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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1991-0866 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Ballot Title set forth in section 2 hereof, section 4.4(a) of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Wheat Ridge shall be repealed and reenacted, effective November 6, 1991, to read as follows: (a) No person shall be eligible to hold the office of a Councilmember unless, at the time of his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 2 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 ~~J~ Dan Wilde, Mayor ATTEST: )) ; [I ' , Wanda Sang, City Cl~r~/ / j / I ! 1st Publication: 2nd Publication: WQ~at Ridge Sentinel Effective Date: June 12, 1991 July 3, 1991 July 4, 1991 JOhj/E. I 3