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Severance council approves traffic-code adoption, decommissions old siren and clears several routine items
Summary
Severance Town Council on March 25 approved the 2024 model traffic code for Colorado (Ordinance 2025-05), voted to decommission the town’s tornado siren system in favor of web/phone alerts, and approved easements and a publications policy in a packet of routine municipal actions.
Severance Town Council took several administrative actions on March 25, approving a set of ordinances, resolutions and procedural items intended to update codes and town operations.
Traffic code adoption: Council adopted Ordinance 2025-05 to adopt the 2024 Colorado Model Traffic Code by reference and to include town-specific, non-moving provisions (signage, fines and parking rules). The town attorney revised the draft after Colorado Department of Transportation review so that town-specific amendments do not apply to state highways that run through town; CDOT confirmed the change. Council approved the ordinance on second reading following an amendment that clarifies state-highway exclusions.
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