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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.
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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
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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:
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY
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1st Publication: August 2 1996
2nd Publication: August 16, 1996
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: August 31, 1996
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