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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOKEY Council Bill No. 08-2009 Ordinance No. 1434 Series of 2009 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CODE OF LAWS SECTION 113 OF CHAPTER
26 CONCERNING CITY INITIATED ZONE CHANGES (CASE NO. ZOA-08-08) WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge is authorized by the Home Rule Charter and the Colorado Constitution
and statutes to enact and enforce ordinances for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City of Wheat Ridge finds that the proposed
amendments provide a useful tool to encourage redevelopment as outlined in the adopted Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy and adopted subarea plans. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1: Section 26-113 of the Code is amended to read: Sec. 26-113. City-initiated rezoning. A. Applicability. This rezoning
procedure To be eligible fer this ]3rocedure, large area, multi]3le ]3ro]3e£ty rezoning must include at least five (5) se]3arate ownership ]3arcels or at least five (5) acres in total
combined area. Large area, multiple property rezoning is permitted ullder this seOOon only in order to rezone property to a less intellsive (lower) zone category; fer 6llaraple, from
COirnnercial One (C I) to Restricted Commercial (RG), or from Residential Three (R 3) to Resideatial One (R I). Rezoning to any agricultural zOlle district from any other zone district
shall not be considered a rezoning to a less intensive zone category. B. Procedure and notice: 1. General. The city council may, at a regular or special meeting, initiate this rezoning
procedure by adoption of a resolution setting forth the general area of the proposed rezoning, stating the intended purpose and objectives to be achieved by the rezoning, and referring
the matter to the planning commission for a public hearing and recommendation. a. Prior to any public hearing before the planning commission, the city shall be required to hold a neighborhood
meeting according to the requirements of section 26-109 A. (See section 26-109A. for requirements). b. City-wide rezoning: Where a city-wide or comprehensive rezoning has been initiated
by the council, notice shall include publication of a public hearing notice in a newspaper of general
circulation at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the public hearing, which notice shall include a description of the proposed rezoning and a map which illustrates the geographic
extent of the . c. ! . barge area, maltiIJ!e jlrejlerty recemng: A large area, rezoning shall, in addition to the newspaper notice required by subsection
I fr.-1li!IIE of this paragrajlfl, be noticed by certified mail notice sent to all owners of record of real property included within the area to be rezoned at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the date of public hearing. 2. Planning commission action. The planning commission shall hear and consider any evidence or statement presented by city staff or by any person
in attendance at the hearing. The planning commission shall make a recommendation to city council to approve, approve with modifications or deny the rezoning proposal. The commission's
recommendation shall be based upon the facts presented in the public hearing in consideration of the criteria for review specified in section 26-112I!W. 3. City council action. Upon
receipt of the planning commission's recommendation, the city council shall hold a public hearing on the proposal. The hearing conducted on second reading of the proposed rezoning ordinance
shall satisfy this requirement. Notice of the hearing shall be the same as for the planning commission hearing; however, publication ofthe ordinance on first reading, together with II
the required map, shall meet the newspaper pUblication requirement. The city council, in addition to consideration of the planning commission record, shall hear additional evidence and
testimony presented and either approve, approve with modifications, or reject the ordinance. The city council shall base its decision upon all evidence presented, with dne consideration
ofthe criteria for review set forth under section 26-112.D. In the event of a protest against such change of zone, signed by the owners of twenty (20) percent or more of the area: I.
Of the property included within the proposed change; or 2. Of those immediately adjacent to the rear or any side of the property, extending one hundred (100) feet from the property;
or 3. Of those directly opposite across the street from the property, extending one hundred (l00) feet from the street frontage of such opposite property, such change shall not become
effective except by the favorable vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the entire city council. Where land within the area proposed for change, or adjacent or opposite land, as defined above,
is owned by the City of Wheat Ridge, such property shall be excluded in computing the required twenty (20) percent, and owners of non-city land within the one-hundred-foot limit, as
defined above, shall be considered adjacent or opposite despite such intervening city land. The written protest to such change shall be submitted to the city council no later than the
hearing on the proposed rezoning. (Ord. No. 2001-1215, § 1,2-26-01; Ord. No. 1316, § 2,1-12-04) Section 2: Safety 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 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: Severability; Conflicting Ordinances Repealed. If any section, subsection or clause of the ordinance shall
be deemed to be unconstitntional or otherwise invalid, the validity
of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of the 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 8 to 0 on this 23rd day of February, 2009, 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 Monday, March 9, 2009, 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 day of March ,2009. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 9th ATTEST: -Michael Snow, City Clerk First Publication: February
26, 2009 Second Publication: March 12, 2009 Wheat Ridge Transcript: Effective Date: March 27, 27, 2009 March ,2009. /i}t!)t. Gerald E. Dahl, City Attomey