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'~/) \~/ fly..'. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 29 OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 672 OF '1'HE CITY OF BOZE-
~\.., A,.5' MAN RELA'I'ING TO TRAFFIC UPON TEE .STREEI'S" AJlENUES AND ALLEYS OF THE CI TY OF
,/ 4/ BOZEM:AN, so AS TO EX'l'END PARKING RESTR!CTIONS, ENLARGE TEE AUTHORITY OF THE
, ,/ CITY MANAGER WITH REFERENCE TO SUCH RESTRI CTIONS, AND DECLARIID AN EMERGENCY
SO AS TO MAKE THI S ORDINANCE IMMEDIATELY EFFEC'I'IVE.
PREAMBLE
VV1ffiREAS: To promote the safety and convenience of the general public in the traffic
use of the streets, avenues, alleys and other public places of The City of Bozeman it is
necessary to amend Section 29 of Ordinance No. 672 so as to extend the parking time-
limit restriction to public ways in addition to those ncm included and specified in said
Ordinances No. 672, and to enlarge the authority of the City Manager to further extend
such restrictions, subject to approval by the City Commission, or in emergencies, by order
or regulation, or either, as the public safety ani convenience from time to time shall
require; and
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WHEREAS: In the opinion of the City Comndssion it is necessary for the public
safety and convenience that this ordinance b eco:rre il'l1l1')3 diately effective upon its adoption,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5450 R. C. Montana, 1935, because an emergency exists
with reference to traffic on certain public ways within the city being hampered and ob-
structed and made dangerous to the public safety and convenienc e by reason of automobiles
and other vehicles being parked on said streets in the business district and permitted
to remain so parked for unreasonable continuous periods so as - to obstruct traffic and
render it unsa fe and inconvenient for the general public; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
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Section 29 of Ordinance No. 672 Amended.
That Section 29 of Ordinance No. 672 of The City of Bozeman, entitled "An Ordin-
nance Regulating Traffic Upon the Public streets, Avenues and Alleys of The City of Bozemm,
Montana, and Repealing Ordinances Nos. 576 and 610 of The City of Bozeman, and All Other
Ordinances and Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewithlt, be, and the same is hereby
amended sa as to read as follows:
Section 29
Parking Time Limited in Designs. ted Places--Em.ergencies.
(a) The operator of a vehicle shall not park such vehicle between the hours of 9
o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. on any day for longer than,
Fifteen (15) minutes on the east side of Tracy Avenue between the first alley
south of Main street and the north line of Babcock street.
Ninety (90) minutes at any other place on Tracy Avenue between the south line
of Main street and the north line of Babcock street.
Ninety (90) minutes on Black and Willson av~nues between the SOl th line of Main
street and the north line of Babcock street.
Nine ty (90) minutes on Main street between the west line of ROllS e avenue and-the
east line of Grand avenue.
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(b) At any time when, in the opinion of the City Manager, the publi c safety or con-
venience requires it, he may by order or regulation, subject to the approval of the City
Commission and noted in the minutes of the Commission meeting, alter, vary, ronend, or
extend to other streets, avenues, alleys and public places within The City of Bozeman,
Ordinance No. 703
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in whole or part, the above time l1m1t parking restrictions;bu.t',Juch 'Order-or regulation
shall not be effective until notice thereof Shall be given by posting of a sign or other
suttable device at one or more places within such restricted parking area, as provided
in Section 25 of said Ordinance No. 672, with reference to bus stops, taxicab signs and
8xpress vehicles stands.
(c) The city Manager is also authorized and empowered to make and enforce temporary
rules and regulations relative to parking, etc., in front of buildings in which any con-
siderable number have assembled or are expected to assEltlble, as may appear to him. nec-
essary to assure the safety and prompt exit of the assemblage; or in any other emergency
when submission of such rule and regulation, or either, to The City Conmisaion for approval
would be :1.mpossible or impractical or require such delay as to endanger the public safety
or conven!ence in traffic upon the streets, avenues, alleys or other public places in
The City of Bozeman,
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Effective Date
By reason of the emergency set forth and declared in the preamble hereto, this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption, and publication
by number and title, as provided in Section 5453 R. M. Montana, 1935.
Passed and. adopted by the City Commission of The City of Bozeman in l' egular session
on the 29th day of November, 1940.
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Mgyar - (
1940.
state of Montana )
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County of Gallatin)
I, L. G. Shadoan, Clerk of the Commission of The City of Bozeman do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 703, was published by title ani number in the Bozeman
Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation pr'inted and published in said City
in the issue of December 1st, 1940 and due proof is on file in my office.
INIVITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand a nd affix the seal of my office this
3rd day of December, 1940.
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Clerk 0 e City onnn sa on
Ordinance No. 703