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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCil MEMBER DiTULLIO
Council Bill No. 31
Ordinance No. 1094
Series of 1997
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 26-30(c)(4)(d) OF THE WHEAT
RIDGE CODE OF LAWS, CONCERNING PLANNED BUILDING GROUPS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE
COLORADO
Section 1. legislative Declaration. The City Council hereby finds and declares that
residential density has a great capacity to affect neighborhood quality of life and that
preservation and protection of existing developed neighborhoods within the City is of prime
concern to the present and future residents of the City The Council further finds that
development of available vacant properties and redevelopment of existing built properties
within residential neighborhoods has the capacity and potential to seriously degrade this
quality of life and residential neighborhood stability The Council further finds that this
ordinance is also necessary to achieve the following goals
To preserve and protect the integrity, quality and stability of existing
developed residential neighborhoods within the City,
2. To protect the legitimate rights of property owners to realize a return on their
investment while at the same time recognizing the legitimate concerns of the
surrounding neighborhood,
3 To Implement the policies and recommendations of the Wheat Ridge
Comprehensive Plan as it pertains to residential density, and
4 To preserve and protect the quality of life in the City of Wheat Ridge for
present and future residents
Section 2. Section 26-30(c)(4)(d) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws, concerning
standards for review of Planned Building Groups, is hereby amended by the addition of a
new paragraph 11, to read
11
Whether the
character of
predominant
development
proposed density (if residential I
development IS compatible with
character of surrounding uses
and
the
and
Section 3. 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
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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 4. Severability; Conflicting Ordinances Repealed, If any section, subsection
or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the
validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed
Section 5. 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 8 to 0
on thiS 11 th day of August , 1997, 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 8 , 1997, at 7'00 o'clock pm, in
the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote
of 7 to 0 ,this 8th day of September , 1997
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 9th
day of September
, 1997
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
ATTEST
First Publication August 22, 1997
Second Publication: September 19, 1997
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date October 4, 1997
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