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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1999-1149 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER Worth Council Bill No. 42 Ordinance No. 1149 Series of 1998 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE ADDING A PROHIBITION AGAINST CRIMINAL TAMPERING TO ARTICLE III OF THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to provide for an additional offense against property rights in Article III of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO. Section 1. Article III of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws is hereby amended by the addition of a new section 16-48, which shall provide as follows. Sec. 16-48. Criminal Tampering A person commits the crime of criminal tampering if such person tampers with property of another with intent to cause injury, inconvenience or annoyance to the person or to another. 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 Severability: Conflictinq Ordinances Repealed If any section, subsection or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections,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thereby All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed Section 4.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 8 to o on this 23rd day of November , 1998, 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 January 11, 1999 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 8 to 0 ,this 11 th day of January 1999.. SIGNED by the Mayor on thiS 12th day of January , 1999. I ~__. I 6.~~TCHE'~ CEfwENY, ~A~O~ ATTEST , J) _, ,ii_ , ) c I WANDA SANG, CITY CtERK AS TO FORM BY CITY First Publication: December 4, 1998 Second Publication. January 15, 1999 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date. J 30 1999 anuary , 2