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CITY OF LOUISVILLE ORDINANCE NO. 444 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC BY THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND GENERALLY CONFORMING TO SIMILAR REGULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE NATION; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 1973 EDITION OF THE "HODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES;" REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. Adoption. Pursuant to Chapter 139, Article 34, C.R.S. 1963 as amended, there is hereby adopted by reference Articles I to XXVI, inclusive, of the "Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities," offica11y approved, adopted, and published in 1973 as such by the State Department of Highways, Denver, Colorado, of which three (3) copies are now filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of Louisville, Colorado and may be inspected during regular business hours, the same being adopted as if set out at length. Section 2. Additions or Hodifications. None Section 3. Penalties. The following penalties, herewith set forth in full shall apply to this ordinance: (a) It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions stated or adopted in this ordinance. (b) Every person convicted of a violation of any provision stated or adopted in this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 4. Application. This ordinance shall apply to every street, alley, sidewalk area, driveway, park, and to every other public way or public parking area, either within or outside the corporate limits of this municipality, the use of which this municipality has jurisdiction and authority to regulate. The