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Chapter 4-24: Parks and Open Space Parking Permits47

4-24-1 Legislative Intent.Go to the top

The purpose of this chapter is provide for the issuance and administration of a permit parking system in city parks, parkways, recreation areas, and open space in instances in which the city manager has determined to institute such a system.

4-24-2 Designation of Areas Subject to Permit Requirement.Go to the top

The city manager may, after consultation with the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board or the Open Space Board of Trustees, as applicable, designate specific city parks, parkways, recreation areas, or open space land, or portions of such places, as areas in which motor vehicles may park only by permit. The designation becomes effective when the manager erects a sign at each entrance to the area affected by the permit requirement, or at some other place which is reasonably calculated to give notice to drivers of motor vehicles, indicating the requirement.

4-24-3 Permit Issuance.Go to the top

The city manager shall, upon payment of the fee specified in section 4-20-54, "Parks and Open Space Parking Permit Fee," B.R.C. 1981, issue a parks or open space parking permit. This permit is valid only for the period specified, which shall be for a day or a calendar year, and for the vehicle for which issued. The manager may provide for issuance of such permits at such places and times as the manager finds expedient, and may provide for unattended issuance in which the applicant places the fee in an envelope, writes the license plate number of the vehicle and the current date on the envelope, and deposits the envelope and fee as written instructions direct, and retains and displays the specified portion of the envelope as a permit. No permit is valid without prepayment of the specified fee and display of the permit in a place within the vehicle where its number and any other information required to be placed upon it is clearly visible to a peace officer from outside the vehicle, and is in the location specified by the manager in the permit instructions.

4-24-4 Exemption From Permit.Go to the top

A valid, current license plate indicating that the vehicle is registered in Boulder County, Colorado, shall be deemed a permit under this chapter, and no fee is required before such a vehicle may be parked in areas governed by this chapter. If the vehicle is properly registered in Boulder County, Colorado, but still legally bears a current license plate indicating registration in a different Colorado county, then the city manager may issue, at no cost, an annual permit under this chapter to the owner or some other person legally in possession of the vehicle.


47 Adopted by Ordinance No. 5546.

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