HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1986-0704INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER MFUKT
Ordinance No. 704
Series of 1986
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 2-14 COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, AND ADOPTING SECTION 2-14 PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, AND REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION
2-14.1 CODE ENFORCEMENT - DUTY OF OFFICERS, GENERALLY,
OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 2-14. Community Development of the Code
of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is
hereby amended by adding thereto the following Section 2-14.
Planning and Development.
Section 2-14. Planning and Development.
The Planning and Development Director works under the
immediate supervision of the City Administrator to accomplish the
following functions:
(a) Providing professional advice and guidance to the City
Council and Planning Commission on all matters relating
to planning and zoning.
(b) Providing professional advice and guidance to the Board
of Adjustment.
(c) Presenting the findings and decisions of the City
Planning Commission to the City Council.
(d) Reviewing and checking of all matters relating to
proposed annexations and making recommendations
thereto.
(e) Reviewing and checking subdivision plats in preliminary
and final form and assigning addresses in platted and
unplatted areas.
(f) In coordination with the City Engineer, reviewing all
matters relating to city .streets, easements,
rights-of-way and changes of street names and preparing
information for any required ordinances relating
thereto.
(g) Reviewing all rezoning applications, both in the City
and within the city planning area and making
recommendations to the City Planning Commission
relating thereto.
(h) Reviewing and processing all petitions relating to
assigned functions.
(i) Preparing and presenting special commission and task
force reports.
(j) Developing and maintaining the city comprehensive plan.
(k) Developing city long-range planning, including land use
planning, physical development of the city and
community, and developing and implementing state and
federal grant programs relating to assigned functions.
(m) Maintenance of files and a library as required to
support all functions and to provide prompt assistance
to both public and private agencies and individuals
concerned with physical development of the city and
area.
(n) Inspecting all new construction in the city, including
additions to structures.
(o) Checking the plans for building construction.
(p) Providing public information on building safety and
construction regulations.
(q) Checking the quality of construction material.
(r) Determining the qualification of contractors for
licenses and advising the mayor on the issuance of said
licenses.
(s) organizing and directing the city's code enforcement
program to include nuisance abatement, complaints, sign
control and building occupancy enforcement standards.
(t) Coordinating the submission of federal or state grants.
Section 3. Section 2-14.1 of the Code of Laws of the City
of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
Sec. 2-14.1. Code enforcement - Duty of officers,
generally.
The duty and authority to enforce the provisions of Chapters
5, 6, 8, 9 and 13, Divisions 1 through 4 of Article III of
Chapter 14, Chapters 17 and 19A and Appendices A and B of this
Code is hereby delegated to code enforcement officers appointed
by the director of planning and development of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, which code enforcement officers are specifically
empowered and authorized hereby to initiate judicial proceedings
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in the Wheat Ridge Municipal Court by issuance of a summons and
complaint in the event any of the provisions of the sections of
the Code of Laws cited herein are, or are reasonably believed by
said code enforcement officer to have been, violated.
Section 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence,
paragraph, or part of this ordinance or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged
by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall
not affect application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 5. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under
the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is
promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public,
and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of
health and safety and for the protection of public convenience
and welfare. The City Council further determines that the
ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative
object sought to be attained.
Section 6. This ordinance shall become effective January 1,
1987.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first
8 to 0 on this 24th day of Novemb
ordered published in full in a newspaper of
in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Heari,
on final passage set for December 8
7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers,
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
reading by a vote of
,r , 1986,
general circulation
ig and consideration
, 1986, at
7500 West 29th
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of 6 to 2 this sth day of „orAmhor.
, 1986.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 9th day of December
1986.
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Frank Stites, Mayor
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1st Publication:
11/27/86
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2nd Publication: 12/11/86
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