HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989 Ordinance No. 014• CIU>DWO t«), d
Sl!2UES r:, 1989
BY J\l111Dtl'lY
CXXH:IL BILL 00, 16
IN11QlOCED BY CXXllr.IL
MEM!ER BYRNE
AN CJtDDWO NEmOO TITLE 1, O IAP'mR 7, SEX:'I'IOI 2, FllGLEl«XX> lfJNICIPAL 00:JE
1985, BY AIX>OO NDI SUBPARAGRA!'H.!i m.ATING TO JURISDICTI<ll Nil PCMER OF TIIE
m:;LJMXJO KJNlClPAL caJRT.
WHEREAS, on l January 1;89, the City of ~lewood initiated an energetic
danestic violence program to protect spouses who are victims of danestic
violence; and
WHEREAS, in meritorious cases in advance of trial, the ~lewood
"'1nicipal Court is required to issue "No C'.ontact orders• under its contenpt
powers for the safety of persons and to prevent cwnage to property, for safety
of persons, and prevent &lnage to property; and
!Oo1, 'fflEllEFCm:, BE IT CIUlAll<ED DY TIIE CI'lY O'.XJOCIL CF TIIE CI'lY OF
FN'.iLEN:X)D , COLCJWJO, THAT: .
Section 1. Title 1, Olapter 7, Section 2, Englewood Municipal Code
1985, entitled Jurisdiction, P<M!r, is hereby aroonded by adding new
SUbsections B and C to read as follows:
1-7-2 : JURISDICTICN, PClliER :
A. nie Municipal Court shall have original jurisdiction of all cases
arising under the Code of C'rdinances of the City with full power to
carry the sane into effect and to punish violations thereof by
powers incident to a court of record in relation to the attendance
of witnesses, the punisment of ccntenpt , issuance of warrants and
c,nfo.ccing of orders of the court.
8. DEFINITIOI . mSBEl!AVIOR OF ANY PEl&.ll IN THE PRESrncE OF THE caJRT,
00 MIS9FHAVlCR SO l\'F.AR 'l'IIDIBTO TIS TO OBS'IROCT 'l1IE ACIIDIIS'ml\TIOI OF
JUSTICE, MlSBEHAVlCR OF ANY OFFICER OF THE CXXJRT IN HIS OFFICIAL
TAAHSACTIOOS A!ID DISOBEDIElO: CR RESISTAOCE OF ANY PERSOO CR
~ \"IIT!l ANY ~lRIL PROCESS, ORDER, RULE, CR CXM-1AND OF TIIE
E]l'.,Lll,1X)D mm:cIPl\L caJRT OR M"i rcr CR Cl-llSSIOI DESIGNATID AS
COffiMPT BY THIS cam CR THE COLCJWJO IWICIPAL caJRT RULES OF
PROCEIJUPE SJIAJ.L CCNSTl'IUl'E a:t~IPT.
C. IN PRESmCE OF caJRT. 1'a!EN o::mD1PT IS CX>MITl'ED IN THE PRESmCE CF
THE E!GBtmD ~IJNIC!P.U. COOR'!', IT W.Y BE P\liISIIEIJ S!MWULY. IN
SOC!! A CASE, JIN ORDm SHALL BE MADE REX:ITOO THE FACTS CCNSTl'lUl'OO
'n!E CO.'TD!PT, 1JlJUDGDlG THE cam:MIER GUIL'lY CF o::mD1PT Nil
PRJlSCRIBING THE PUNIS!IMl:lll' 'n!EREl"a!.
D. oor OF PRESE1CE OF COURT. WHEN IT APPF.AAS TO THE CXXlRT BY K>TICtl
SUPPamD BY AFFIDI\VIT 'l1IAT A CCNI~'4PT HAS BEEN CXJ.MITl'ED OOl'SIDE OF
TIIE P~ Of' TIIE COORT, THE CXXlRT ~ EX PARl'E CIIDER A CITAT!(ll
ro ISSUE TO TIIE PERSCtl SO OIARGED TO APPF.AR AND SHCM CAUSE AT A TlML
DESIGNA'l'm WHY HE SHALL nor BE PUlllSIIED 'll!DU:FCII. IDiEVER, IN TIIE
CASE IIIERE A PERSal FAILS TO APPE'IR AT A CXXlRT IIEARTh'G AFTER BED«;
CIIDl:lUD TO DO SO BY A PKJl'ERLY EXEx:l1l'ED DXlNENl', EITHER 'll!E COORT
SllA SPQ,ITE C11 Ct! r,m'Ietl, MAY CIIDER Stx:H CITATICtl SUPPCRl'm BY A CXFi
OF '1111!: EXro1l'ED r:x:x:tM:Nr REU)IRING ATl'tNlJ\NCl ' IN LIEU OF TIIE
AFFIDAVIT. TIIE CITATICll AND A cn>Y Of' THE SUPPCI\Tm:; DOC1.NENrS
SHALL BE SERVED UPOI Stx:H PERSCtl A RFJ\SCtW!LE TIME BEFalE THE 'TDIE
DESIGNATED, <JI, IF 'll!E ~ SO OODERS, Wilm TIIE CITATICII IS !!'SUED
C11 ~, A l'IAARANI' Fa\ HIS ARREST 111'.Y ISSUE TO ANY PF.ACE
OFFICER, Stx:H WARRAN!' SHALL FIX THE TIME Fa\ PR:XXX:'l'ICII OF THE
Pl!IISal INl'O COOR'!'. 'll!E COORT SIIALL DIREX:T BY ENXIISDEn' '1llERfnl
TIIE .N,Wlfl' OF BAIL <JI lnll RD;lUIRm. SOCK PERSOO SHALL BE
DISCHAAGID UPOl DELIVERY TO AND I\PPPOJ1\L OF AN'l PEACF. OFFICER <JI
a.ERi< OF A C00RT OF RfXXIID, SO DESIGNATm BY A !'Cl.ICE OIIEF, SHERIFF
C11 JtllX;F; ~ A cnJRT OF REDl1D OF A lnll CDIRESPCIIDm:i TO THE
Ra,•~!t<.'.'!El ~;:; ES'l'N!LISIIED :JY THE COOR'!', IF HE FAILS TO MA1<E lnll, HE
51 ;~1_;. ~1:: : • m aJST(J)Y SI l1lJFX:T TO J\N ooora OF THE COORT.
E. THE l'..v'',JR!' SHALL HEAR EVIDE?a FCR AND l\GI\INST '1llE P~~ CHl\lQD AND
IT MAY FIND HIM GUILTY OF CCNI'IH'T AND BY CIIDER PRJSCF.IBE 'I1IE
PUNISIM'Nl' 'lllEREFOR. TIIE f.lAXIllll PUNISIH.NI' 'l1IAT •.::Al-1 BE IMPOOlll IS
AS IS SE'!' FORTH IN SFx:TIOO 1-4-1 TIHS CODE. HOOEVE!i, IN IMPOSm:i
PUNISHMENI' FOR ONI»IPT 00 l-lINCllS, THE COOR'!' IS ll<.YI' LOOTED TO THE
RESTRICTIONS OF SOCTIOO 1-4-1B OF TliIS CODE Bl1l' CA!~ AlmlDGE
O))lf'Il;E7•1ENI' Ill CXCESS OF FORTY-EIQIT (48) OOURS. ALSO, THE CXXJRT
MAY IMPOSE COSTS OF T'r!E CCN1'FWl' PROCEEI>rn:;5.
F. NO o::N:'!\CT ORllERS PRIOR TO TRIAL.
1 . FC1l ':'!IE PURPOSE OF TliIS SECTICl'l TIIE FCLLCWING DEFINITIOO
APPLIES : NO O::Xll'ACT CIIDER -AN CIIDER ISSUED BY THE JUDGE OF 'l1!E
=.=o MUNICIPAL COORT PRCliIBITD«; A PERSCII FRO! INITIATD«; AN'l
<XNrFCI' WITH m:m1ER PERSOO AT ANY PLACE CR 'l'HRCUiH ANY MEANS
DESIGNATED IN ':'l!E CRDER Fa\ A PERIOO OF TIME DESIGNATED IN THE
CIIDER. IIOOEVrn, A RESTRICTED 00.ll'FCI' C'\N BE PROVIDED FCR IN SOCH
CIIDER UNDER LIMITED m.lDITICllS, TIMES , PLACES , AND CIRCI.MSTANCES.
2. Tl!E ,'TUJX;E OF THE CG.tWXlll MUIHCIPAL COURT MAY, IN HIS
DISCRF:l'IOO FOR CXX)[) C/\USE SllCMN, ISSUE A NO comer CRDER AGAINST
DEFEWANTS llEF'ClRE TRIAL I~ THE ISSUAIIC!l Ol' Stx:H CIIDER IS TO
PROIK'T THE Sllrel'Y OF PERSOIS CR PREVml' DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
3 . THE ,-lllllICIPl\L COURT JUDGE MAY RJX;IUIRE A SURETY lnll TO ENSURE
Tl!Nr SAID DEFDIDAm' SHALL Cl!EY Tt!E NO Olll'ACT CIIDER. UPOI A
VICLATICl.'l OF THE NO CXNI'l\CT CJIDER BY TIIE IEFfKW:r, TIIE C00RT CAN
CIIDER FCRFEITURE OF TIIE BCND.
4. 1'./\Cll VTC1.Jl'rt!ll Clt' T\ NO UN!'I\CT a1nm IS T\ Sl ·3'/\IWl1! (U/11-:Ml'I' Nil
t::Nl Im P\IN!S111-ll /IS 1'110\/lnl•D IN Htff\<;1-X .. "l'l<IN 1-7-2 1-: IIIIM•:.
tnt.roducod, r<'ftd Jn ful I, Md 1~•~•..-d <'n fJr"t ,..,,,<1 .i1•J m t.11<• J rd ,L,y of
/l[ldl, \qeg,
l'llblinh<!d ~s 11 Bill fo,· ,,,, llrdlrumce on th<! 6th cl.'.ly of llprt I, 19119.
Rc,,d by tltlo M11 ,,.,~,:K•d on fln,1\ rc,,dlmJ on too \7lh d,y o( l\pril,
1989,
Pnbli~hro by t t t ic 11s
of 11pril, 1989.
a\iM11Cr. No.d.. s.,rtuA of 1989, on lhc 20lh d.:Jy
· cL«a.dl ~ ~ PatrcaH, crow, City Clerk
I, Pntrlcia II, Crow, City Clerk of the City of ~)1<1lcwood, Colorado,
hcrc,by cc•rtlfy thnt the fri~oinc:i is a tnu, copy of the Urc l i 11,,nr.c p;,sSC'd on
fiMl re11ctinq nnd ,~•bllr-lni by title ,,s Ord\n,,ncc, No. L;L._. S<-ries o f 1989.
~.vt&l-uj
Patricia II. CnM
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COUIICIL COKKUIICATI .01
DATE
April 3, 1989
INITIATED BY
STAFF SOIJllC!
PUVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
None
AOIIIIDA ITIII
II (a)
City Attorney
IIJIJIICT Ordinance regarding
Municipal Court conte11pt powero and
protection agaln■t do11-■tlc violence
,:1:k Da\lltt , City Attorney
-ACTION PllOPOS!D
Amend Section 1-7-2 ot the Englewood Munlcl?al Code relating to Municipal Cour t con-
t empt powers and protection against do11e1tic violence .
BAClGllOUND
In January of 1989 , the Englewood Police Department, the Englewood Municipal Court ,
and t he Englewood Municipal Court' a Proaecutor initiated a formalized progrw
against doL>estic violence which emphulzed the oafety of persons and prote ction of
property . Pr orlty ls given to scheduling court hearings as soon as poas lble after
police arrest ur ticket the defendant . In January of 1989 , twenty-five do110stlc
violence cases were heard, resulting in twenty-nine scheduled hear ing ■. In February
of 1989 , there were thlrty -aeven case ■ re ■ultlng in forty -five court hearings .
Cases involving domestic violence are moat often fraught with bitterness , hate , and
distrus t. There ls a very high potential for v iolence . \lhere the defendant , at the
initial court hearing , pleads not guilty, the judge determlneo whethe r a 'No Con t act
Order• ls required . Such an Order prohibits the defendant from initiating any con-
tact with the vlctl11 at any place or t lllO designated in the Order . At this stage of
the proceeding&, the defendant h preaumed not guilty and the No Contact Order ls
enforceable through the Court' a conteapt powers .
Recently a ,•afendant who dhobeyed ■uch II No Contact Order vldted the victim'•
residence and was arrested by the police . He a ■1aulted the police of ficer ,luring
t h• arrest . This defendant was charged with a felony and the whole domestic vio-A lence case was incorporated in the Dhtrlct Court . The Municipal Court Judge opined W th<t without a grant of euti,ority by ordinance, he waa without jurhdictlun t o en-
force a No Cont ,a.c t Order pr ior to conviction without a aubstantive offen1e also
•
b ■ing b oforo the Court (e.g . a ■■o11lt). In doae1tic violence ca111 , time 1 ■ of the
H ■-nca a nd an enforceable No Contact Order in advance of a clatal'llination of a do-
fondant • o guilt 1 ■ requi red to protect livaa and property . Thi ■ propoaed ordinance
1 ■ cla ■igned to acc011pU ■h thi ■.
No financial i■pact 1 ■ ■een with the adoption of thi ■ ordinance .
ll!COIIIIEIIDATION
Reco-end that the City Collftcil adopt thi ■ ordinance .