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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 F � e fin.__. NOW 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.