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INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SILER
Council Bill No 5 ORDINANCE NO 1070
Senes of 1997
TITLE.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF
WHEAT RIDGE, CHAPTER 26. ARTICLE I ZONING CODE, REGARDING
RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN COMMERCIAL ZONE DISTRICTS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, THAT
SectIOn 1. The C ode of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, ArtIcle I. Zonmg Code, Section 26-20
Restricted Commercial-One DIstrict. (B) Permitted Pnncipal Uses is hereby amended by
addItIOn of the followmg new subsection (15.)
SECTION 15 ReSIdential Uses as follows.
(a) ReSIdential uses in existence on M"rrn 11 , 1997, shall be allowed to
continue to eXIst as permItted uses. Such residential uses may be extended,
enlarged, and/or reconstructed so long as no addItional dwelling umts are created,
except as proVided m subsectIOn (C)(3) below
(b) Commercial Uses listed as Permitted or Accessory uses WIthin thIS zone dlstnct,
shall be permItted to occupy reSidential structures in existence on
March 11 , 1997, provided that commercIal development and
use standards for parking, landscaping and residential buffering are met and that
BuIlding and Fire Codes are met. The Zomng Administratoris authorized
toimpose addItIOnal deSIgn and use standards, in order to protect adjacent
residential uses located within reSIdential or agricultural districts, from potential
negatIve affects or characteristics of the proposed commercial use of existing
reSIdential structures.
(c) New residences, except for reconstructIOn of existing reSidences shall be
permitted only as Accessory Uses as proVIded under subsection (C)(3) below
Section 2. SeverabIhty. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Zomng Code or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjusted by a court of
competent junsdiction mvalid, such judgment shall not affect apphcation to other persons or
circumstances.
ORDINANCE NO. 1070
ResIdential Uses/City of Wheat Ridge
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Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this
ordinance is promuIgated 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 ordmance IS necessary
for the preservation of health and safety and for the protectIOn of public convemence and welfare.
The CIty CounCIl further determmes that the ordinance bears a rational relatIOn to the proper
legIslative object sought to be attamed.
SectIOn 4. Supersession Clause. If any proVIsion, reqUIrement or standard established by this
Ordmance IS found to conflIct with simIlar proviSIOns, reqUIrements or standards found
elsewhere m the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, whIch are in eXIstence as of the date
of adoptIOn of this Ordmance, the proVIsions, requirements and standards herein shall supersede
and prevail.
Section 5. 1hs ordmance shall take effect March 11, 1997.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first readmg by a vote of -L to.JL on this
27th day of January , 1997, ordered published m full in a newspaper of general CIrculatIOn in
the CIty of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for
February 24 , 1997, at 7'00 o'clock p.m., m the CouncIl Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of
~ to~, thIS 24th day of February, 1997
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 25th day of February
, 1997
ATTEST
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Wanda Sang, City Cler
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
1st Publication. January 31, 1997
2nd Publ1cation. February 28, 1997
Wheat Ridge Transcript
EffectIve Date' March 11,1997