HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 Ordinance No. 017BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. 17
SERIES OF 1979
COUNCIL BILL NO. 17
INTRODUCED BY
COUNCILMAN HARPER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE I, ARTICLE III, OF THE CITY
CODE BY REDISTRICTING COUNCIL DISTRICTS NUMBERS l AND 2 WITHIN THE
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO.
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 20, of the Englewood Home
Rule Charter provides as follows:
20: DISTRICTS
"Council shall establish four Council Districts
before May l, 1959. Such districts shall be
contiguous and compact and have approximately the
same number of registered voters, as determined
by the number registered to vote at the preceding
general municipal election. The variances in
number of registered voters shall not be greater
than fifteen percent between the district with the
highest number of registered voters and the
district with the lowest number of registered
voters. Every four years thereafter, divisions,
changes, and consolidations shall be made by the
Council to carry out the intent of this Article.
Hereafter, such redistricting shall be completed
at least six months before the general municipal
election at which it is to become effective."
AND WHEREAS, the Election Commission of the City of
Englewood has found that a variance in the number of registered
voters in excess of the permissible figure of fifteen percent does
in fact exist between Districts 1 and 2 as heretofore established
by City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
That Sections 31 and 32, Chapter 4, Title I, Article III,
of the '69 E.M.C. are hereby amended to read as follows:
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ARTICLE III--COUNCIL DISTRICTS
1-4-31: COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. l
Council District No. l shall include and be com-
prised of all that northwesterly portion of the city
bounded on the east by the center line of South Logan
Street from East Yale Avenue, the northerly city
limit line, to the center line of East Floyd Avenue;
thence EASTERLY FROM THE CENTER LINE OF EAST FLOYD
AVENUE TO THE CENTER LINE OF SOUTH CLARKSON STREET;
THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF SOUTH
CLARKSON STREET TO THE CENTER LINE OF EAST HAMPDEN
AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY FROM THE CENTER LINE OF
SOUTH CLARKSON STREET AND EAST HAMPDEN AVENUE TO THE
CENTER LINE OF SOUTH BROADWAY; THENCE SOUTHERLY FROM
THE CENTER LINE OF SOUTH BROADWAY AT EAST HAMPDEN
AVENUE TO THE CENTER LINE OF OXFORD AVENUE; THENCE
WESTERLY FROM THE CENTER LINE OF OXFORD AVENUE AT
SOUTH BROADWAY TO THE WESTERLY CITY . LIMIT LINE; THENCE
NORTH ALONG SAID CITY LIMIT LINE AND FOLLOWING SAID
CITY LIMIT LINE TO THE INTERSECTION OF EAST YALE
AVENUE AND SOUTH LOGAN STREET, THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
1-4-32: COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 2
Council District No. 2 shall include and be com-
prised of all that northeasterly portion of the city
bounded on the west by the center line of South Logan
Street and East Yale Avenue being the northerly city
limit line; thence southerly to the center line of·
East Floyd Avenue and Sou~h Logan Street; thence
EASTERLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF EAST FLOYD AVENUE
TO THE CENTER LINE OF SOUTH CLARKSON STREET; THENCE
SOUTHERLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF SOUTH CLARKSON
STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH CLARKSON STREET
AND U.S. HIGHWAY 285 (EAST JEFFERSON AVENUE); THENCE
EASTERLY ALONG THE CITY LIMIT LINE TO SOUTH LAFAYETTE
STREET FOLLOWING THE CITY LIMIT LINE TO THE INTERSEC-
TION OF SOUTH LOGAN STREET AND EAST YALE AVENUE, THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
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Int roduced, read in full and passed on first reading on
the 19th day of March, 1979.
Publis hed as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 21st day of
Ma r ch, 1979 .
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 2nd day
of April, 1 979.
Publi shed by title as Ordinance No. 17 , Series of 1979,
on the 4th day of April, 1979.
Attest:
e~~reasurer
I, Wil liam D •. James, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of the Ordinance
passed on fina l reading and published by title as Ordinance
No. 17 , Se r i es of 1979 .
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