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VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND INSPECTION
Sections:
10.57.010 Unsafe vehicles prohibited.
10.57.020 Lights, tires and other required equipment.
10.57.030 When lighted lamps required.
10.57.040 Windows unobstructed.
10.57.050 Unauthorized insignia.
10.57.060 School bus lights and markings.
10.57.070 Brakes.
10.57.080 Mufflers-Prevention of noise.
10.57.090 Number plates to be attached.
10.57.010 Unsafe vehicles prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or
knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any street or highway within this
municipality any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe
condition as to endanger any person or property. Any person who violates any
provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic offense. (Ord. O-75-96 §
105, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.57.020 Lights, tires and other required equipment.
A. It is unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause
or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any street or highway within this
municipality any vehicle or combination of vehicles which does not contain those
parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps, reflectors, horn and
other warning or signaling devices, mirrors, safety glass, mufflers, fenders,
tires, and other equipment kept in proper condition and adjustment as required
in 42-4-202 through 42-4-222 and 42-4-224 through 42-4-230, C.R.S., as amended,
or which is equipped in any manner in violation of said sections, or for any
person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by and under
said sections.
B. It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause
or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any street or highway within this
municipality any vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than a motorcycle,
or motor driven cycle which is not equipped with at least two head lamps kept
in proper condition and adjustment as required in Section 42-4-205, C.R.S. or
which is equipped in any manner in violation of said section.
C. Any person who violates any provision of subsections (1), (2), (3), (5) or
(6) of Section 42-4-228, C.R.S., commits a Class 3 traffic offense. Any person
who violates subsection (7) of Section 42-4-228 commits a Class 2 traffic offense.
Any person who violates any other provision of Section 42-4-228, C.R.S., commits
a Class 3 traffic offense. (Ord. O-2000-45 § 3, 2000; Ord. O-97-62 §
39, 1997; Ord. O-96-45 § 1, 1996; Ord. O-87-87 § 5, 1987, Ord. O-87-32
§ 13, 1987; Ord. O-84-60 § 9, 1984; Ord. O-80-67 § 1, 1980).
10.57.030 When lighted lamps required.
A. Every vehicle upon a street or highway within this municipality between sunset
and sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable
atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on said streets and highways are
not clearly discernible at a distance of one thousand feet ahead shall display
lighted lamps and illuminating devices as by the laws of the state are respectively
required for different classes of vehicles, subject to the exception stated
in Section 10.33.030 of this title with respect to parked vehicles, and further
that stop lights, turn signals and other signaling devices shall be lighted
as prescribed by Colorado law for the use of such devices.
B. When lighted lamps are required by this section, no vehicle shall be driven
upon a street or highway within this municipality with the parking lights lighted,
except when the lights are being used as signal lamps, and except when the headlamps
are lighted at the same time.
C. Any person who violates subsection (A) of this section commits a Class 3
traffic offense. Any person who violates subsection (B) of this section commits
a Class 4 traffic offense. (Ord. O-87-87 § 6, 1987; Ord. O-75-96 §
107, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.57.040 Windows unobstructed-Certain materials prohibited.
A. 1. Except as provided in this Paragraph (1); no person shall operate any
motor vehicle registered in Colorado on which any window, except the windshield,
is composed of, covered by, or treated with any material or component which
presents an opaque, nontransparent or metallic or mirrored appearance in such
a way that it allows less than twenty-seven percent light transmittance. The
windshield shall allow seventy percent light transmittance. The provisions of
this Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the windows to the rear of the driver,
including the rear window, on any motor vehicle, however, if such windows allow
less than twenty-seven percent light transmittance, then the front side windows
and the windshield on such vehicles shall allow seventy percent light transmittance.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of Paragraph (1) of this subsection (A) nontransparent
material may be applied, installed, or affixed to the topmost portion of the
windshield subject to the following:
a. The material is not red or amber in color, nor does it affect perception
of primary colors or otherwise distort vision or contain lettering that distorts
or obstructs vision;
b. The bottom edge of the material extends no more than four inches measured
from the top of the windshield down;
c. The material does not reflect sunlight or headlight glare into the eyes of
occupants of oncoming or preceding vehicles to any greater extent than the windshield
without the material.
3. Nothing in this subsection (A) shall be construed to prevent the use of any
window when it is composed of, covered by, or treated with any material or component
in a manner approved by federal statute or regulation if such window was included
as a component part of a vehicle at the time of the vehicle manufacture, or
the replacement of any such window by covering which meets such guidelines.
4. No materials shall be used on any window in the motor vehicle that presents
a metallic or mirrored appearance.
5. Nothing in this subsection (A) shall be construed to deny or prevent the
use of certificates or other papers which do not obstruct the view of the driver
and which may be required by law to be displayed.
B. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic
offense.
C. This section shall apply to all motor vehicles. (Ord. O-2005-11 § 6,
2005; Ord. O-78-79 § 13, 1978; Ord. O-75-96 § 108, 1975; Ord. O-74-44
§ 1 (part), 1974).
10.57.050 Unauthorized insignia.
No owner shall display upon any part of his vehicle any official designation,
sign, or insignia of any public or quasi-public corporation, municipal, state
or national department or governmental subdivision, without authority of such
agency. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class
4 traffic offense. (Ord. O-97-62 § 40, 1997; Ord. O-75-96 § 109, 1975;
Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.57.060 School bus lights and markings.
A. Every school bus, as defined in Section 10.75.020, other than a small passenger-type
vehicle having a seating capacity of not more than fifteen, used for the transportation
of school children, shall bear upon the front and rear of such school bus plainly
visible and legible signs containing the words "SCHOOL BUS" in letters
not less than eight inches in height, shall display eight visual signal lights,
which shall be two alternating flashing red lights visible to the drivers of
vehicles approaching from the front of the bus, two alternating flashing red
lights visible to the drivers of vehicles approaching from the rear of the bus,
and display four visual signal lights which shall be yellow signal lights mounted
near each of the four red lights and at the same level but closer to the vertical
centerline of the bus and which shall be alternately flashing with two visible
to the front and two visible to the rear. Said visual signal lights shall be
mounted as high as practicable, shall be as widely spaced laterally as practicable,
and shall be located on the same level. Said lights shall have sufficient intensity
to be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight. The red visual signal
lights shall be actuated by the driver of the school bus whenever the school
bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children,
but such lights need not be actuated when a school bus is stopped at locations
where the local traffic regulatory authority has by prior written designation
declared such actuation unnecessary. The alternating flashing yellow lights
shall be actuated at least two hundred feet prior to the point where the bus
is to be stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children,
and the red light shall be actuated only at the time the bus is actually stopped.
B. Every school bus used for the transportation of school children, except those
small passenger-type vehicles described in subsection (A) of this section, shall
be equipped with a stop signal arm mounted outside the bus on the left, alongside
the driver and below the window. The stop signal arm shall be a flat octagon
with the word "STOP" printed on both sides in such a manner as to
be easily visible to persons approaching from either direction. The stop signal
arm shall contain two alternatively flashing red lamps which are connected to
the alternating flashing signal light system described in subsection (A) of
this section, and the stop signal arm shall be extended only when the red visual
signal lights are in operation.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-97-62 § 37, 1997; Ord. O-75-96 § 110, 1975; Ord.
O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.57.070 Brakes.
Every motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, and bicycle with motor attached,
when operated upon a highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control
the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle as required in 42-4-223, C.R.S.,
as amended. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a
Class 3 traffic offense. (Ord. O-97-62 § 41, 1997; Ord. O-96-45 §
2, 1996; Ord. O-84-60 § 10, 1984; Ord. O-75-96 § 111, 1975; Ord. O-74-44
§ 1 (part), 1974).
10.57.080 Mufflers-Prevention of noise.
It is unlawful for any person to operate, or for the owner to cause or knowingly
permit the operation of, any vehicle or combination of vehicles, within this
municipality, which is not equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation
and properly maintained to prevent any unnecessary noise, and no such muffler
or exhaust system shall be modified or used with a cutoff, bypass or similar
device. No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner
which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle
above that emitted by a muffler of the type originally installed on the vehicle.
This section shall not apply to electric motor vehicles. Any person who violates
any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic offense. (Ord. O-97-62
§ 42, 1997; Ord. O-75-96 § 112, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part),
1974).
10.57.090 Number plates to be attached.
A. Number plates assigned to a self-propelled vehicle other than a motorcycle
or street rod vehicle shall be attached thereto, one in the front and the other
in the rear. The number plate assigned to a motorcycle, street rod vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer, any other vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle, or any
item of mobile machinery or self-propelled construction equipment shall be attached
to the rear thereof.
B. Every number plate shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle
to which it is assigned, so as to prevent the plate from swinging, and shall
be horizontal at a height not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring
from the bottom of such plate, in a place and position to be clearly visible,
and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be
clearly legible.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-2005-11 § 7, 2005; Ord. O-97-62 § 42, 1997; Ord.
O-75-96 § 112, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
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