HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1708CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOSLER BECK COUNCIL BILL NO. 03
ORDINANCE NO. 1708 Series 2021 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1697 SERIES 2020 CONCERNING REGULATION OF NOISE
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge is a home rule municipality having all powers conferred by Article XX of the Colorado Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule authority and C.R.S. § 31-23-101, the City, acting through its City Council (the “Council”), is authorized to adopt ordinances for the protection of the public health, safety or welfare; and
WHEREAS, in the exercise of this authority, the Council has previously enacted Section 16-103 of the Code of Laws, concerning regulation of noise, and has amended that Section via Ordinance 1697, Series 2020; and
WHEREAS, subsection 16-103.C, as amended by Ordinance 1697, imposes certain noise limitations upon industrial operations, which limitations, pursuant to the
Ordinance, are to take effect on February 28, 2021; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the efforts of Rocky Mountain Bottle Company after hearing the concerns of residents and the business community, the Council wishes to amend Ordinance 1697 to extend the date upon which subsection 16-103.C takes effect.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 3 of ordinance 1697, Series 2020 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Subsection 16-103.C concerning Unlawful Noise: Industrial properties, shall take
effect on October 1, 2021 as permitted by Section 5.11 of the Charter. All other portions
of Section 16-103, as amended by Ordinance 1697, Series 2020, shall remain in effect as of the effective date of said Ordinance.
Section 2. 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 8th day of February 2021, 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 February 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., as a virtual hearing, and if approved, it take effect upon adoption, as permitted by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 8 to 0, this 22nd day of February, 2021.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 22nd day of February, 2021.
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
Steve Kirkpatrick, City Clerk
Approved as to Form
Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication: February 11, 2021
Second Publication: February 25, 2021 Jeffco Transcript Effective Date: February 22, 2021
Published:
Jeffco Transcript and www.ci.wheatridge.co.us