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rxusi~exrsru~2/ ~,y rage r of ~ <br />~ 432-135. Division of authority over streets. <br />Statute text <br />(i) Thejurisdiction, control, and duty of the state, cities, cities and counties, and incorporated towns <br />with respect to streets which are a part of the state highway system is as follows: <br />(a) The city, city and county, and incorporated town shall exercise full responsibility for and control <br />over any such street beyond and including the curbs and, i£no curb is irlstalted, beyond the traveled way, <br />its contiguous shoulders, and appurtenances; except that the regulation and control of driveways shall be <br />subject to the provisions of section 43-2-147. <br />(b) the department of transportation has authority to prohibit the suspension of signs, banners, or <br />decorations above the portion of such streets between the curbs or portion used for highway purposes up <br />to a vertical height of twenty feet abova the surface of the roadway. <br />(c) The city, city and county, or incorporated town at its own expense shall maintain alt underground <br />facilities in such streets and has the right to construct such underground facilities as may be necessary in <br />such strcets. ' <br />(d) The city, city and county, or incorporated town has the right to grant the privilege to open the surface <br />ot'any such street< but_a11 damages occasioned thereby shalt promptly be repaired either.by Wc_city, city <br />and county, or incorporated town itself yr at its direction. <br />• (e) The city, city and county, or incorporated town at its own expense shall provide street illumination <br />and shall clean all such streets, including storm sewer,iulets and catch basins. <br />.__:. _ . <br />(f) The department of.ttanspottati`oribas the tight to utilize all storm sewers on such highways without <br />cost; and if new storm sewer facilities are necessary in corrsuuction of streets by.the department of <br />transportation, the cost of such facilities shall be borne by the state and municipality as may be mutually <br />agreed upon between the department of trmsportatioa and the local governing body of the city, city and <br />county, or incorporated town <br />(g) Cities, cities and counties, and incorporated towns shall regulate and enforce all traffic and parking <br />restrictions on streets which are state highways, but all regulations adopted otter December 31, 1979, <br />shall be approved in writing by the departmen of transportation before becoming effective on such <br />streets; except that such regulations shall become effective on such streets sixty days after receipt for <br />review by the department of transportation if not disapproved in writing by said department during that <br />sixty-day period <br />(h) The department of transportation shall erect, control, and maintain at state expense all route mazkers <br />and directional sigrs, except street signs on those streets. <br />(i) The department of transportation shall install, operate, maintain, and control at state expense all <br />traffic control signals, signs, and traffic control devices on state highways in cities, the city and county <br />of Denver, the city and county of Broomfield, and incorporated towns. No local authority shall erect or <br />maintain any stop sign or traffic control signal at any location so as io require the tra$'ic on any state <br />. highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first <br />been obtained from the department of transportation. For the purpose of this paragraph (i), striping, lane- <br />980-~ AO/ZO'd 199-! BlZBl4lt0£+ 81Z8'!5!'£Ot 91idYa1 1000-4{01!! 8f~£1 50-12-10 <br />