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Introduced by Alderman Donaldson
RESOLUTION NO. 346
Series of 1974
WrlEREAS, this body, on August 30, 1974, unanimously
(6-0) adopted a motion approving rezoning in Rezoning Case
WZ-74-18; and
WHEREAS, a protest has been received representing 1808
signatories contained upon fifty-one (51) petitions; and
WHEREAS, fourty-seven (47) of these petitions, containing
1721 signatures, were circulated by persons other than qualified
electors of the City of Wheat Ridge, thereby failing to comply
with constitutional and statutory requirements; and
WYEREAS, the remaining eighty-seven (87) signatures
on the four (4) petitions circulated by qualified electors of the
City of Wheat Ridge fail to meet the statutory requirement for
fifteen (15) per cent of the total vote cast in the City of Wheat
Ridge at the last preceding election for all candidates for mayor;
and
WHEREAS, the rezoning action by this body was by motion
rather than by ordinance or resolution; and
WHEREAS, the power of referendum can be exercised only
in protest of an ordinance, resolution or franchise,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the aforedescribed
petition effort is hereby declared to be invalid and of no effect.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 10th day of October
A,D. 1974, by a vote of 5 to 0
Homer L, Roesener,
Mayor
ATTEST:
E se Brougham,
City Clerk