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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
Davis
Ordinance No. 866
Series of 1991
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE INITIATING AN AMENDMENT
TO SECTION 4.4(a) OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE AND SUBMITTING THE SAME
TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT THE
REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 5, 1991.
WHEREAS, section 16.8(b) of the Home Rule Charter of the city
of Wheat Ridge authorizes the City Council, by ordinance, to submit
proposed amendments to the city's home rule charter to the
registered electors for adoption or rejection at a regular or
special municipal election;
WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council has caused an ad hoc
Charter Review Task Force to be formed, which Task Force has
reviewed the present Charter and has submitted recommendations to
the city council for possible changes and amendments to the
Charter;
WHEREAS, the City Council has received and reviewed the Task
Force's recommendations;
WHEREAS, the City council has determined to adopt this
ordinance amending the Home Rule Charter of the City of Wheat Ridge
as herein provided upon, and only upon, adoption of said amendment
by the registered electors of the city at the regular municipal
election of November 5, 1991;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. The Ballot Title set forth in Section 2 hereof
shall be submitted to the registered electors of the City of Wheat
Ridge at the regular municipal election of November 5, 1991. If
adopted by a majority of those registered electors voting thereon
at that time, the Home Rule Charter of the city of Wheat Ridge
shall be amended as set forth in Section 3 hereof, effective
November 6, 1991.
Section 2.
The Ballot Title shall read as follows:
"Shall section 4.4(a) - Qualifications of city council -
of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Wheat Ridge be amended
by adding a provision requiring that before any person may be
elected to city Council, that person shall have been a
resident of the District from which (s)he is elected for
1
twelve (12) consecutive months immediately preceding the date
of the election?
Section 3. If approved by a majority of those electors
voting on the Ballot Title set forth in section 2 hereof, section
4.4(a) of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Wheat Ridge shall
be repealed and reenacted, effective November 6, 1991, to read as
follows:
(a) No person shall be eligible to hold the office of
a Councilmember unless, at the time of his election, he is a
registered elector, as defined by Colorado Revised Statutes,
and is a resident of the district from which he is elected for
a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months
immediately preceding the date of the election.
In the event of annexation, any person who lives in the
annexed area for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months
immediately preceding the date of election will be deemed a
resident of the cit, and a resident of the District and may
run as a Councilmember from that District. In the event that
Council boundary lines are changed, a prospective
Councilmember shall be eligible to run from the newly defined
district if he has been a resident of the City and the
district from which he is elected for a period of at least
twelve (12) consecutive months immediately preceding the date
of election.
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 property legislative object sought to be
attained.
section 6. This ordinance shall become effective one (1) day
after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
8 to 0 on this 10th. day of June, , 1991,
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 Monday, June 24, , 1991, at
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7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED,
reading by a vote of
June
AND ORDERED
7 to
, 1991.
PUBLISHED on second and final
o this 24th day of
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 25th
1991.
day of
June
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Dan Wilde, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Wanda Sang, City Cl~r~/
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1st Publication:
2nd Publication:
WQ~at Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date:
June 12, 1991
July 3, 1991
July 4, 1991
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