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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER Worth
Council Bill No. 13-2000
Ordinance No. ll92
Series of 2000
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF
LAWS CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF CRIMINAL
MENACING.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO.
Section 1. The Wheat Ridge Code of Laws, Section 16-22, IS amended as
follows:
Sec. 16-22. Menacing.
It is unlawful for any person to intcrltiorlally KNOWINGLY
place or attempt to place another person in fear of
imminent serious bodily injury by any threat or physical
action; provided, that if such menacing is with the use of
a deadly weapon, this section shall not apply.
State law reference - Similar provisions, C.R.S. !j 18-3-
206.
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. Severability; 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with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 fifteen days after
final publication, as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
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INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of R to
o on this 8th day of May , 2000, 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 May 22 , 2000, 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 0 ,this 22nd day of May , 2000.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
?3rd
day of
May
ATTEST:
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Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication: May 12, 2000
Second Publication: May 26, 2000
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: June 10, 2000
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