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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1989-0794INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER MERKL Ordinance No. 794 Series of 1989 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A REVISED CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY FOR THE WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. There is hereby adopted by the City Council City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, that certain "Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (1989)" published by Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida consisting of Chapters 1 through 26 inclusive, together with Supplement 1 thereof. Upon adoption of said "Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (1989)", the "Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado", originally published in 1976 by the Michie Company, and subsequently supplemented, is expressly superceded, subject to the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 hereof. Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before September 26, 1988, and not included in the Code of Laws hereby enacted or recognized and continued enforced by reference therein, are repealed. Section 3. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that was or has been repealed by subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance. Section 4. The following penalty provisions are included and appear in the Code of Laws adopted hereby. 1-5. General Penalt Whenever in this Code or any other ordinance of the city or any section or an order, rule or regulation promulgated under the provisions of this Code or other ordinance of the city any act is prohibited, 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 this Code or other ordinance of the city or of such orders, rules or regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, or both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subjected to imprisonment for violation of any provision of this Code. [Chapter 3. Adult Entertainment Facilities] Sec. 3 -3. Maintaining a public nuisance; penalties Any person who owns, operates, establishes or carries on an adult entertainment facility in violation of any of the provisions of section 3-4 is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine no less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), imprisonment not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Additionally, any business operated in violation of this chapter may be closed by injunction as a public nuisance. [Chapter 4. Animals] Sec. 4-3. Violations and Penalties Any person found to be in violation of the provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an unlawful act, and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subjected to imprisonment for violation of any provision of this chapter. Sec. 4-31. Dog License Any person violating, or owning, keeping, caring for, or possessing a dog violating any of the provisions; of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00). 2 [Chapter 5. Buildings and Building Regulations] Sec. 5-5. Violations deemed misdemeanors; penalties; remedies. (b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of such violation, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or imprisonment not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, in the event any building, structure or utility is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, demolished, moved or maintained, or any building, structure or utility is used, in violation of this chapter, the city or any proper person may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or occupancy to restrain, correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure or land. The imposition of any penalty hereunder shall not preclude the city or any proper person from instituting any appropriate action or proceeding to require compliance with the provisions of this chapter and with administrative orders and determination made hereunder. [Chapter 6. Civil Disasters and Emergencies] Sec. 6-22. Violations Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with the orders of duly authorized law enforcement officers or personnel charged with the responsibility of enforcing the proclamation of emergency authorized herein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00). [Chapter 7. Elections] [Article II. Code of Ethics] Sec. 7-43. Penalty; affirmative defense (c) The appropriate officer, after proper notification by certified mail, shall impose an additional penalty of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day that a statement or other information required to be 3 filed by this article is not filed, and the date of filing shall be the date of the postmark if the report is mailed; except that the appropriate officer may excuse such penalty for bona fide personal exigencies. [Chapter 9. Health] [Article II. Smoking in Public Places] Sec. 9-23. Penalty for violation Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction of such violation, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day of a continuing violation shall be deemed to be a separate violation and shall be punishable as such. [Chapter 11. Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations] [Article II. Alcoholic Beverages] Sec. 11-53. Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas (d) Failure by any person without adequate excuse to obey a subpoena served upon him may be found in contempt of the liquor licensing authority. Such contempt shall constitute a violation of this Code and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subject to imprisonment for violation of this article. [Article III. Amusement Arcades and Amusement Centers] Any person violating any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of such violation, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), which fine many not be suspended in whole or in any part, or imprisonment not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall impair the ability of the city to enforce this article as provided in section 11-123 hereof; provided, however, that no person under the age 4 of eighteen (18) years shall be subject to imprisonment for violation of any provisions of this article. [Article VI. Guard Services and Security Agencies] Sec. 11-162. Penalty Any person who violates any provision of this article or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00) or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days; provided, however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subjected to imprisonment for violation of any provision of this Code. Every day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. [Chapter 13. Motor Vehicles and Traffic] Sec. 13-2. Model traffic code Sec. 11-4. Parking of major vehicles (d) Enforcement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Model Traffic Code or of the Wheat Ridge City Code, any major vehicle as defined herein which is parked or stored in violation of the provisions of this Section 11-4 shall be subject to being towed and stored, at the owner's sole expense, by a towing contractor selected by the chief of police of the City of Wheat Ridge. The towing of illegally parked vehicles is necessary to ensure traffic and pedestrian safety by removing the view impediment created by the illegally parked major vehicles. In addition to the right to tow said illegally parked major vehicles, authority is granted to impose administrative charges upon the owner or operator of said illegally parked vehicle, or the owner of property allowing or permitting such illegal parking, subject to the following requirements: (1) To defray the cost of enforcement of this provision, a charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be imposed for the first offense, one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the second offense, two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the third offense, and three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the fourth or subsequent offenses: 5 Sec. 12-3. Parkina for persons with mobility handicaps (e) It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle without distinguishing license plates or any identifying placard obtained by a person with mobility handicap as prescribed by law to be parked in a parking space identified as being reserved for use by the handicapped. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Model Traffic Code, the penalty resulting from conviction of a violation of this Section 12-3, or any subpart thereof, shall be a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). In enforcing this Section 12-3, the municipal court shall not have the authority to suspend all or any part of any fine for violation hereof so as to result in a fine of less than fifty dollars ($50.00), it being the intent of the city council of the City of Wheat Ridge that this Section 12-3, the municipal court shall not have the authority to suspend all or any part of any fine for violation hereof so as to result in a fine of less than fifty dollars ($50.00), it being the intent of the city council of the City of Wheat Ridge that this Section 12-3 be strictly and diligently enforced so as to provide adequate parking for persons with mobility handicaps free from interference by those not so handicapped. Sec. 13-3. Certificate of emission control required (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). Sec. 13-4. Incorrect registration of a motor vehicle (c) Penalty; procedure for assessment. A person who registers a motor vehicle in violation of the provisions of C.R.S. section 42-6-137(2), shall be subject to a five hundred dollar ($500.00) civil penalty pursuant to the authority granted in C.R.S. § 42-6- 137(4). The procedure for the assessment of such civil penalty shall be as follows: (d) Violation and penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject, upon conviction of said violation, to a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00). In addition, nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude the collection of any tax or fee or penalties or interest thereon provided by law, or the imposition of any other civil or criminal penalty provided by law. 6 Authority is specifically granted to the court to impose both a criminal fine and a civil penalty for violation of the provisions hereof. [Article II. Vehicle Emission Control] Sec. 13-22. Violation and penalty Any person owning and/or operating a vehicle not in compliance with the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). Separate incidents shall constitute separate violations, which may be separately and individually punished, except no such incident shall constitute a separate violation if said subsequent incident occurs within the time period described in section 13-27 hereof. Authority is expressly provided to the judge of the municipal court to reduce or to suspend all or any part of fines in the event that a person charged with the violation provides proof to the court that the vehicle which emitted the pollutant resulting in the violation has been repaired as provided in section 13-27 hereof. [Chapter 15. Nuisances] Sec. 15-9. Violation, penalty (a) Violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both fine and imprisonment unless otherwise provided by statute; provided, however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subject to imprisonment for a violation of this chapter. (b) All remedies set forth herein are cumulative, and the exercise of one shall not be deemed to prevent the exercise of another, nor to bar, nor negate, any prosecution under other provisions of this Code or any petition for injunction as provided by law. 7 [Chapter 16. Offenses - Miscellaneous] Sec. 16 -4. violations (a) It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, and any such violation shall be punished as is hereinafter provided. (b) Every person who, at the time of commission of the offense, was at least eighteen (18) years of age, and who is subsequently convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) but not exceeding nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00) per violation or count, or by imprisonment not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any voluntary plea of guilty or nolo contendere to the original charge or to a lesser or substituted charge shall subject the person so pleading to all fines and/or penalties applicable to the original charge. Any restitute ordered by the court shall be in addition to any such fine or imprisonment; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall empower the court to subject any person under the age of eighteen (18) to any imprisonment as a portion of a penalty for violation of any provision of this chapter. (c) Every person who, at the time of commission of the offense, was at least ten (10) but not yet eighteen (18) years of age, and who is subsequently convicted of [or] pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) but not exceeding nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00) per violation of count. Any voluntary plea of guilty or nolo contendere to the original charge or to a lesser or substitute charge shall subject the person so pleading to all fines and/or penalties applicable to the original charge. Any restitution ordered by the court shall be in addition to any such fine. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit incarceration in an appropriate facility, at the time of charging, of a juvenile violating any section of this chapter, or in the event of issuance of a warrant resulting from a violation of any section of this chapter. (d) Authority is hereby expressly granted to the judges of the municipal court to award, as restitution to any victim of any action specified as unlawful in this chapter, an amount equal to the actual damages suffered by the victim, and to order any person found, or 8 pleading, guilty to any such violation to pay such restitute as ordered by the court. Such restitution shall be determined by the submission of a bill of costs by the victim to the court on a form approved by the court, but the court shall be limited to awarding as such restitution only actual costs incurred by the victim. Authority is expressly granted to the court to order such restitution for any and all costs incurred by the public safety and/or emergency response agencies of the City of Wheat Ridge or other governmental or quasi-governmental entities in connection with the initial response to and all subsequent follow-up investigation of violation in the case of violation under section 16-151. Any restitution ordered by the court shall be in addition to any fine, and/or imprisonment authorized by this Code, and shall likewise be applicable to any situation in which deferred judgment or deferred sentence is accepted and/or imposed by the court. [Article VI. Offenses Against Public Decency] Sec. 16-131. Possession of Marijuana (b) It shall be unlawful to possess one (1) ounce or less of marijuana, cannabis or cannabis concentrate, and upon conviction thereof, or plea of guilty or no contest thereto, punishment shall not be by imprisonment, but shall be by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). (c) It shall be unlawful openly and publicly to display or consume one (10) ounce or less of marijuana, cannabis or cannabis concentrate, and upon conviction thereof, or a plea of guilty or no contest thereto, punishment shall be by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00), and by imprisonment not exceeding fifteen (15) days. [Article VIII. Minors] Sec. 16-176. Furnishing Cigarettes to minors (b) Penalty for violation. Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon such violation, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), which fine may not be suspended in whole or any part. 9 [Chapter 17. Parks and Recreation] Sec. 17-2. Violations and penalties Any person found to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an unlawful act, and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not exceeding nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, provided however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subjected to imprisonment for violation of any provision of this chapter. [Chapter 19. Police] [Article VI. Police Alarm Systems] Sec. 19-113. Penalty. Unless another penalty is provided for herein, upon conviction of any action or omission declared to be unlawful by this article, a person shall be subject to a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or imprisonment for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, any alarm provider who fails or refuses to comply with the rules and regulations authorized by section 19-144 hereof shall be subject to having his license revoked, following a hearing conducted before the city council at which hearing due process will be afforded. [Chapter 20. Solid Waste] [Article II. Litter Control Generally] Sec. 20-22. Violations and penalty (a) Any person violating any provision of this article of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine pursuant to the following schedule: (1) Upon the first conviction for violation of this article a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), plus court costs. 10 (2) Upon the second conviction of a violation of this article a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), plus court costs. (3) Upon the third conviction of a violation of this article a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00), plus court costs. (4) Upon the fourth conviction or any subsequent conviction, a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than nine hundred ninety- nine ($999.00), plus court costs. (b) In levying and imposing fines upon conviction of any of the sections specified herein, the court shall have no authority to reduce or suspend all or any portion of the fines specified herein, it being the expressed intent of the city council that the fines specified herein be strictly adhered to. (c) In addition to any fines levied hereunder, the court shall impose, as a portion of the costs assessed against a convicted defendant, any costs incurred by the city pursuant to section 20-26. (d) As a portion of any judgment, fine or assessment levied upon conviction of a violation this article, of the court shall order that the violation resulting in said conviction be abated within a time established by the court, but in no event to exceed forty-five (45) days from the date of conviction. Failure to abate within the time so ordered shall constitute contempt of court, and shall be punishable as such. (e) Each day during which any person commits, or allows to remain unabated, any of the actions specified as unlawful in this article shall constitute, and be punishable as, a separate offense. [Article III. Waterway Liter Control] Sec. 20-43. Penalt Any person violating any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of such violation, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or imprisonment not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall impair the ability of the 11 city to enforce the provisions of this article as provided in this article. [Chapter 22. Taxation] [Article II. Sales and Use Tax] Sec. 20-46. Additional remedies of City (b) It shall be a violation of this article to refuse to make any return provided to be made in this article, or to make any false or fraudulent return, or any false statement in any return, or to fail to refuse to make timely payment to the city treasurer or his authorized agent, of any taxes collected or due to the city, or in any manner to evade the collection and timely payment of the tax, or any part thereof, imposed by this article, or for any person or purchaser to fail or refuse to pay such tax or evade the timely payment of tax imposed by this article. (1) In his discretion the city treasurer may direct the issuance of a complaint and summons to appear before the municipal court to any person who may be in violation of any of the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations promulgated by the city treasurer to enforce this article. (2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of such violation, shall be subject to a fine of not more than nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($999.00), or imprisonment not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, or both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subjected to such imprisonment; and provided further, that issuance of a summons and complaint by the city, and subsequent conviction of a violation of this article in the municipal court, shall not prohibit the court from requiring payment of all taxes, penalties and interest found to be due under this chapter in addition to any fine imposed by the court. Each and every twenty-four hour period of violation shall constitute a separate violation of this article. (3) Nothing contained herein shall preclude the treasurer from instituting a legal or equitable action in the county district court for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this article. In the 12 event such an action is undertaken, the city shall be entitled to recover its attorneys fees and costs of litigation expended in such action as a portion of the judgment rendered therein. Section 5. Ordinances adopted by the City Council subsequent to September 26, 1988, in such form as to indicate the intention of the City to cause the same to become a part of the Code of Laws shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Code of Laws so that reference to the Code of Laws includes such additions and amendments. All ordinances so adopted subsequent to the date of adoption hereof shall be codified into the Code of Laws consistent with and pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-10 of the Code of Laws hereby adopted. Section 6. Ordinances adopted after September 26, 1988 that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in the Code of Laws, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code of Laws. Section 7. 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 8. 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 9. This ordinance shall become effective 1201 a.m. on June 1, 1989. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 24th day of April , 1989, in the 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 May 22, 1989 , 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 6 to 0 this 22nd day of May , 1989. 13 SIGNED by the Mayor on this 23rdday of 1989. ATTEST: Wanda Sang, City Clerk 1st Publication: April 27, 1989 2nd Publication: May 25, 1989 Wheat Ridge Sentinel: Effective Date: June 1, 1989 Dan Wilde, Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM BY ,,CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE OF Joh E. Hayes, Ci y-~#~ rney 14