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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANCINELLI
Council Bill No. 08-2001
Ordinance No. 1220
Series of 2001
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2-33, 2-34,
13-32(a), 16-47, and 16-156 OF THE CODE OF LAWS,
CONCERNING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO'
Section 1. Section 2-33 of the Code of Laws is amended to read:
Sec. 2-33. AUTHORITY Duties of animal-park CODE
enforcement officers.
Pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. Ii 30-15-105 and the
Colorado Municipal Court Rules, the city animal park ANIMAL-
PARK-CODE enforcement officers ("APCO OFFICERS") are
hereby designated as peace officers and shall be authorized to
issue, sign, and serve summonses and complaints, DETAIN
AND ARREST SUSPECTS, and to make all the discretionary
determinations required in order to enforce the provisions of
chapters 1 11 and 17, chapter 20, articlcG II and III and
Gcction 16.644,13,15,16,17,20 AND 26. (Code 1977,
Ii 4-1.1)
Section 2.
reserved.
Section 2-34 IS hereby repealed and the section number
Section 3. Section 13-43(a) is amended to read:
(a) Whenever any police officer OR APCO OFFICER of thc
dcpartmcnt finds a motor vehicle, attended or unattended,
standing upon any portion of a street or highway right-of-way or
other public place in such a manner as to constitute an
obstruction to traffic or proper highway maintenance, or the
construction of any public improvement, or threatens public
safety, such officer is authorized to cause the motor vehicle to
be moved forthwith to eliminate any such obstruction, and
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neither the officer nor anyone acting under his direction shall be
liable for any damage to such motor vehicle occasioned by such
removal.
Section 4. Section 16-47 is hereby repealed and the section reserved.
Section 5. Section 16-156 is amended as follows:
Sec. 16-156. Same - When in discharge of duties.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to use and/or to threaten to
use violence, force, or physical interference, or any obstacle for
the purpose of knowingly obstructing, impairing, hindering or
attempting to prevent the investigation of any incident, the
enforcement of any penal code, or the preservation of the peace
by a police officer OR A PEACE OFFICER acting under color of
his official authority, and/or any canine utilized by any police
officer in the discharge of such authorized official law
enforcement duties, or knowingly to obstruct, impair, hinder or
attempt to prevent the prevention, control or abatement of fire
by a fireman acting under color of his official authority.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to threaten violence, reprisal
or any other injurious act to any police officer, PEACE OFFICER,
fireman, city employee or other public official who is engaged in
the performance or attempted performance of his official duties,
or to make such a threat by reason of such officer's
performance or attempted performance of his official duties.
(c) It is unlawful for a person knowingly to give false
information or a false name or a false address to a police officer
OR A PEACE OFFICER acting under color of official authority
with the purpose of implicating another or with the intent to
hide one's own real name, address or age.
(d) It is unlawful for a person knowingly to refuse to reveal
his correct name, address or date of birth when requested to do
so by a police officer OR A PEACE OFFICER acting under color
of official authority.
Section 6. 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
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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 7. Severabilitv: Conflictina 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 8. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect upon adoption,
as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 4 to 3 on
this 26th day of March, 2001, 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 April 23, 2001, at 7'00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers,
7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Continued to May 21, 2001.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 5 to 3, this 21st day of May, 2001.
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SIGNED by the Mayor on this ;tj- day of
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First Publication: March 30, 2001
Second Publication: June 1, 2001
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: May 21, 2001
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