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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-2006-1381 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BERRY Council Bill No. 31-2006 Ordinance No. 1381 Series of 2006 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5-85 OF THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS PERTAINING TO THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City of Wheat Ridge finds it in the public interest to provide minimum standards for the construction of residential structures in the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a the International Residential Building Code in December 2004 which went into effect in January 2005; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend said Residential Building Code. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Section 5-85(b) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws is hereby amended as follows: (b) Amendments. The residential code adopted by this section is hereby amended as follows. . . . . Chapter 1. Administration Chapter 3. Building Planning R301.2 Table301.2. Add to table as follows: Wind speed is 100 mph 3 second wind gust, exposure C. 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 ofthe 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 Severabilitv: Conflicting Ordinances Repealed.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 section, 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 All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 15 days after final publication. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 27th day of November, 2006, 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 December 11,2006, 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 0 , this 11 th day of December , 2006 SIGNED by the Mayor on this 12th day of December ,2006 /J~ O;;[Jtv " . JEP.ClITuLLIO: MAYOR ATTEST: / I ~~-tf,~1J~ i ~.\Q~~I"~ Pamela Y. Andersor~ ",-r.-r~0 APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY - - DAHL, CITY ATTORNEY 1 st Publication: November 30, 2006 2nd Publication: December 14, 2006 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date: December 29, 2006