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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 Ordinance No. 041• • • • • I TRO DUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BROWN BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 41 , SERIES OF 1975 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LITTLETON AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO MUNICI- PALITIES. WHEREAS, the cities of Littleton and Englewood are interested in exploring the possibility that certain prop- erty owned by the City of Englewood known as Mclellan Res- ervoir be annexed to the City of Littleton, and desire to set forth their mutual understandings of certain terms and conditions which shall apply to such annexation, to the ex- tent that such terms and understandings comply with the Constitution and statute of the State of Colorado as well as the Charter of the City of Littleton; and WHEREAS, both cities are home rule cities operating under charter, pursuant to Article XX of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, and the power to contract with each other is within the scope of the basic powers of both cities and within the express provisions of CRS 29-1-201; and WHEREAS, considerable planning, discussion and nego- tiations involving the proposed annexation of certain real property owned by the City of Englewood has resulted in a proposed agreement to annex a portion of said real property to the City of Littleton, Colorado; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows: Section 1. That the City of Englewood shall contract with the City of Littleton, Colorado, according to the provisions of that certain instrument captioned Annexation Agreement between the cities of Littleton and Englewood, Colorado, for the annexa- tion of certain described real property, which said Agreement is attached hereto consisting of nine typewritten pages and is hereby included herein by reference. Said instrument generally provides that: • • • a) That the City of Englewood shall sign an Annexation Petition seeking annexation of the subject property to the City of Little- ton. b) Zoning. That the property o~"Jled by the City of Englewood and subject to the Agreement shall be zoned by the City Council of the . City of Littleton in the exercise of its legislative authority, and said property shall be zoned A-1, Agricultural District. It is further provided that following the annexation and the establishment of A-1 zoning, no council, colllllission, board, em- ployee or other representative of the City of Littleton, shall initiate any attempt to rezone said property. c) Water 'Rights. Said Agreement shall not affect in any manner any water rights held by the City of Englewood, or the use of said rights . d) Recreational Rights. The Agreement further provides that Englewood shall retain the right to plan, develop, maintain and use any recreational facilities or activities on the subject property by any means, and to any extent that Englewood may deem pro- per. Englewood aay also assign these rec- reational rights for development by another public body or agency if it so desires. Littleton shall provide policing of the area to control any uses which may be des- ignated by the City of Englewood as an un- authorized use. e) Subdivision. Englewood may exercise its right to develop, or to have developed, any park, open space, recreational or related facilities, including necessary operational and maintenance facilities which are incidental to such develop- ment, or to the existing water storage and trans- mission facilities, without meeting the require- ments of the Littleton subdiv~sion regulations • -z - • • • f) g) Section 2 . No development of such property shall occur which is not clearly recreational in nature related to any recreational development, or incidental to the existing water storage and transmission facilities unless the require- ments of the Littleton subdivision regula- tions and other applicable ordinances of Littleton are met. Building Permits, Fees, and Inspection. Englewood or its agents shall comply with the requirements of Littleton for application and issuance of building permits and subsequent inspection of any grading, construction, in- stallation or remodeling on the subject prop- erty, except, however, the payment of all fees shall be waived. City Services. Littleton shall provide to the property in question all municipal services including, but not limited to, police and fire protection. That the Mayor of the City of Englewood is hereby authorized to direct and to execute the instrument incorporated by reference in Section 1, together with all allied documents or instruments related thereto, and the Director of Finance-ex officio City Clerk- Treasurer shall duly attest said ~xecution. Introduced, read in full and passed on First Reading on the 6th day of October, 1975. Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 9th day of October, 1975. Read by title and passed on final reading on the 20th day of October, 1975. Published by tit l e as Ordinance No. 41 , Series of 1975, on the 22nd day of October, 1975 . -3 - • • • ATTEST: I, William D. James, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and published by title as Ordinance No. 41 , Series of 1975 . -4 -