HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965 Ordinance No. 014.!I
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Introduced by Council.aan Fullerton
BY AU'l'IK)RI'fY
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~tion 1. Chapter 14 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bnglewood, Colorado,
i• her y repealed and r•-nacted to read a• follow••
•114.l Loctfl I!lprov~t Diatricta. 'fh• creation of local improvement
cli.atricta fore conatru~on, lnatallation or iaprov .. ent of public improve-
-nu of whataoever character, which confer a apecial benefit upon the property
within the diatrict and a 9eneral benefit upon the City aa a whole, and which
are to be paid for either wholly, or in part, by the levy of apecial assessments
upon the real property within the diatrict, .. , be eatabliahed by the City
COUncil either upon it• own initiative or upon a petition aigned by a majority
of the landowner• within the propoaed diatrict, in accordance with the provi-
aion• of Article X, Section 107 of the Charter of the City andvith the provisions
of thi• Ordinance.
114.2 State Law to Control -Bxc•Dtiona. lbccept a• provided by the
Charter, and except a• provided herein, for tho .. local improvements which are
to be paid for, either wholly, or in part, by the levying of a special assess-
.. nt upon thoae propertiea within the diatrict which •pecially benefit there-
fraa, the procedure for the creation of local or apecial improvement districts
in thia City for aaid purpoae, the conatruction or inatallation of improvements
in •aid apecial or local improv .. ent diatricta, the iaauance and payment of bonds
for coat• and expenae• of conatructing or inatallin9 auch improvements and
aa .. aaing th• coat of conatruction or inatalliftCJ auch improvements shall be as
provided by the atatute• of the State of Colorado relating to the creation of
apecial or local iaprov-nt diatricta by atatutory citie•, aa such laws now
exiat or aa th• •-may be -nded.
114.3 J!lprov .. enta Author!~. Local illprov ... nta which may be authorized
by Council parauant to the provlaona of thia Ordinance may be of any nature which
.. rve a 11Unicipal purpoae, and which confer a apecial benefit upon the real
property within the diatrict, includin9, but not liaited to, the grading, pav-
ing, curbing, pttering, parkift9 or otherwi•• illproving the whole or any part
of any atreet, alley, or atreeta and alleya, of the City and the ccmstruction,
inatallation or iaprov ... nt of any aidewalka, water aaina, sewers, sewer
diapoaal work•, appliance• for artificial li9htin9, parka, parkways and off-
atreet parking facilitiea, and all appurtenance•, extenaiona or renewals
thereof1 provided, however, that the creation of auch diatricts shall not be
the excluaive .. thod for the conatruction, inatallation or improvement thereof,
and Council .. y authorize the conatruction, inatallation or improvement thereof
in any other lawful llaftller.
114.4 Initiation of Pr on. Proceedings for the crea•
tion of a apec a rov-nt atr ct purauant to the provi•ions of this
Ordinance .. y be initiated by the filiftCJ with the City Clerk of a written peti-
tion aigned by a .. jority of the owner• of the real property within the district
deaignated in the petition, which petition ahall contain the following:
(a) A deacription of the area to be included within the district:
(b) A deacription of the nature of the improvements petitioned for,
including the location• thereof 1
(c) 'lh• n-• and addre•••• of the aipera thereof, toqether with
the leqal deacription of the parcel• or real proeprty owned by each.
Any aucb petition which aub•tantially caaplied with the foregoing shall be deemed
to be aufficient.
114.5 ~lution of Intention. Council ahall conaider each such petition
., filed, wi t, however, being caapelled to act favorably upon the same.
Upon council'• favorable conaideration of any auch petition, or, in the absence
of any auch petition, upon Council'• own initiative to conatruct or install any
illprov ... nta provided for in thi• Ordinance, COUncil ahall adopt a resolution of
intention to create a local iaprov ... nt diatrict, ahall aet a time and place for
a public hearincJ thereon, and •hall direct the City Clerk to give publi• notice
thereof.
114.6 Public llotice. 'fhe notice of public hearing upon the creation of
any diatrict purauant to the proviaiona of thi• Ordinance ahall be published
once a week for three week• in a nM1apaper of 9eneral circulation in the City
and, in addition, a copy of auch notice ahall be .. iled, postage prepaid, to
each known owner of real property within the propoaed diatrict. Said notice
ahal.1 contain the followings
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(a) A deacription of the propoaed diatrict1
(b) A deacription of the iaprov ... nta to be conatructed,
inatalled, or iaproved1
(c) 'lhe probable coat of the improv•enta1
(d) 'lhe mount, if any, of the fund• of the City which is to be
devoted to aaid illprovement1
(•) 'lhe probable total amount of revenue which is to be raised
by apecial aaaeaaaents to be levied upon the real property within the
diatrU:t:
(f) 'l'he time and place set for publJc hearing thereon:
(g) '!'hat any peraon deairing to be heard upon the issue of the
creation of the diatrict or upon the conatruction, installation or
illprov-nt of the improv ... nt involved aay appear at the time and
place Ht for the public hearing thereon for that purpose.
114.7 Authorising Ordinance. Subaequent to the public hearing, Council
.. y, by ordinance, order creation of the diatrict for the construction,
inatallation or illprov ... nt of the propoaed iaprov .. ents and may, by resolution
provide for notice to contractor• to aubait bid• for the construction, installa-
tion or illprov ... nt of the aaid iaprov .. enta, and for notice of sale of bonds
to pay the coat• and expense• of conatructing, inatalling or improving the
illprov ... nta and ahall, by ordinance, provide for the isauance and payment of
auch bond•.
114.8 Aaaeaaaent of coata. All coat• of the conatruction, installation
or illprov..ant of the Iaprov .. enta involved, le•• that portion thereof, if any,
which i• to be borne by the City itaelf, ahall be aaaeaaed by ordinance upon
all the real property within the diatrict, baHd upon the benefit conferred by
the illprov ... nt upon each parcel of realty within the district: provided, however,
that in adopting any method of aaaeaaaent, Council •hall not be limited to assess-
ing the real property on either a front footage baaia or on a square foot basis,
but aay take into consideration the apecial benefit• accruing to the realty with-
in the diatrict and ·may adopt any method of aaaeamnent which bears a substantial
relationahip to the benefits conferred.
114.9 Botice and Hearing UfJn Aaaea ... nta. At auch time as the total
coat• of the conatructlon, lnata~atlon or liDProv .. ent of the improvement may
have b .. n reliably aacertained, there shall be introduced before Council a bill
for an ordinance levying aaaesaments upon the real property in the district.
Prior to final paaaage thereof Council ahall, by reaolution, set a time and
place for a public hearing thereon. Botice of aaid hearing shall be published
in thr .. conaecutive weekly iaauea of a newapaper of general circulation in the
City and the date of hearing •hall not be le•• than 15 days after the first
publication of auch notice.
114.10 Leyy of A••easmenta. Subaequent to the said public hearing, and
aubaequent to any .. endlllenta to said bill for an ordinance, if any, which may
reault froa the public hearing thereon, Council shall pass an ordinance levy-
ing aaaea ... nt• on the real property in the district and providing for the
collection and enforc ... nt of such aaaea ... nta.
114.11 Other Statutory Proceedings. Bothing herein shall be construed
to prohibit council fraa exerclalng lta authority to create general improvement
diatrict• for the construction, inatallation or improvement of any improvement
Hrving a llUllicipal purpose, where the improv ... nta are to be paid for, either
wholly or in part, in a manner other than through the levy of special assessments
upon property within the district, such as, for example, through the levy of
ap 114 -•alor .. tax upon the real personal property within the district. For the
creation of auch other general iaprovmaent diatricta, there is hereby adopted
therefor the procedure established for the creation of such districts in
atatutory citiea by the statute• of the State of Colorado as they now exist, or
a• the •-aay be -nded.•
Section 2. It i• hereby declared this Ordinance is needed for the immediate pre-
servation of the public health, peace and safety in order to commence the orderly
planning of off-street parking facilities within the next sixty days and the same
therefore, shall be. and beccme, effective upon its final passage, pursuant to the
proviaiona of Article v, Section 41, of the Charter of the City of Englewood,
Colorado.
PaaHd on Pirat Reading by the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado,
thia 16th day of August, A.D., 1965, and ordered publiahed in full in the Englewood
Heral• and Bnterpriae.
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Paa..S on Pinal Reading by the City Council of the City of Bnglewood, Colorado,
thia 7th day of Septellber A.D., 1965, and ordered publiahed in full in the Englewood
Herald and Bnterpriae.
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Clty C~k~Treaaurer
I, Ray Chaae, City Clerk-Treaaurer, City of Bnql.wood, County of Arapahoe, State
of Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was introduced,
read, paaaed and ordered publiahed aa a bill in the Bnqlewood Herald and Enterprise
at a regular ... unq of the City council held on the 16th day of August, A.D., 1965,
and that at leaat 7 daya after the above publication a• a bill the above ordinance
vaa approved, adopted and ordered publiahed in aaid leqal newapaper by the City council
of the City of Bnql.wood, Colorado, at a regular ... tinq held on the 7th day of
SeptJPber A.D., 1965, aa Ordinance &o. 14, Seri•• of 1965, of aaid City.
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