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"AN ORDINANCE FOR TIP : PROT ECTION OF RIVERS AND STRE.A?lS ADO VE T!ill SOURCE OF
DOMESTIC WAT ER SUP?LY OF TH:r.: I NHAB ITAN TS OF THE CITY OF ENGLE VIOOD; FOR THE
PROTECTI ON OF PUBLIC HEA LTH AN D SAFE TY; PROHIBITING WITHIN A DISTANCE OF FIVE
ILES UPSTREAM FROM THE I NTAKE OF THE MUN ICI PAL DOME STIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTfil/J: OF
THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , ON THE SOU TH PLATTE RIV ER, AND ALONG ALL OF ITS TRIBU-
TARI ES WITHIN SAID DI STANCE , THE CONS TRUCTION, OPERATI ON OR KE EPING OF ANY
CORRAL , PIG STY , SW I NER Y, STO CKYAR D, BARNYARD, BARN, LIVERY STABLE, STABLE,
PAC KING HOUSE , rtENDER Y, BON E FACTORY , SOAP FAC TOR Y, CHIC KE N YARD, CHICKEN
HOUSE , TANN.ti;RY , DAIR Y, Sffi..hP SHED, SHE}!;P FOLD, DOG KENNEL, .A.NI1vJU. SHELTER
OR ENCLOSURE OF ANY TYPE, FERTILIZER FACTORY, FE RTILIZER PLANT OR BUSINESS,
CEMETERY , CESSPOO L OR UNAPPRO VE D SEWAGE SYS TEM , MAI NTAINED AND OPE HATED, OR
TO BE MAINTAINED AND OPERA TED, I N A MANNE R CAPABLE OF, OR Rl!:SULTING IN THE
PO LLUTION , CO NTAMINAT ION OR REN DER I NG OF TH l!: WATER IN THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER OR
ANY OF I TS TRIBUTARIE S WI THIN SAID FIVE MILE DISTANCE, UNSAFE, IMPURE OR UN-
WHOLESOME ; DECLARING SAI D BUSI NESSES , PURSUITS, OCCUPATIONS, TRADES, ENTER-
PR I SES , ESTABLIS:ID:.ENT S OR OP1'RA TIONS Vl IT HIN SAID DISTANC E , A PUBLIC NUISANCE;
PROVIDING FOR THE ABATE1:ENT OF THE SAME ; PROH I BITING FISHING, BOATING, SWIMMING,
BATHING AND ALL OTH~R Fom.1s OF RE CREA TI ONAL ACTIVITY UPON OR IN ANY RESERVOIR,
LAKE OR POND VffiICH IS A PAR T OF TIIE SU PPLY SYSTEM FOR ENGLEWOOD'S DOMJ~STIC WATER;
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR TII E VIOLATIO N HE REOF."
WHER EAS , pursu an t t o a vote of t h e t a x-paying electors of the City of Engle-
wood , Colorado , said Ci t y ac quired wa t ur a nd water rig hts and cons tructed its own
i:unicipal Water Su p pl y Syst em wh ich is now serving water for domestic purposes to
the some 20,000 inhab i tants of sa i d Ci t y and numerous pErsons r e siding in areas
immediately adjacen t t o th e limits of s a id City, and
WHEREAS , the Dis t r ict Court i n an d f or Water District No. 8, Irrigation
Division No . 1 , St ate o f Col orado, d e c reed tha t said water should be diverted
from the So uth Pla t te Rive r on t he Ea s t b a nk thereof in the Northwest Quarter
(NWf) of the Southwes t Quar te r (SWi) of Se ction 9, Township 5 So uth, Range 68
"est of the 6th P. M., Ar apa ho e County , Co lorado, at the intersection of ~aid
outh Pl atte River and Araptih oe Co un ty H!:i od No. 1, t hrough the headgate o f the
Petersburg Ditch , and
VIH~REAS , s a id domesti c wat er s u pp ly syst em has been so constructed and is •a-
in operation, and
WHEREAS , there are i n e x istenc e at pres e nt and may develop in the future,
cert a in businesses , pu rsui ts, oc cupa t i on s , trades, ent e rprises, esta b lishments
and operati ons which now result, o r may in th e future result, in the pollution,
contamination and ren d ering o f th e wat er i n the South Pla tte River at the intake
of said municipal wa t e r sys tem, im pur e , un s afe and unwholesome, and
WHEREAS , S ec t ion 10, F o r ty-fift h and Sixty-eig ht, Chapter 163, 1935 Colo-
rado Sta t utes, c. s . A., a s a mend e d and supplemented, grants to the City of
Englew oo d the powe r a nd autho rith tp prot e ct its domestic water and water supply
system from injury and p olluti on and to d e clare nuisances and provide for
abatement th e reof, and
~IHEREAS , said statu t es pr ovide t ha t th e auth ority and jurisdiction of said
City shall extend over the stre am s a nd sour ces fron which domestic water is taken
for a distance of five mi l e s ab ove ~e poin t from which said wat~ is tak en, for
the protect ion of pub l i c hea lth am. s afe t y, and
VIHEilliAS , it is ne c ess ary t o enac t, b y ordinanc e , r e gulations to carry out
the p ower so conferred and to pro t ec t pub l i c health and safety, and to prohibit
along the Sou th Pla t te River for a diste nc e o f five miles above said municipal
water supply intake and along tr ibutaries o f said Sou th Pla tte River feeding
into said Ri ver above sa id munici p al wa te r intake system, f or a distance along
said tribut ary of five mi l es from said d om e stic intake, the keeping, construc-
tion or op eration of c ert ain trad es, bu s ine sses , est a bl i shme nt s, o p erations,
and occupation s .
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NO\/, TH.C:nJ..,FORE , B.c; IT ORD.ii.INED b Y TH .t.: Cl TY CO UNCI L OF THE CI TY OF lillGLE VD OD,
COLORADO:
That for "';h e pr es e r va t ion o f the pub lic h ealth and safety, the construction,
or continu ed opera tion or keeping of any cor r al, pig sty, swinery, stockyard,
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barnyard, barn, li very s t a b l e , st able , p a ck ine h ouse, render y, bon e factory, I
soap f ac t ory , c h icken yard , c h ick e n h o u ~e , tann er y, da i r y, s heep shed, sheep fold, 1
dog kenn e l , a nima l shelter or enc l osure o f any ty p e, f'e rtil i zer fa ct o ry, f erti-i"
lizer plant or business , ceme t e r y , c es s po ol prunapprov ed s ew a ge system, now main-:i
tained a nd operated , or to .. b e rm intaino d and o p erated, wit h in a dista~ce of five ·
miles upstream from the i n t ake o f the d ome stic water supply s y stem of the City ·
of Eng lewood along and a d j a c e nt to tre Sou th Pl a tte Ri ver or any tributary there-
of, in a manner which is ca pable of , or r esults in, the pollut i on, contamination
or rendering of the water in said River or tributary, impure, u nsafe and unwhole-
some b y the discharging or d r ainace o f wastes, offal, sewage, slop, manure, or
any contaminating f lu i d or mat ter wh a ts o e ver, by surface or sub-surface drainage
or otherw ise , from said bus i ne ss, pursu i t, occupation, trade, enterprise, estab-
lishment or operation, is her eby prohib itet.
SECTION 2.
Any now existing co rral, p i e sty , s winery, stockyard,tar n y a rd, barn, livery
stabl e , stebl e, packi ng h ou se , r endery, dairy, she~p shed, she e p fold, dog kennel,
anim al shelter or enclo su re o f ony t ype , fe rtilizer factor y, fertilizer plant or
business , cemetery , cesspoo l or u nappr o ved sewag e s y stem, k ept , operated or carried
on in 'he manner s et f orth in de c ti on l hereof, within sai d fiv e mile distance up-
on or adjacent to said So u th Pl a t te River and all of its sa i d tributaries, is ae
hereby, for pub :ic he al t h an d safety r ea sons, declared a pu b lic nuisance, and upon
motion , duly seconded and pass ed b y a ma j o rity wote of the City Council of the
City of Enelewood , Col orad o, s u ch nuisa nce shall be abated by an injuncti¥~ action
brought in a Court o f Reco r d in t he Sta t e of Colorado by th e City of Englewood in
its own behalf , or i n coope rat i on wi t h a ny lawfully estab lished h e alth authority
of th e State of Col or ado or o f the United States Government.
SECTION 3 .
That fishing , uoat ine , swimr.ing , ba thing and all othe r forms of recreational
activity i n or upon any r e s e rv o ir, l ake or p ond which constitutes a part of the
supply o f water for Eng l ewood's domest ic water works system, and picnicing or
other such activitie s wi thi n 1 50 ya r d s o r sa id bodies of water or the disposal of
trash of any type in sa i d bo die s of wa t e r , is hereby prohibited.
SECTION 4.
In addition t o t he acti on set fo rth in Section 2 hereof, any person, firm,
corporation or assoc i a tion or a g ent, serv a nt or employee the r eof fails to comply
with any of the terms of t h is Ord i n ance sh a ll, upon conviction, b e fined in a
sum not to exceed $30 0.00, or by i mprisonme n t for a period of not exceeding
ninety (90) days , or by b o t h s uch fine and imprisonment. Each day that any per-
son , firm, corporation or a ss o c iat ion, o r age nt, servant or employee thereof
permits said violation to exi s t, shall c o ns titute and is hereby declared to be,
a seperate offense and t he f'u ll penal ty hereina bQve set forth may b e assessed
for each such day.
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The City Counc i l here by fi n ds , d et~r m ines and decl ares t h at this Ordinance
is necessary for the imme d ia t e pr e s erv a ti on of t h e public p eace, health, safe ty
and conv e nience .
SECTION 6.
In the opinion of the Ci t y Counci l a n eme rgency exists; th e refore, this
Or dinance shall take e ~f e ct an d be in fo rce and aft e r its final passage and
publication .
SECTION !1 .
If a ny section , sub s e ctio n, sent en c e , clause or phrase of this Ordinance is
for any reason held to be u nc o n s t i tutional, void, or invalid, the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinan c e sh all not be eff ected thereby.
Passed on First Re adi ng by the City Council of the City of En g lewood, Colo-
rado , this 5th day of r.1a y , A. D. 1952 , a nd ordered pu blished in the Englewood
Press .
Passed on Fina l Reading b y the City Cou nc il of th e Cit y of Englewood, Colo-
rado, this 2nd day of June , A. D. 1 952 . and order e d published in the Engle-
ood Press .
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I, E . E . Anderson, City CleDk of the City of
~nglewood , County o f A r a ~ahoe , Stat e of Co lorado. do hereby certify that the
a bove a n t foregoing Or«d inanc e wa s i n t ro duced and Read in full, and on Reso-
l ution wa s ordered pu blishe d a s propo se d Or dina n ce for the Meeting of May 5th
A. D. 1952 . held by t he Ci t y Cou nc il on sa id Date and same was publi s hed
· ay 8th end I ·a y 15t h . 1 95 2. in the E n ~de wood Press.
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and for more t han Ten Days thereafter and et a subsequent Meeting of the City
Counci l held June 2nd A. D. 1952. "AN ORDIN ANCE FOR THE PROT ECTION OF RIVERS
AND STR EAMS ABOV E THE SOU RCE OF DOlt,ESTI C WATEH SUPPLY OF TIP..;: INHABITANTS OF
THE CITY OF EN GLEWOOD ; FOR THl ~ PROTl!;CTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY; PRO-
HIBITING WITHI N A DI SThNCE OF F I VE MILE S UPST REAM FROM THE INTAKE OF THE
ltaJN ICIPAL DO!:E STIC V/ATER SUPP LY SYSTEM OF TH E CITY OF EN GL EV/O OD, ON TH E SOUTH
PLATTE RI VER, AND .A.LON G ALL OF ITS THIBU TARI ES WITHIN SAID DI STANC E , TH E
CONSTRUCTION , OPE flA TION OR KKE PI NG OF M:J Y CORRAL, P IG STY, SWINERY·, stock-
YARD , BARNYARD, BARN , LIVE HY STABLL , STJ1BLE, PACKING HOUSE, REND ERY,
BONE FACTORY, SOAP FACT ORY , CHIC IO~N YARD, CHIC KEN HOUSE, TANNERY, DAIRY,
SHEEP SHED, SHEEP FOLD , DO G KENN ::...:L, rilill:A L SHLLTl:.:R OR EN CLOSU HE OF A.NY TYPE,
FERTILIZER FACT OR Y' FE1a ILIZEH PUNT OR BUSINI!;SS, C l!:JlimT~RY, C.l!:SSPOOL OR
UNAPP.HOVED SEW.A.GE SYSTEM , MAI NTAINED AND Olli HATED, OR TO BE NiA INTAINED AND
OPERATED , I N A MA1ffiER CAPAB LE OF , OR RESULTI NG IN THE POLIDTION, CONTAMI -
NATION OR RENDERING-OF THE VIAT LH I N TH E SOU'l'H PLA TTE RIVJ!;R OR ANY OF ITS TRIBU-
TARI ES WITHIN Sli.ID FIV B. MI LE DISTANC E, UNSAFE, IMPURE OR UNWHOLESOME; DECLAR-
ING SAI D BUSIN ESS ES, PU RS UITS, OCCU PATIO NS, TRADES, ENTERPRISES, EST AB-
lishments or operations WI'l'HIN ·SAID DISTANCE, A PUBLIC NUISANCE; PROVIDING
FOR THE ABATEMENT OF THE SAME; PROHIBITI NG FISHING, BOATING, SWIMMING, BATH-
ING AND ALL OTH Efl FO RMS OF RECREATION AL ACT I VITY UPON OR I N ANY RESERVOIR,
LAKE OR POND \"ll i!CH I S A. PART OF THE ~UPPLY SYST EM FOR EN GLE WO OD'S DOMJ~S TIC
WATER ; AND PROVID ING A P.!!..NALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF." was duly passed
and adopted a nd published i n the Englewood Press in its issue of June 5th A. D.
1952. as required by the St atut es of the State of Colorado.
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