HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1979-0324INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER CAVARRA
ORDINANCE NO. 324
Series of 1979
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25. D. OF APPENDIX A, ZONING ORDINANCE,
OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, AS ADOPTED AND PASSED
IN 1976, AS AMENDED, WHICH SECTION PERTAINS TO "NONCONFORMING LOTS".
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 25.D. of Appendix A is amended as follows:
D. Nonconforming Vacant Lots of Record.
In any District in which single family dwellings are permitted, a single
family residence and customary accessory buildings may be erected on any
vacant single lot of record as of the date of adoption of Ordinance No. 324.
Such lot must have been in separate ownership and not of continuous front-
age with other lots under the same ownership. This provision shall apply
even though such lot fails to meet the requirements of the District in which
it is located for area, or width, or both provided however that the require-
ments of the District for minimum yard dimensions and lot coverage shall be
met.
If two or more lots or combinations of lots and portions of lots with
continuous frontage in single ownership are of record at the time of passage
or amendment of this Ordinance, and part or all of said lots do not meet
the requirements of the District in which they are located as to minimum
area or frontage or both, the lands shall be considered for the purpose of
this Ordinance to be an undivided parcel and no portion of said parcel shall
be sold or used in a manner which diminishes compliance with lot width and
area requirements established by this Ordinance.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after final publi-
cation.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 3 to 2
on this 12th day of March , 1979; ordered published in fuTl in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge, and Public
Hearing and consideration on final passage set for March 26 , 1979,
at 7:30 o'clock 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
5 to 1 this 26th day of March , 1979..
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 28th day of March 1979.
gTTEST: OLIVER PHILLIPS, MAYOR
CAROL F. HAMPF, CITY CffK
1-t Publication: March 15, 1979
2nd Publication: April 5, 1979
Effective Date: April 20, 1979
Published: Wheat Ridge Sentinel
APPROVED BY FFICE OF C T1( ATTO NEY:
By/}
Presented to the Mayor: March 27, 1979