§ 42-4-1203 — Ski areas to install signs

Colorado § 42-4-1203

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 42: Vehicles and
• Art.: Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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(1) Colorado ski areas shall install
traffic control signs as provided in this section on both sides of that segment of
every highway which is within one mile of and which leads to the recognized
entrances to the ski area parking lots if it is found that:

(a) The ski area has insufficient parking capacity as evidenced by the
practice of parking by motor vehicles on such highways; and

(b) Such parking constitutes a hazard to traffic or an obstacle to snow
removal or the movement or passage of emergency equipment.

(2) The findings required by subsection (1) of this section shall be made by
the department of transportation for the state highway system, by the chairman of
the board of county commissioners for county roads, and by the chief executive
officer of a municipality for a municipal street system. Such findings shall be based
upon a traffic investigation.

(3) Such signs shall conform to any and all specifications of the department
of transportation adopted pursuant to section 42-4-601. All such signs shall contain
a statement that there is no parking allowed on a highway right-of-way so as to
obstruct traffic or highway maintenance and that offending vehicles will be towed
away.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2370, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.