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INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANCE EDWARDS
Council Bill No. 26 ORDINANCE NO. 937
Seriesof 1993
TITLE:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF LAWS OF
THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, TO ADOPT A
MORATORIUM, FOR NINETY DAYS, PREVENTING THE OPENING
OF ANY NEW PAWNBROKER'S BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, THAT:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge has been
made aware of the opening of several pawnbrokers' businesses within
the City limits of the City of Wheat Ridge; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge has been
made aware of public health, safety, and welfare concerns
associated with the operation of these types of businesses,
including the need for increased police contact with these types of
businesses, and the need for regulation of these types of
businesses; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge is
presently engaged in drafting and enacting regulations which will
govern the operation these types of businesses in the future; and
6'i:
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the public health, safety,
and welfare that no new pawnborkers' businesses be permitted to
open and operate in the City until such regulations are enacted.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council, by a majority vote and
within the powers granted by Section 5.13 of the City Charter, does
hereby temporarily amend the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge in all
applicable sections to accomplish the following:
Section 1. Emerqencv amendment to all applicable Code provisions.
The City Council hereby amends, for a period of ninety (90) days,
and pursuant to the authority granted by Section 5.13 of the City
Charter concerning emergency ordinances, all applicable City Code
sections and Charter provisions in such a manner as to deny and
prevent the opening of any new pawnbroker's business within the
City limits of Wheat Ridge. With the specific exception of those
pawnbrokers' businesses which are presently open and operating, and
with the understanding that this exception is limited to the
present locations of those businesses, this emergency ordinance is
intended to make the use of any property for pawnbroking within the
City temporarily prohibited. No business licenses, building
permits, or certificates of occupancy shall be issued for such
businesses until this ordinance either expires by its own
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Series of 1993
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terms, or is superceded by a subsequent ordinance enacted by the
City Council, whichever comes first.
Section 2. Safetv 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 proper legislative object sought to be
obtained.
section 3. Severabilitv. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or
part of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person of
circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of
competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair or invalidate the remainder of this Ordinance or its
application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED by a vote of 8
13th day of September , 1993, and
retroactively in full in a newspaper of general
City of Wheat Ridge.
to 0 on this
ordered published
circulation in the
Signed by the Mayor on this
14th day of
September
, 1993.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY
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KA: HRY L. CH EDER, CITY ATTORNEY
Publication: September 21, 1993
Wheat Ridge Sentinal
Effective Date: September 13, 1993 - upon passage of Ordinance