HomeMy WebLinkAbout07949ORDINANCE NO. 7949
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE XV OF THE
PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING GENERALLY TO THE
MODEL TRAFFIC CODE AND SPECIFICALLY TO OWNER
LIABILITY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CAMERA VIOLATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (brackets indicate matter
deleted, underscoring indicates matter added)
SECTION 1
Section 15 -1 -15 of Chapter 1, Title XV of the Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15 -1 -15. Owner liability for traffic signal camera violations.
(a) As used in this Section:
(1) Traffic signal camera shall mean a type of automatic vehicle identification device
operated under the general supervision of a police officer, that is placed in a fixed
location at a signalized intersection within the City and which is wired and
programmed to automatically photograph or digitally record the intersection and
vehicles entering said intersection [more than one -half of one (0.5) second
after a steady circular red signal or a steady red arrow signal has been displayed
to such vehicles, and to record and accurately depict the vehicle's location within
the intersection, the vehicle's license plate, the driver of the vehicle, the date and
time of the event depicted and the elapsed time from the display of said signal.
SECTION 2
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage and approval.
INTRODUCED: December 8. 2008
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Background Paper for Proposed
ORDINANCE
AGENDA ITEM # 38
DATE: December 8, 2008
DEPARTMENT: POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE — JAMES W. BILLINGS, JR.
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE XV OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING GENERALLY TO THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE AND
SPECIFICALLY TO OWNER LIABILITY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CAMERA VIOLATIONS
ISSUE
Should City Council amend Chapter 1 of Title XV of the Pueblo Municipal Code Section
15 -1 -15 (a)(1) relating to owner liability for traffic signal camera violations.
RECOMMENDATION
Approval of the Ordinance.
BACKGROUND
The removal of the 0.5- second grace period provides for consistency of enforcement
between a red light violation at an intersection monitored by a photo enforcement system
and an intersection monitored by a police officer.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no financial impact with approval of the Ordinance.