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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SILER
Council Bill No. 27
Ordinance No. 1128
Series of 1998
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS TO
PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT CHARGES, ASSESSMENTS
OR TAXES.
WHEREAS, Colorado
authorize the certification
assessments or taxes; and
Revised Statutes Sections 31-20-104 and 106
to the County Treasurer of delinquent charges,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that such certifications will provide an
effective means of collection of such charges in the same manner as property taxes
are collected and enforced; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide an additional mechanism for
the collection of delinquent charges owed to the City.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws is amended by the
addition of a new section 2-6, to read as follows:
Section 2-6 Authority for Levy and Collection of Unpaid
Charges, Assessments or Taxes.
The amount of any charge, assessment or tax due and owing to
the city, whether arising as a consequence of unpaid charges or
fees; emergency or other utility repairs; unpaid charges or
assessments for removal of trash, garbage, junk, debris, or
materials as described in Chapter 20 of the Code of Laws;
unpaid charges for removal, pruning, or other control of
materials described in Chapter 24 of the Code of Laws,
impoundment, confinement or treatment of animals as provided
for in Chapter 4 of the Code of Laws, abatement of nuisances
or dangerous buildings; unpaid obligations arising under site
improvement agreements or property development agreements;
or any other charge, assessment, tax or fee assessed by the
city under any provision of this Code of Laws, shall be a lien
upon the property served until the same is paid. In case of
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failure to pay said charge, the city clerk may certify the charge
or charges to the Jefferson county treasurer and said charge or
charges shall become a lien on the real property so served and
shall be collected in the same manner as though they were a
part of the taxes assessed against said property together with a
ten (10) percent penalty to defray the cost of collection. All
laws of the State of Colorado for the assessment and collection
of general taxes, including the laws for the sale of property for
taxes and redemption of the same, shall apply.
Section 2. 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 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.
Section 3. Severabilitv: Conflictina Ordinances ReDealed. 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 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
n on this 111'n day of July , 1998, 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 July 27, 1998 ,1998, 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 8 to 0 ,this 27th day of July 1998.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
28th
July
, 1998.
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RETCHEN CERVENY, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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WANDA SANG, \ITY CLERK
First Publication: July 17, 1998
Second Publication: July 31, 1998
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: August 15, 1998
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