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TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Sections:
10.67.010 Rules and regulations of the Colorado State Patrol-Adopted
by reference-Generally.
10.67.020 Vehicle accidents and spills.
10.67.030 Immobilization of unsafe vehicles.
10.67.040 Penalties.
10.67.050 Suspension of operations.
10.67.010 Rules and regulations of the Colorado State
Patrol-Adopted by reference- Generally.
Hazardous materials and hazardous wastes, as defined by the rules and regulations
of the Colorado State Patrol, shall be transported and delivered within the
City of Lakewood in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the
transporting and shipping of hazardous materials as promulgated by the Colorado
State Patrol within the Colorado Department of Public Safety, found at 8 C.C.R.
1507-9, as the same may from time to time be amended, which are adopted by reference
pursuant to Title 31, Article 16, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, subject
to the deletions, amendments, and additions contained in this chapter. (Ord.
O-90-4 § 1 (part), 1990).
10.67.020 Vehicle accidents and spills.
If any hazardous materials or hazardous wastes are spilled from a motor vehicle,
either on private property, the public right-of-way or public property, the
operator shall immediately notify the police or fire department. The following
information is necessary for proper identification under this section:
A. Location of the spill;
B. Proper shipping name of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes involved;
C. Amount of material involved;
D. Any information that is available concerning the hazardous materials or hazardous
wastes; including such information as the toxicity, flammability, or reactivity
of the hazardous materials and hazardous wastes involved; and
E. Any other information available that may either affect the cleanup of the
material or the health and safety of individuals in or around the spill. (Ord.
O-90-4 § 1 (part), 1990).
10.67.030 Immobilization of unsafe vehicles.
Police agents shall have the power to immobilize, impound, or otherwise direct
the disposition of motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials or hazardous
wastes when any police agent deems that the motor vehicle or the operation thereof
is unsafe and when such immobilization, impoundment, or disposition is appropriate
under or required by the rules and regulations of the Colorado State Patrol.
(Ord. O-90-4 § 1 (part), 1990).
10.67.040 Penalties.
Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter or any
person, corporation, partnership, or other entity which intentionally or knowingly
authorizes, solicits, requests, commands, conspires in, or aids and abets in
the violation of any provision of this chapter shall, for each offense, be fined
in a sum of not more than nine hundred ninety-nine dollars or shall be imprisoned
for a term of not more than one hundred and eighty days, or shall be both so
fined and imprisoned. Each and every day which the violation is permitted to
exist shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. The penalties herein
shall not preclude the city from initiating any other action to abate or prevent
the occurrence of any violation of this chapter. (Ord. O-90-4 § 1 (part),
1990).
10.67.050 Suspension of operations.
The Chief of the Lakewood Police Department, or his designee, is authorized
to reasonably restrict, or if necessary prohibit, the transportation of hazardous
materials or hazardous wastes through the city, without notice, whenever road,
weather, traffic, or other hazardous circumstances warrant that action. (Ord.
O-90-4 § 1 (part), 1990).
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