HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970 Ordinance No. 026I
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Introduced a• a Bill by councilman Dhority.
BY AU'l'llORI'l'Y
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ac'l'ICJR 1.
Defininq the pwer• and dutie• of the varioua departments of the City and
th• adlliniatration thereof r providin9 for fir• protection, police protection, public
librariea, and the protection of health and aanitationr the r8CJUlation of animals and
fowl•, houainq, •i9D• and billboard•, buildin9a, election•, diapoaal of garba9e, traah
and waate, •ale and u•• of fir.work•, park• and playground•r the selection and requlation
of peraonnelr the licenaiDCJ and r89'1lation of •ua-nt• and amuaement devices,
baildiDCJ contractor•, food dealer•, alcoholic bevera4)e•, mercantile establishments,
health therapy eatablialmenta, cable televi•ion, and other trades, occupations and
buain•• .. •r definiDCJ and prohibitin9 certain offenaea, the r8CJUlation and acceptance
of plat• and aubdiviaionar the conatruction and regulation of public improvements,
atreet• and aid.walk•, the recJUlation of traffic, water and •ewers, and the uae of
landr the levying of tax•• and the fixing of penalti•• and other provisions of a
«Jeft•ral nature within the City of Bn9l.wood, and it• police juri•diction, shall be
in accordance with the tema of •'file 1969 Reviaed Municipal Code of the City of
BncJlMfOOd,• thr-certified copie• of which are on file in the office of the City
Clerk, to4J•th•r with all aecondary code• duly deacribed and incorporated therein by
reference, and -y be inapected during regular buain••• hour•. The aaid 1969 Revised
llunicipal COde of the city of Bn9lewood i• hereby adopted and incorporated in this
ordinance aa fully aa if ••t out at length herein, and •hall be treated and considered
aa a nMf and ori9inal coaprehen•ive ordinance which •hall auperaede all other general
and permanent ordinance• paaaed by the City Counci.l, prior to January 1, 1970, and
fEOll and after th• date on which thi• ordinance •hrJ.l take effect, the ·proviaions
thereof ahall be oontzolliDCJ on all .. tter• contaided therein, save and except to the
extent that any ordinance enacted between January ·l, 1970, and the effective date of
thi• ordinance i• in conflict therewith.
SBC'l'IOI 2.
'l'h• following aecondary cod•• are incorporated in the said Revised Municipal
COde of th• City of Bngl.wood, by references
(a) 'fbe Buildin9 COde of the City and county of Denver, colorado, beinq
Chapter• 4 through 43, 45 thro119h 52, and 59, of Ordinance Bo. 1, Series of 1969,
duly adopted by the City council of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on the
17th day of January, 1969. 'fbe aubject of auch code i• the regulation of the construction,
alteration, mc>viDCJ, d_,lition, repair and uae of any building or structure wi,thin
the City.
(b) Pire Prevention Code, publi•hed by the American Insurance Association
aucceaaor to the Rational Board of Fire Ullderwritera, 465 California Street, San
Pranciaco, California, 94104, 1965 Edition, toc)ether with the October 1966 Revision
thereto. 'fhe aubject of auch code i• the r8CJUlation of conditions hazardous to life
and property frc:m fire.
(c) llOdel Traffic Ordinance for Colorado Municipalities, published in 1966,
a• officially approved, adopted and publiahed by th• Colorado Highway Safety Council,
State capitol Building, Denver, COlorado. '!he aubject of auch ordinance is the requla-
tion of traffic and enforc .. ent of the rule• of the road and the administration of
th• ·-·
(d) State Traffic control Manual adopted by the Colo~ado Department of
BifJbvaya. '!he aubject of •uch COde i• the atandard utilized in installing and
ll&intainiDCJ traffic contzol device•.
SBC'l'IQR 3.
'!'be 1'0rd COde .. y be uaed a• an abbreviation for •'fhe 1969 Revised Municipal
COd• of the City of BnglMfOOd.•
SBC'l'IOB 4.
All general proviaiona, term•, phra••• and expre••iona, used in the Code,
or any ordinance -.idiDCJ the •-•, •hall be liberally conatrued, in order that the
true intent and aeaning of the City council may be fully carried out.
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SJIC'1'Iml 5.
All ordinance• and part• of ordinana•• of a 9eneral and permanent nature
not contained in the COd• are hereby repealed, except tho•• ordinance• passed subsequent
to January 1, 1970, but •uch repeal• ahall not be effective and operative prior to the
effective and operative date of th• 1969 Revi•ed llUnicipal Code of the City of Englewood:
provided, however, that nothin9 contained herein •hall be conatrued as an attempt to
repeal or -nd any ordinance pa••ed by a vote of th• people of the City of Englewood,
except inaof ar u the •--Y be auperaeded by or in violation of the Charter of
Bnglwood or the conatitution of the State of COlorado.
SBC'l'IOB 6.
llothing contained in thi• ordinance •hall be conatrued as a limitation on
the power of th• Cit:y council to change obvioua typocJraphical or compoaition errors
in th• COde without change of legal effect.
SllCUml 7.
The cla••ification and arrang ... nt by ahapt:er, article and number system of
aection• of the Code, a• well a• the source note•, annotation•, and other editorial
-tter included in •aid Code, fom no part of the ·legialative text ordained hereby:
•uch incluaion i• only for the purpo•e of cpnvenienae, orderly arrangement and information,
and, therefore, no iaplication or preaumption of a 199ialative construction is to be
drawn theref rca.
SJIC'1'IOll 8.
'the 1969 Reviaed Municipal COde of the City of Bnglewood as published shall
be the sole property of th• City of Bnglewood, a• owner thereof and shall be copyrighted
for and in behalf of the City of Bnglewood by the City Clerk.
SJIC'l'Jml 9.
(a) the City Clerk ahall di•tribute •uch ••t• of the COde and amendments
thereto a• .. y be nec•••ary to the variou• departaent• of the City for the official
ue of Cit:y officer•, board• and comai••ion, and for exchange purposes for similar
publication• of other citi••· All volume• de•ignated for official use· shall remain
the property of the City of Bnglewood for the uae of •uch officials and their successors
and •hall bear auch deaignation. 'fhe City Clerk •hall prepare or cause to be prepared
a li•t of the City officer•, board• and coami••ion• who •hall receive for official uae
••t• of aaid Code, and •hall thereupon deliver auch ••t• to •uch officers taking a
receipt for each ••t ao delivered.
(b) Subaequent to the effective date of thi• ordinance, the City Clerk shall
keep on hand a reaaonable number of th• COd•• herein adopted for •ale to the public
at: a price to be detezained by hia, baaed aolely upon the coat of publication.
(c) Prca time to time after the effective date of this ordinance the City
Clerk i• hereby authorized to codify ordinance• ~din9 the •aid Revised Municipal
COd• and to have th• .... printed a• auppl ... nta, or •ub•titute pages therefor. He
-y accept: •ub•cription• to •uch •uppl ... nt• at a coat to be determined by him, based
aolely upon the coat of publication and handling of the •ame, and shall make such
copi•• of the auppl ... nt available to •uch •ub•aribera a• the •ame are received by
hia and •hall bill for the •-· Pailur• of any •ub•criber to pay such billing on
or before the date of mailing of the next aubaequent auppl-•nt shall cause such
aabacribed to be droDDed frca the -iling liat.
SJIC'1'Jml 10.
'!hi• ordinance •hall becaae effective on th• 24t:h day of August, 1970, at
12101 A.M.
SJIC'l'Jml 11.
(1) Any peraon who •hall violate any proviaion of thi• ordinance, or any
proviaion of the code• hereby adopted, •hall be fined not more than $300 or impriaoned
in the City Jail not more than 90 daya or •hall auffer both fine and imprisonment.
Bach and every violation of th• proviaion• of thi• ordinance •hall con•titute a
aeparate offen••·
(b) '!he penaltie• •et forth in the Code are a• follow•1
sec. 1-2-1. General Penaltyr continuin9 Violation•r Pines and Imprisonment.
It shall be unlawful for any peraon to violate, disobey, omit, neglect, refuse
or fail to caaply with or re•i•t the enforc ... nt of any provi•ion of this Code or any
secondary code adopted herein, and where no •peaific penalty i• provided therefor,
the violation of any provision of thi• COde or of any secondary code adopted herein
shall be puniahed by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollar• or imprisonment for
a tem not exceeding ninety daya or by both such find and imprisonment, the amount of
•uch fin• or tena of •uch illpriaonment to re•t within the di•cret:ion of the Municipal
"""9•· th• iapoaition of one penalty •hall not acuae any violation nor permit it to
continue. ODl••• otherwise indicated, a ••par•t• offense •hall be deemed coanitted
upon each day or portion thereof during or on whiah any violation of any provision of
thi• Code or any secondary code adopted herein occur• or continues.
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sec. 1-2-2. cumulative Remedie•.
(a) Whenever any act or condition aon•titute• a nui•ance or provide• a
cauae of action for injunction or other civil r•ady, the •aid remedies shall be con-
•idered to be cumulative, and in addition to the penalti•• hereinabove provided, and
an action for abat-.it, injunction, or other civil r•edy may be brought against such
violator.
(b) 'lhe •uapen•ion or revocation of any licen••, pemit, or other privilege
conferred by the City ahall not be regarded •• a pmalty for the purposes of this Code.
(c) When mrk or activity for which a pel'llit or licen•e is required by this
COde or any code adopt:ed herein ia cc enced wi~ fir•t having acquired · such permit
or liceD8e, the •pacified f-•hall be doubled, but the payment of such double · fee
8hall not relieve any per80D fraa fully ecmplying with all the requirement• of this
COd• or •Y code adopt:ed herein, nor from any other pre8Cribed penalties. Payment of
aach doable f-or any unpaid portion thereof My be ocmpelled by civil action in any
aourt of competent juri8diction. 'lhe acceptance of any portion le•• than the entire
a.oant of •uch double fee by any officer or .-ployee of the City shall not constitute
a waiver or rel-•• of the balance thereof.
Sec. 5-3-13(a). career Servicer Diaciplinary Action.
Any .-ployea having paDIUlent statua -Y be diai••ed, demoted or suspended
by the appointing authority upon filing with the Board and serving personally or by
certified -il addressed to hi• la•t known record addr••• upon the employee a written
stat....nt of the cauaa for •uch action, which cauae •hall relate to the performance
of duties, paraonal conduct, or any factors detrimental to the City.
Sec. 9-3-2(d). contractor'• Licen•••·
Starting work on any project before th• required license ha• been •ecured
will reault in a 5°" incr• .. • of th• licen•• f .. •• a penalty. '!'his penalty •hall be
cmaulative with all other penalties and r .. edia• for the enforcement and collection
of such liceD8e f-•·
Sec. 12-2-32. Street• and Sid ... lk•.
In addition to or in lieu of the other r...U.e• or penalties provided, if a
contractor fail• to oamply with the requir...nt• of this ehapter relating to aconcrete
work, additional parllit• for •idewalk•, curbs, CJUttar•, •ervice walk• and driveways
will be withheld by the Director until assurance i• received that there will be,:
,..._~liance herwi th.
Sec. 13-3-6. Utility ausin••• 'fax.
If any utility buain••• or occupation •abject to the provisions of this
Chapter 8hall fail to pay the tax illpoaed within the time prescribed, a penalty of
ten per cent (l°") of the llll0'1Dt of tax due •ball be uaaaaed by the City of Bnqlewood
against such utility buain••• or occupation, and the said tax tocJether with the penalty
n••--t •hall be and i• hereby declared to be a debt due and owing from such utility
buain .. • or occupation to the City of BncJl.uood and •abject to collection by an action
at law brought by the City of Bngl.aod ln any aourt of caapetent jurisdiction for
the parpoae of such collection.
Sec. 13-4-19. Salas and Use Tax.
If any part of the deficiency i• due to negligence or intentional disregard
of authorized rules and regulation• with lmowle&J• thereof, but without intent to
defraud, there •hall be added ten par cent (1°") of the total amount of the deficiency:
and in such case interest shall ba collected at i:ha rate of one per cent (l") per
moni:h on the a.oant of the deficiency from i:ha time the return was due, from the person
required to file th• return, miah interest and addition shall become due and payable
within fifteen (15) days after written notice and d ... nd by the Director of Finance.
Sec. 13-4-20. Sal .. and UH 'fax.
If any part of i:ha deficiency i• due to fraud with the intent to evade the
tax, then there shall be added fifty par cent (5°") of the total amount of the deficiency,
and in such cue the whole a.ount of i:ha tax unpaid, including the additions, shall
bm• due and payable fifteen (15) daym after written notice and daaand by the Director
of Pinanc• and an addi~ional one par c•t (l") per month on said amounts shall be
added from th• data i:ha return was due until paid.
sec. 14-4-12. ftaffic.
Pailure, refusal, or neglect on the part of any judicial or other officer
or -.1oyee receiving or having custody of any auoh fine or forfeiture, to comply with
the proviaioD8 of 14-4-11, shall aonatitute lliaoonduot in office and shall be grounds
for r•owal thenfzcm ·
SBC'1'IO. 12.
All ordinance• of a general and pazmanent nature finally passed and approved
by the City council after January 1, 1970, but on or before the effective date of this
ordinance •ball be inaorporated in th• proper place in the COde, but nothing in such
inclusion, or this authorization therefor, shall ba construed as suspending the time
such legislation take• affectr but such legislation shall beco1De effective as if such
inclaaion were not authorized.
8!CTI91 13.
'!hat th• repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereof aa provided in
s.ation 5 of thi• ordinance ahall not .affect or illpair .nor be applicable to1
(a) Any act done or right veated or accrued or any proceeding, auit or
proaecution had or cc enced in any cauae before auah repeal ahall take effeat1 but
.,,.ry act done, or right veated or accrued, or proceeding, auit, or proaecution had
or ooc anced •hall r-1.n in full force and effect to all intent• and purpoaea aa if
a1ICh ordinance or part thereof ao repealed r-1.ned in force. Ro offense cOlllllitted
and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, civilly or criminally incurred, prior to the
time when any auch ozdinance or part thereof •hall be repealed or in any way altered
by the proviaiona of thi• ordinance or the 1969 Revi•ed Municipal code of .the City of
Sngl.wood, •hall be diaaharged or affected by auah repeal or alteration1 but,
pzoaecutiona and auit• for auch offenaea, liabilitiea, penaltiea or forfeitures shall
be inatituted and proceeded with in all reapeata •• if auch prior ordinance or part
thereof had not been repealed or altered.
(b) Any general or apecial ordinance, reaolution or 110tion heretofore passed,
mdopted" and made validating, ratifying or legali•iDCJ the act• or omiaaion• of any
officer or validating any ordinance, aat or proceeding vhatever1 but all validating
or legalising act• of and by the City Council what809Ver and now in force are hereby
continued in force.
(c) Any ordinance relating to the public debt or the public credit or any
annexation of territory.
(d) Any ordinance relating to a aontraat to which the City of Englewood,
colorado i• a party or to any contract made for it• benefit.
(•) Any ordinance, reaolution or 110tion making appropriation of public funda.
(f) Any ordinance levying a apeaial benefit ••••• ... nt or creating a lien
and debt again•t any property aituate within the City of Bnglewood, Colorado and
improved by the opening, widening, extension or paviftCJ of any atreet or public thoroUCJh-
fare within th• aaid City of Bngl.wood and/or th• inatallation of gutter•, curbs,
cudNal1ul or aid.walb along aaid •tr-ta or thoroughfare•.
(g) Any ordinance or reaolution 9rantiDCJ any franahi•e, license, riqht or
revocable pend.t to any peraon, fiza or aorporation, which franchiae, license, right
or revocable penait vaa legally in fora• and effect on the date of the effective date
of the 1969 Reviaed lblnicipal COde of the City of 11Dgl.wood1 it beinq the express intent
and purpoae of the City council of the City of llngl.vood that every such franchise,
licenae, right or revocable pend.t •hall expire •• originally provided by the ordi-
nance or reaolution 9ranting the .... unl••• sooner teaainated by the council, acting
under and purauant to the eharter of th• City of SDgl.wood.
(h) Any ordinance or reaolution praaiaing or guaranteeing the payment of
money by the City or authori•iDCJ the iaauanae and aale of General ~bligation or Revenue
Bonda by the City.
(i) Any aa.ini•trative ordinance or reaolution of the City Council not in
conflict or ineonaiatent with the proviaion• of the 1969 Reviaed Municipal Code of the
City of Bngl.wood.
(j) Any ordinance providing for and making the annual tax levy in and for
th• City of Bngl.wood, COlorado.
(k) Any ordinance or reaolution ••tabli•hing fee• for building permits
and inapectiona.
(1) Any ordinance or reaolution eatabliahing the amount of bond to be
poated by City official•.
(a) Any ordinance or reaolution relating to the aalaries of City officers
or .-ploy-•.
(n) Any ordinance, reaolution or motion annexing territory to the city1 or
any ordinance or ordinance• ••t~liahing land use zoning diatrict• in the City, regu-
lating the use of land and the use, bulk, hei9ht, area and yard apace• of building•,
adopting a -p of zoning diatricta, providing for the adjuatment, enforcement and
.. endllent therefor.
(o) Any ordinance, reaolution or 110tion naming, renaming, opening, accepting
or vacating atr .. te, alleya or righta-of-way in the City' or any ordinance amending th••--·
SIC'l'JOI 14.
'fhat the 1969 Revi•ed lblnicipal COde of the City of Bnqlewood, or any Chapter
or section thereof -Y be proved by a copy thereof, certified by the city Clerk of the
City of Bngl.wood, under the Seal of the City1 or when printed in book or pamphlet form
and purporting to be printed by authority of the City, the aame shall be received in
evidence in all court• without further proof of the exiatence and regularity of the
enaotllent• of any particular ordinance and of eaid COde. I
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SICTJCJB 15.
'!bat purauant to, and in ccmplianoe with, ehapter 139, Article 34, Section 3
of COlorado Revi•ed Statute• 1963 a• -nded, the city clerk of the City of Bnglewood
i• hereby authorised and directed to publi•h notice of a public hearing on the adoption
and enactment of th• 1969 R•vi•ed llunlcipal COd• of th• City of Bnqlewodd to the extent,
and parauant to, th• aahedule for •uah publication• preacribed in 139-34-3 of Colorado
Reri.aed Statute• 1963, •aid public hearift9 to be held in the council Chambers, City
Ball, of BnglMfOOd, Arapahoe county,·colorado, at 8100 o'clock P.M. on July 6, 1970.
sgn:m 16.
(a) At frequent interval• after th• approval of thi• ordinance, all ordi-
nanc• of a general and pezmanent nature pa8•ed and approved during the preceding period,
aball be reviaed, arranged and prepared for publication in the form of looseleaf
auppl ... nt•, reprinting the page or page• of the COd• affected, removing the amended
or ob80l•t• provi•ion• and in•ertinq th• new provi•iou.
(b) Any and all addition• or --dlll•nt• to the COde, when passed in such
foaa ·u to indicate the intention of the City council to aake the same a part thereof,
aball be d•••lt to be inaorporated in the COd• 80 that reference to the "1969 Revised
Jlaniaipal COd• of th• City of BnglMfOOd• •hall be under•tood and intended to include
•ach addition• and -ldl•nta.
(c) In ca•• of the -•ndment of any aeation of the code for which a penalty
i• not pzovided, the general penalty a• provided in Section 1-2-1 of such Code shall
apply to th• wtion u -endedr or in caM auoh •endll1nt contain• provisions for which
a pmaalty, other then the afor ... ntioned general penalty, i~ provided in another section
in th• •-chapter, the penalty •o provided in auah other •action •hall be held to
relate to the aection 80 ... ncted, unl••• auah penalty i• •pacifically repealed therein.
SBCTIO. 17.
A copy of ·8\IOh COde •hall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk,
preaerved in looaeleaf fom, or in •uoh other fom a• the City Clerk may consider moat
apeclient. It •hall be th• expr••• duty of the city clerk or •omeone authorized by
hill, to inaert in their deaignated place• all ·~t• or ordinances which indicate
th• intention of th• City council to make th• •-a part of •uch code when the same
have been printed or reprinted in page fona, and to extract from •uch Code all pro-
vi•iou which -Y be frcm time to time repealed by th• city council. 'fhia copy of such
COde ahall be available for all peraon• de•iring to examine the same and shall be
aonidered th• official 1969 R•vi•ed 11\lnicipal COd• of the City of Englewood.
SBCTIOB 18.
. It •hall be unlawful for any per80n, fina or corporation to change or amend by
addition or deletion, any part or portion of •uah COde, or to insert or delete
i-v-or portion• thereof, or to aJ,ter or tmaper with auch COde in any manner whatsoever
which will cauae the ordinance• of the City of Bnglawood to be mi•represented thereby.
Any peraon, fira or corporation violating thi• aection •hall be puni•hed as provided
in Section 1-2-1 of the 1969 Revi•ed Municipal Code of the City of Englewood.
Introduced, read in full and pa••ed on fir•t reading on the 15th day of
.nme, 1970.
Publi•hed"a• a Bill for an Ordinance on the 18th day of June, 1970.
Read by title and pa••ed on final reading on the 20th day of July, 1970.
Publi•hed by title a• Ordinance llo. 26, ·Seri•• ,of 1970, on · the 23rd day
of July, 1970.
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I, Stephen A. Lyon, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true,
accurate and ccmplete copy of an Ordinance pa••ed o~nal reading and published by
title a• Ordinance llo. 26, Seri•• of 1970.
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