9. Town of Dolores Information for Pre-work Meetings with Timber Operator.pdf
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This document is a Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Salter Vegetation Management Project, containing specific local traffic and noise regulations for timber operators in the Town of Dolores, Montezuma County, Colorado. The document outlines five key requirements for trucks hauling logs from Forest Service contracts: (1) speed limit of 15 MPH on 11th Street when crossing city limits, (2) trucks must be equipped with Jake Brakes Mufflers, (3) trucks must stay on 11th Street and not deviate at the junction with Railroad Avenue, (4) commercial truck traffic is prohibited from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM, and (5) a detailed municipal code section on muffler requirements. The ordinance includes specific provisions about muffler operation, noise reduction, and potential fines of $500 for violations, with fine revenues split between local and state treasuries.
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Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact – Salter Vegetation Management Project
Town of Dolores Information for Pre-work Meetings with Timber Operator
1. Montezuma County Road 31 turns into Town of Dolores 11th Street when the road crosses city limits and the speed limit is 15MPH
2. The Town of Dolores requires that all trucks hauling logs off of Forest Service contracts are equipped with Jake Brakes Mufflers
3. The town of Dolores requires that all trucks hauling logs off of Forest Service contracts do not deviate from 11th Street (go either left or right at junction of 11st (CR 31) and Railroad Ave (HWY 145)
4. Commercial truck traffic is not allowed on 11th Street from 10:00pm to 6:00am
5. The town of Dolores has the following ordinance for muffler requirements:
Dolores Municipal Code-Model Traffic Code Section 2-225. Mufflers - prevention of noise.
(1) Every motor vehicle subject to registration and operated on a highway shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise, and no such muffler or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cut-off, bypass, or similar device. No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle, and such original muffler shall comply with all the requirements of this section.
(1.5) Any commercial vehicle, as defined in section 235 (1) (a), subject to registration and operated on a highway, that is equipped with an engine compression brake device is required to have a muffler.
(2) A muffler is a device consisting of a series of chamber or baffle plates or other mechanical design for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine and effective in reducing noise.
(3) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a class B traffic infraction. Any person who violates subsection (1.5) of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars. Fifty percent of any fine for a violation of subsection (1.5) of this section occurring within the corporate limits of a city or town, or within the unincorporated area of a county, shall be transmitted to the treasurer or chief financial officer of said city, town, or county, and the remaining fifty percent shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, credited to the highway users tax fund, and allocated and expended as specified in section 205 (5.5)(a), C.R.S.
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