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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STITES
Council Bill No. 13
Ordinance No. 1826
Series 2025
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 11-561 AND 11-569 OF
THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS, CONCERNING THE HOTEL
LICENSING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge (the “City”) is a home rule municipality having
all powers conferred by Article XX of the Colorado Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule authority and C.R.S. § 31-23-101, the City,
acting through its City Council (the “Council”), is authorized to adopt ordinances for the protection of the public health, safety or welfare; and
WHEREAS, in the exercise of this authority the Council has previously adopted
hotel licensing regulations, codified as Wheat Ridge Code of Laws (“Code”) Article XVI of Chapter 11, to regulate hotel businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Code requires the Council to conduct a review of the implementation of the hotel licensing program and consider any amendments deemed
appropriate in response to the review; and
WHEREAS, the Council conducted the Code required review of the hotel licensing program at the April 7, 2025, Council study session; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds and determines that amendments to the Code to clarify the process for the program’s calls for service rate calculations and a reduction of
the Council’s required program review schedule are necessary to the continued success
of the City’s hotel licensing program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. The below definition in Code Section 11-561 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 11-561. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Calls for service rate is equal to the total calls for service at the licensed
premises divided by the total number of hotel rooms in the applicable
period. Calls for service received on severe weather days, as declared by the LOCAL AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING WEATHER ALERTS, IN
THE DISCRETION OF THE POLICE CHIEF severe weather shelter network, are not included in a hotel's calls for service rate calculation.
Section 2. Section 11-569 subsection (5) is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11-569. - Implementation schedule.
It is the intention of the city that existing hotels within the city be
given the sufficient time to make the operational and physical
modifications and improvements necessary to satisfy the eligibility requirements in section 11-564. Accordingly, the following implementation
schedule for this article is adopted:
(1) Existing hotels shall have until January 1, 2022, within which to
submit an application and application fee for a hotel license...
(5) On or before June 30, 2023, and WHENEVER THE COUNCIL DEEMS NECESSARY every eighteen (18) months thereafter, the council
shall conduct a review of the implementation of this Article and shall consider any amendments deemed appropriate in response to that review.
Section 3. Severability, Conflicting Ordinances Repealed. If any section,
subsection or clause of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall
not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after final publication, as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6 to 0 on this 14th day of July 2025, ordered published in full on the City’s website as provided by the
Home Rule Charter, and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for July
28, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a
vote of 8 to 0, this 28th day of July 2025.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 30th day of July 2025.
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, Senior Deputy City Clerk
Bud Starker, Mayor
Approved as to Form:
Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication: July 15, 2025
Second Publication: July 29, 2025
Effective Date: August 13, 2025
Published:
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