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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1988-0746INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL.MEMBER SNOW Ordinance No. 746 Series of 1988 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 26 CONCERNING VESTED PROPERTY RIGHTS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Appendix A of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, is amended by the addition of a new Section 26 to read as follows: SECTION 26 VESTED PROPERTY RIGHTS A. PURPOSE. Pursuant to the provisions of Article XX, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the electors of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado have adopted a Home Rule Charter. The law is, and has for many years been, clear and certain that adoption of a Home Rule Charter vests the citizens of a home rule city, and the legislative body thereof, with the power and authority to enact legislation on matters of purely local concern which legislation preempts and supersedes state legislation as to those matters of purely local concern. Zoning is, and has on numerous occasions been declared and confirmed by the Colorado Supreme Court as being, a matter of purely local concern. The purpose of this Section 26 is to state the intent of the City of Wheat Ridge to guard jealously its rights and powers as a home rule city to enact local zoning regulations which supersede and preempt state legislation in the area of zoning. B. VESTED RIGHTS. The City of Wheat Ridge is aware of the passage of Senate Bill 219, codified in C.R.S. 24-68-101. The City of Wheat Ridge rejects the assertion that the subject matter of said Senate Bill 219 is "a matter of statewide concern," and therefore determines that the provisions of Senate Bill 219 are expressly superseded and preempted within the City of Wheat Ridge by the provisions of this Section 26 of Appendix A of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge. C. CREATION OF VESTED RIGHTS. No vested right is created within the City of Wheat Ridge by the approval of any application for zoning or rezoning, site plan, consolidation plan, subdivision plan or plat, planned building group, or an outline, preliminary or final development plan. Rather, a vested property right shall be created if the successful applicant, owner, or permit holder (expressly provided that approval has been granted and/or a permit has been issued in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and not based upon a misrepresentation of fact or a mutual mistake of fact) has taken lawful, reasonable, and substantial steps, and has incurred lawful, reasonable, and substantial expenses, in justifiable reliance upon the approval or permit. The intent of this provision is to adopt the common law of estoppel in pais as that doctrine existed on June 30, 1987, as the law of vested property rights within the City of Wheat Ridge. D. NOTICE RE VESTED RIGHTS. Ordinances approving requests for zoning/rezoning of property, and ordinances, resolutions or motions approving plans, plats, site plans or any other required submission, shall contain the following statement: "Approval of this (ordinance, plan, plat, etc.,) does not create a vested property right. Vested property rights may only arise and accrue pursuant to the provisions of Section 26(c) of Appendix A of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge." Section 2. 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 3. 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect one day after final publication. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 8th day of February , 1988, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for February 22 , 1988, 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 8 to 0 this 22nd day of February , 1988. 2 1988. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 23rd day of February , Dan Wilde, Mayor ATTEST: Dian a Sang, City ,lerk APPROVED AS TO FORM BY OFFICE OF,;CITY ATTORNEY John Hayes, gi Attorney 1st Publication: February 11, 1981V 2nd Publication: February 25, 19&8 Wheat Ridge Sentinel: Effective Date: February 26, 1988 3