HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1977-0232 - Codification of Ord #'s 206-221INTRODUCED BY COUNCILPERSON DONALDSON
ORDINANCE NO. 232
SERIES OF 1977
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, BY CODIFYING ORDINANCES NUMBER 206
THROUGH 221 OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, AND
INCORPORATING SAID ORDINANCES INTO THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. The Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado,
is hereby amended by codifying Ordinances Number 206 through
221 of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and by incorporating
into said Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Ordinances
Number 206 through 221.
Section 2. The provisions of the amended Code shall be
in force and effect as provided for in Section 8 of this
Ordinance, and all Ordinances adopted on final reading and
passage on or before November 8, 1976, and not contained in
such Code are hereby repealed from and after the effective date
of this Ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. The repeal provided for in the preceding
section of this Ordinance shall not affect any offense or act
committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any
contract or right established or accruing before the effective
date of this Ordinance; nor shall it affect any prosecution,
suit or proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to
the effective date of this Ordinance; nor shall such repeal
affect any Ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing
the payment of money for the City or authorizing the issue of
any bonds of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness
or any contract or obligation assumed by the City; nor shall it
affect any annual tax levy; nor shall it affect any right or
franchise conferred by Ordinance or resolution of the City
Council on any person or corporation; nor shall it affect any
Ordinance adopted for purposes which have been consummated;
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nor shall it affect any Ordinance which is temporary, although
general in effect, or special, although permanent in effect;
nor shall it affect any Ordinance relating to the salaries of
the City officers or employees; nor shall it affect any
Ordinances annexing territory to the City; nor shall it affect
any Ordinance naming, renaming, opening, accepting or vacating
streets or alleys in the City; nor shall it affect any Ordinance
relating to zoning; nor shall it affect any Ordinance adopted
on final reading and passage after November 3, 1976.
Section 4. This codification of Ordinances Number 206
through 221 of the City of Wheat Ridge shall not affect Ordinances
Number 222 through 231, which were adopted after November 3,
1976. Further, it is recognized that Ordinances Number 222
through 231 may have an effect on the Ordinances which have
been the subject of codification by the City of Wheat Ridge,
and may in effect modify the Wheat Ridge Municipal Code to some
extent.
Section 5. Whenever in the Code of the City of Wheat
Ridge any act is made or declared to be unlawful, an offense,
nuisance or misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided
therefor, any person who shall be convicted of the violation of
any such provision of the Code adopted by this Ordinance or
other Ordinance of the City or of such order, rules or regulations
shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars
($300.00) or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding ninety days
or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation of
such Code or any other Ordinance of the City or any order, rule
or regulation promulgated under the provisions of such Code or
other Ordinances of the City shall continue, shall constitute
a separate offense.
Section 6. It is hereby declared to be the intention of
the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses and phrases of this Ordinance and the Code hereby
adopted are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
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paragraph or section of this ordinance or the Code hereby
adopted shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid by the valid judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Ordinance or the
Code hereby adopted.
Section 7. The provisions of this Ordinance are
necessary for the preservation of the health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Section B. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect 30 days after publication following final passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on first
reading by a vote of 6 to 0 , this 9th day of May , 1977.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of 6 to 0 this 23rd day of May 1977,
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO,
this 25th day of May , 1977
Frank Stites, Mayor
P,TTEST:
Carol Harripf, City, rk
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