(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:
The ski area has insufficient parking capacity as evidenced by the practice of parkingby motor vehicles on such highways; and
Such parking constitutes a hazard to traffic or an obstacle to snow removal or themovement or passage of emergency equipment.
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.
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.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2370, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-1103.1 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1203 was relocated to § 42-4-1401.