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TITLE: CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STITES COUNCIL BILL NO. 13-2011 ORDINANCE NO. 1484 Series of 2011 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5-117(a)(5) OF THE CODE
OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE TO ALLOW HOME OWNER BUILDING CONTRACTOR LICENSEES TO PERFORM ELECTRICAL WORK WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge ("City"), acting through its City Council,
has authority pursuant to Article XX of the Colorado Constitution, C.R.S. § 31-15-501, and the City's Home Rule Charter to regulate the licensing of contractors, and has previously done
so in Chapter 5, Article IV of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge ("Code"); and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to revise section 5-117(a)(5) of the Code to authorize home
owner building contractor licensees to perform electrical work in addition to plumbing and mechanical alterations. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1. Chapter 5, Article IV, Section 5-117(a)(5) of the Code is hereby amended as follows: Home owner building contractor -Class 5. A home owner building contractor,
class 5, shall be authorized to do the following: construction, alterations or additions including plumbing, ELECTRICAL and mechanical alterations of a single-family dwelling owned and
resided in by that individual for a period of one (1) year after approved final inspection of the work. A city contractor license shall not be required; however, a home owner building
contractor, class 5, shall be required to be registered in the city. Section 2. Severabilitv: Conflicting Ordinances Repealed.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 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of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 3. 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 the 28th day of March, 2011, 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 April 11, 2011, 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 6 to 0 ,this 11th day of April , 2011. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 11 th day of ----=A"'p:..::r-=.i
l=---_____ , 2011. ATTEST: Michael Snow, City Clerk ~ Ge"," E. Dahl, COy A~ First Publication: March 31,2011 Second Publication: April 14, 2011 Wheat Ridge Transcript: Effective Date:
April 29, 2011