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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 1519
TITLE:
A RESOLUTION STATING OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 1996-69
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge has
reviewed Senate Bill 1996-69, presently pending before the Colorado
General Assembly in the Senate Local Government Committee; and
WHEREAS, Wheat Ridge, as a home rule
exercises rights under Article XX of the Colorado
pursuant to a Charter adopted by its citizens; and
municipality,
Constitution
WHEREAS, the citizens of Wheat Ridge value the protection
that local zoning laws give to them and to their neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the measure would impair those protections and
is destructive of local authority to regulate and protect private
property rights through the enactment and implementation of land
use controls; and
WHEREAS, the legitimate needs of all members of a
community, both developer and resident alike, would not be
protected by, and in fact would be injured by the unrealistic and
unworkable scheme proposed by Senate Bill 1996-69.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City
Council:
Section 1:
1996-69, and urges
indefinitely.
The City of Wheat Ridge opposes Senate Bill
the State Senate to postpone the measure
Section 2. The City endorses the position of the
Colorado Municipal League on Senate Bill 1996-69.
Section 3: A copy of this Resolution shall be
transmitted to the Honorable Edward Perlmutter, State Senator.
DONE AND RESOLVED this
12thday of February, 1996.
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
ATTEST
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WANDA SANG, CITY CLERK
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