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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
P. EDWARDS
ORDINANCE NO. 912
Council Bill No. 1n
Series of 1992
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 5-80 OF
THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO,
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE
ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, 1991 EDITION,
COPYRIGHT 1991 AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO THAT:
Section 1. Section 5-80 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings 1991 Edition, copyright 1991, by the
International Conference of Building Officials, is
hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into this
article as though fully set forth herein as the Code
of the City of Wheat Ridge for the Abatement of
Dangerous Buildings. Three (3) copies of said Uniform
Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings shall be
filed in the office of the City Clerk and may be
inspected during regular business hours. Such Code is
hereby adopted in full.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Code is to provide a
just, equitable and practicable method to be cumulative with and
in addition to any other remedies provided by the Uniform
Building Code, 1991 Edition, or otherwise available at law;
whereby buildings or structures which, for any reason, endanger
life, limb, health, morals, property, safety, or general welfare
of the public or the occupants of said structures, may be
required to be repaired, vacated or demolished.
Section 3. Violation and Penalties. Any person, firm,
association or other entity doing any act or omission in
violation of this Code shall be subject to prosecution, and
subsequent penalty, if any, as provided in Section 5- 5 of the
Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge.
Section 4. Severability. If any part or parts of this ordinance
are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance and each part or parts thereof , irrespective of the
fact that anyone part or parts be declared invalid.
ORDINANCE NO.
912
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Section 5. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under
the 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
heal th and safety for the protection of public convenience and
welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance
bears a rational relation to these objectives.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect
final publication.
15
days after
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote
of 7 to 0 on this 2nd day of December
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 be set for January 11 ,
1993, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. in Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED
by a vote
of January
AND ORDERED
of 8
, 1993.
PUBLISHED on second and final reading
to 0 this 11 th day
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
12th
day of
January
1993.
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APPROVED ~O ~ORM/BY CITY ATTORNEY:
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John jayes, City A~ey
1st publication: December 10, 1992
2nd publication: January 21, 1993
Wheat Ridge Sentinel:
Effective Date: February 5, 1993
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