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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER Edwards
Council Bill No. 17-2001
Ordinance No. 1229
Series of 2001
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING
CHAPTER 25 OF THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS,
ENTITLED "URBAN RENEWAL."
WHEREAS, the City Council has created an Urban Renewal Authority
pursuant to C.R.S. ~ 31-25-101, etseq.; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to conform Chapter 25 of the Code of
Laws to the state statute governing urban renewal authorities.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Section 1. Chapter 25 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws, entitled "Urban
Renewal," is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Secs. 25-1 - 25.20. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY
Sec. 25-21. Findings of fact.
Based upon all of the evidence presented to it at a public hearing, notice of
which was duly published, and after considering such factors as the physical
condition and age of the buildings in particular areas of the city, the aggravated
traffic problems created by present street layouts in portions of the city, and the
impairment of sound commercial growth patterns within portions of the city and
their adverse effect upon the future development of the city, the city council
hereby finds as follows:
(1) One( 1) or more blighted areas exist within the city. ; and
(2) The acquisition, clearance, rehabilitation, conversion, development,
redevelopment or a combination thereof, of such areas is necessary in
preserving and ensuring the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of the city.
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Sec. 25-22. Declaration of need for authority.
The city council hereby declares that it is in the public interest for an
urban renewal authority, created pursuant to the Urban Renewal Law IC.R.S. !i 31-
25-101 et seq.], to function within the city and to exercise the powers provided
therein, except as the same may be limited, constrained or proscribed by any
approved and adopted urban renewal plan.
Sec. 25-23. Urban Renewal Authority - Rights and duties generally.
The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is hereby organized and
established. Such authority is hereby vested with all of the rights contained, and is
authorized to carry out all of the duties and functions as provided in the Urban
Renewal Law IC.R.S. !i 31-25-101 et seq.l, as it now exists or as amended in the
future, unless such powers and authorities are limited or constrained by or within
any approved urban renewal plan.
Sec. 25-24. Same - Appointment of members; number.
The authority shall consist of eleven (11) members, two (2) of such
members being from each of the existing, or hereafter altered, city council districts,
and three (3) members to serve at large. The at large members shall include one
city council member. Each appointment to the authority shall be made by the
mayor subject to approval by majority vote of the entire city council. The term of
office of each member shall be five (5) years. Any member who shall change his
personal residence to an address outside the city or outside the district he
represents shall cease to be a member of the authority and his seat shall
automatically be deemed vacant as of the date on which he ceased to be a resident
of the city or of the district. A member whose term has expired shall continue to
hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. Terms of
office shall be staggered so that the term of at least one member shall expire each
year. The city council may appoint any number of ex-officio nonvoting members to
serve for terms at the pleasure of the city council.
Sec. 25-25. Reserved.
Section 2.Safetv 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. Severabilitv: Conflictina Ordinances Reoealed. If any section,
subsection or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or
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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 6 to 2 on
this 24th day of September, 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 October 8, 2001, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., 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 1 ,this 8th day of October , 2001.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
12th day of October
,2001.
ATTEST:
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First Publication: September 27, 2001
Second Publication: October 18, 2001
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: November 2, 2001
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