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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
DAVIS
Ordinance No. 886
Series of 1991
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF
CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE;
7-2
THE
WHEREAS, the electors of the City of Wheat Ridge, voting at
the regular municipal election of November 5, 1991, amended the
Charter of the City of Wheat Ridge to require that any person
elected to the City Council be a resident of the District from
which he is elected for a period of at least 12 consecutive months
immediately preceding the date of the election;
WHEREAS, in order to conform the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge to the provisions of the City's Home Rule Charter, as
amended, it is necessary to repeal and reenact the existing section
7-2 of the City's Code of Laws.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 7-2 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
Section 7-2. Residency Requirement for City Council
Members. Every registered elector eighteen (18) years of age or
older on the date of election may be a candidate for, and hold the
office of, City Council Member within the City; provided, however,
that no person shall be eligible to hold the office of a Council
Member unless he 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 an
area is annexed into the City, any person who lives in the annexed
area for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months immediately
preceding the date of election shall be deemed a resident of the
City, and a resident of the District and may run as a Council
Member from that District. In the event that city Council boundary
lines are changed, a prospective council member 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 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 property legislative object sought to be
attained.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective one day
after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
8 to 0 on this 25th day of Noyember , 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, December 23 , 1991, at
7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED,
reading by a vote of
December
AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
8 to 0 this
, 1991.
on second and
23rd day of
final
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SIGNED by the Mayor on this 24th
1991.
day of
December
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1st Publicatl 1991
2nd Publication: January 1992
Wheat Ridge sentinel:
Effective Date: January 3, 1992
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