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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1996-1040 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DiTullio Council Bill No. 36 Ordinance No. 1040 Series of 1996 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING CITY-INITIATED REZONING WHEREAS, the City Council has enacted an ordinance to provide a procedure for City-initiated rezoning of real property; and WHEREAS, in order to further implement the Comprehensive Plan and the desires of the residents, the Council has determined that the procedure should be amended. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection 26-3 (G) (1) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws is amended as follows: (1) APplicability. This rezoning procedure applies to city- wide and large-area, multiple-property rezoning initiated by the Wheat Ridge City Council. To be eligible for this procedure, large-area, multiple property rezoning must include at least ten (10) FIVE (5) separate ownership parcels, aftd OR at least ten (10) FIVE (5) acres in total combined area. Large- area, multiple property rezoning is permitted under this subsection G only in order to rezone property to a less intensive (lower) zone category; for example, from Commercial- One (C-1) to Restricted-Commercial (R-C), or from Residential-Three (R-3) to Residential- one (R-1). Rezoning to any agricultural zone district from any other zone district shall not be considered a rezoning to a less intensive zone category. 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 attained. GED\S3027\1489U2 6 Section 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be judged by a court of compe- tent 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. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after final publication as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of ~ to ~ on this 29th day of July ,1996, 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 August 12 ,1996, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED reading by a vote of AND 8 ORDERED PUBLISHED on second to ~, this 12th day of August and final , 1996. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 13th day of August 1996 . ATTEST: r-\, \ 0 o ,t, I, ),--G" ( \ '~"I'Zr. \ J ,( ,', \ . '0'-:' " .,-1 ) \ .- J'-.'\ -....rJ \ CITY CLERK \ '; J ~~ WANDA SANG, DAN WILDE, MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY / ) I _, / ~', ) l /71.,) ~ / /U;o/ / . ~ ''':'':' xl:-:;'x; CITY ATTORNEY ~_)L~ GERALD E. DAHL, 1st Publication: August 2 1996 2nd Publication: August 16, 1996 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date: August 31, 1996 GED\53027\148902 6 -2-