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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER Selstad
COUNCIL BILL NO. 13
Ordinance No. 897
Series of 1992
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE II
OF CHAPTER 25, URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY, OF THE CODE OF
LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 25-22. Declaration of need for authority,
of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed
and reenacted as follows:
The city council hereby declares that it is in the
public interest for an urban renewal authority, created
pursuant to the Urban Renewal Law (C.R.S. S 31-25-101 et
seq.), to function within the city and to exercise the
powers provided therein, EXCEPT AS THE SAME MAY BE
LIMITED, CONSTRAINED OR PROSCRIBED BY ANY APPROVED AND
ADOPTED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN.
Section 2. Section 25-23. Economic development and
revitalization commission established--Rights and duties generally,
of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed
and reenacted as follows:
The Wheat Ridge Economic Development and
Revitalization commission is hereby organized and
established. Such commission is hereby vested with all
of the rights contained, and is authorized to carry out
all of the duties and function as provided, in the Urban
Renewal Law (C.R.S. S 31-25-101 et seq.), as it now
exists or as amended in the future, UNLESS SAID POWERS
AND AUTHORITIES ARE LIMITED OR CONSTRAINED BY OR WITHIN
ANY APPROVED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN; provided, however, that
the use of eminent domain shall not be undertaken without
the approval of the majority of the city council having
first been obtained.
Section 3. Section 25-24.
number, of the Code of Laws of the
repealed and reenacted as follows:
Same--Appointment of members;
city of Wheat Ridge is hereby
The commission shall consist of nine (9)
commissioners, two (2) of such commissioners being from
each of the existing, or hereafter altered, city council
districts, and one (1) commissioner to serve at large.
ThoBe members of the urban renewal authority preoently
ser7in~ ao urban renewal commiooionero shall continue to
serye the term to which they were ori~inally appointed
without rc~ard to council district reoidency until such
time ao the term to which they have been appointed hus
expired. Each appointment to the commission shall be
made by the mayor subject to approval by majority vote
of the entire city council. The term of office of each
commissioner shall be five (5) years. ANY COMMISSION
MEMBER WHO SHALL CHANGE HIS PERSONAL RESIDENCE TO AN
ADDRESS OUTSIDE THE CITY OR OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT HE
REPRESENTS SHALL CEASE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION,
AND HIS SEAT SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE DEEMED VACANT AS OF
THE DATE ON WHICH HE CEASED TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY
OR OF THE DISTRICT. MEMBERS WHOSE TERM HAS EXPIRED SHALL
CONTINUE TO HOLD OFFICE UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR HAS BEEN
APPOINTED AND HAS QUALIFIED. Terms of office shall be
staggered so that the term of at least one (1)
commissioner shall expire each year.
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 1
day(s) after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
5 to 3 on this 11th day of May , 1992,
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 8 , 1992, at
7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
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READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
reading by a vote of 5 to 3 this
June , 1992.
on second and
8th day of
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
1992.
ATTEST:
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1st Publication: May 21, 1992
2nd Publication: June 18, 1992
Wheat Ridge sentinel:
Effective Date: June 19, 1992
9th day of
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APPROVED AS TO FORM BY
OFFICE OF,gIT~/ATT~EY
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John 7" Hayes, ci tt.. ttorney
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