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Ordinance No. 719
Series of 1987
TI'T'LE: AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, ADOP'TE'D PURSUANT TO SECTION
5.13 OF 'THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF 'THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM FOR A PERIOD
OF NINETY DAYS FROM THE DATE HEREOF UPON ISSUANCE OF
BUILDING PERMITS WITHIN THE AREA DESIGNATED AS THE
WADSWORTH TOWN CENTER.
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge has
previously enacted Ordinance No. 488, Series of 1982,
establishing the Wadsworth Town Center as an Urban Renewal Area
within the City of Wheat Ridge, and has imposed plan and site
review requirements as a result thereof and relating thereto;
WHEREAS the Wadsworth Town Center is a vital commercial area
within the City which is presently the subject of an offer to
Negotiate with a Preferred Developer, which offer to negotiate
may result in the execution by the City of an agreement with said
developer to acquire and/or develop all property located within
said Wadsworth Town Center;
WHEREAS issuance of building permits, except under the
provisions as specified herein, would be contrary to the orderly
and profitable development of the Wadsworth Town Center.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITi COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WHEA'T' RIDGE, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. An emergency exists in that requests for
issuance of building permits have been made or will be made for
properties within the Wadsworth Town Center, issuance of which
would, in the opinion of the City Council, impede or impair the
orderly development of the Wadsworth Town Center as an integrated
shopping center.
Section 2. There is hereby enacted, effective immediately,
a moratorium upon the issuance of any building permits for any
property located within the Wadsworth Town Center, except upon
the following conditions:
a. A finding by the Director of Planning and
Development and by the Economic Development and
Revitalization Commission that the permit sought
will allow development consistent with the plans
currently formulated by the preferred developer,
or
b. The property for which the permit is issued has
been rezoned by the City Council during the
existence of this moratorium.
Section 3. This Ordinance is necessary for the immediate
preservation of public property, health, and safety.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final
passage and shall be effective for ninety days from the date
thereof, at which time it shall cease to be of any force or
effect whatsoever.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by a vote of 6 to 1 on
this 22nd day of June, 1987, ordered published in full in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 23rd day of
1987.
ATTEST:
nda Sang, City lerk
Frank Stites, Mayor
Wheat Ridge Sentinel APPROVED AS TO FORM BY
OFFICE Ceti Y 1I PORNEY:
Published: June 25, 1987
Effective Date: June 22, 1987
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John t. Hayes