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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SOLANO
Council Bill No. 42
Ordinance No. 1051
Series of 1996
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF
THE CODE OF LAWS PERTAINING TO THE
KEEPING OF POTBELLIED PIGS IN THE
A-2 ZONE DISTRICT
WHEREAS, section 26-19 (Agricultural Two Zone District
Regulations) permits the keeping of hogs (swine) in the A-2 zoning
district but does not refer to the keeping of potbellied pigs, sus
scrota vittatus, which are an imported variety of swine; and
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge has recently classified
potbellied pigs as an exotic animal for the purpose of regulating
the keeping of such pigs in all zoning districts of the City; and
WHEREAS, the keeping of swine and potbellied pigs should
be a permitted principal use in the A-2 zoning district which is
the most intensive agricultural zone district of the City;
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend section 26-
19(B) (3) to expressly permit potbellied pigs to be kept within the
A-2 zone district.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 26-19 (B) (3) of the Code of Laws for
the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(B) Permitted Principal Uses: No building or
land shall be used and no building shall be
hereafter erected, converted or structurally
altered unless otherwise provided herein
except for one (1) or more of the following
uses:
* * *
(3 )
General farming and the raising or
keeping of stock, bee keeping,
poultry or small animals such as
rabbits or chincillo.o CHINCHILLAS,
including the keeping of ~ SWINE
AND/OR POTBELLIED PIGS, SUS SCROFA
VITTATUS, except such ~ ANIMALS
shall not be fed garbage.
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Section 2. 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 proper legislative object sought
to be attained.
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 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. Inconsistent Ordinances. All other ordinance
or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance
or any portion hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency or conflict.
Section 5. Effect of Repeal or Modification. The repeal
or modification of any provision of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter,
modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or
liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred
under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held
as still remaining in force for the purposes of sustaining any and
all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the
enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as
for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which
can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits,
proceedings, or prosecutions.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote
of 8 to 0 on this 26th day of August, 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
September 23, 1996 and continued to October 14, 1996, at 7: 00
o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat
Ridge, Colorado.
September 23, 1996, continued to October 14, 1996.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of 8 to 0 , this 14th day of October
1996 .
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SIGNED by the Mayor on this
15th day of October
1996 .
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY
ATTORNEY
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GERALD E. DAHL, CITY ATTORNEY
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1st Publication. August 30, 1996 ; October 4, 1996
2nd Publication: October 18, 1996
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: November 2, 1996
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