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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BERRY
Council Bill No. 25
Ordinance No. 1.404
Series of 2007
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING DISPOSAL BY DEMOLITION OF
A CITY-OWNED BUILDING LOCATED AT 2760/2770
CHASE STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
WHEREAS, the City owns property at 2760/2770 Chase Street within the
City, which property includes an existing duplex residential building; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the costs to repair the
building to meet existing code standards exceed the value to the City of retaining
the building; and
WHEREAS, Section 16.5 of the Charter authorizes disposal of City-owned
buildings and real property by ordinance approved by three-fourths of the entire
City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to dispose of the referenced building by
demolition.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEA T RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Section 7. Buildina ordered demolished.
The City-owned building located at 2760/2770 Chase Street is hereby
ordered demolished. The City Manager is authorized and directed to cause such
demolition and, if required, environmental assessment and remediation, to take
place.
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.
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Section 3. Severabilitv: Conflictina Ordinances Reoealed. 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conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 upon adoption,
as permitted by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on
this 24th day of September, 2007, 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, 2007, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council
Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Postponed to October 22
2007.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 6 to 2 . this 22nd day of October , 2007.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
23rd day of October ,2007.
ATTEST:
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Michael Snow, City Clerk
First Publication: September 27, 2007
Second Publication: Ort:nhf'r 7'i. 7007
Wheat Ridge Transcript:
Effective Date: October 22, 2007
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