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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BERRY
Council Bill No. 08-2005
Ordinance No. 1343
Series of 2005
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16-127(e) OF THE
WHEAT RIDGE MUNICIPAL CODE OF LAWS CONCERNING
THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS.
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge Colorado is vested
with all power and authority to adopt ordinances for the protection of the public
health, safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify Section 16-127(e) of the Code
to prohibit sale of liquor to persons under the age of twenty-one years,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO'
Section 1. Article V of Chapter 16 of the Code of Laws is amended by the
addition of language to subsection 16-127(e) to read:
Sec. 16-127(e)
(e) It shall be unlawful to sell, serve, give away, dispose of, exchange, or
deliver or permit the sale, serving, giving, or procuring of any alcohol beverage to
or for any person UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, to a visibly
intoxicated person, or to a known habitual drunkard
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. Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect upon adoption at
second reading, as permitted by the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on
thIs 9th day of May, 2005, 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 June 13, 2005, 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 13th day of June , 2005.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 14th day of
June
,2005.
ATT~ST'
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Parilela Anderson, City Clerk
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Gerald E Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication May 12, 2005
Second Publication June 16, 200S
Wheat Ridge Tram.cript
Effective Date' J 13 2005
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