of transportation used by a public transportation entity to provide transportation services to the general public.
“Transit pass”
means any pass, coupon, transfer, card, identification, token, ticket, or other document, whether issued by a public transportation entity or issued by an employer to employees pursuant to an agreement with a public transportation entity, used to obtain public transit.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on a side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic; nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
The driver of a vehicle, whether on public property or private property which is used by the general public for parking purposes, shall not start moving a vehicle from a stopped, standing or parked position unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)