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ORDINANCE NO. 'i2._
SERIES OF 2008
BY AUT HORITY
COUNC IL BILL NO . 5 1
IN rRODUCED BY COUNC IL
MEMBER MOORE
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OR MORATORIUM ON
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ''ROOMING OR BOARDING HOUSE " USES .
WHEREAS , it ha s been brought to Council's auenti on that the current Uniform Development
Code doe) 0 0 1 adeq uatel y define or limit ''Rooming or Boarding House" uses; and
WHEREAS, the stated purpos e of resi dential di stri cts in Ti tle 16, the prior Code was to
"prohibit all activities of a general commercial nature except certai n reg istered home occupations
which are contro ll ed by specific limitations"; and
WHEREAS , with the implementation of the Uniform Development Code, the definition nf
"Roomi ng or Boarding House" was omi tted and the term was inadvertently added to the
definition of large and sma: · group homes . This ha s crea ted a conflict with the stated purr ·se of
residential district s; and
WHEREAS, City Council has directed staff 10 review and revise. if necessary, the provisions
regarding "rooming or boarding hou ses"; and
WHEREAS . staff will need suffi cient time to review and coordinate the provisions relating to
"rooming or boarding houses" in the Code: and
WHEREAS , Ci ty Counci l deems it necessary 10 coord ina te th e re view of th e Uniform
Development Code and finds it appropriate to prohibit the estab li shment of new "rooming or
boardi ng hou ses " in the City until the re view by the staff and Ci ty Co uncil ; and
WHEREAS , in order for the City to comply with equal protection issues, the morat ori um or
temporary suspension mu st apply to all zone district s unless specifi c exemptions can be
legi timate ly set forth due 10 a findin g that a particular zone district sho uld be excluded ; and
WHEREAS, the revis ions to the Uniform Development Code and the upd ati ng of the uses
allowed in all zone district s will help pro tect the pub lic health , sa fety and welfare by preserv in g a
sa fe , healthy. and so und en vironm ent within the City ; and
WHEREAS, the citizen s of Englewood and the Cit y Co un ci l ha ve determined th at further
revi sions to the Unifonn Development l.xle are necessary to promote , coordi nat e, and
implement a high quality plan to produ ce we ll bala nced zonin g in the City; and
WHEREAS , the current listing of uses is not meeting the above criteria ; and
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WHEREAS. the Eng lewood Cit y Co uncil established a mora torium or temporary suspen sion •
of th e estab li shment of all new ··roo min g or boardin g house·· uses necessary to implement 1h e
re visions to th e Uni fon n Deve lopment Code by the pas sa ge of Ordina nce No . 23 , Series of 200 8:
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\VHEREAS. th e Englewood Ciry Counci l desires an ex tension of the mora torium through
December I, 200 8 to provide addi ti onal time 10 complete the ndop tion process for amendments
to Ti tl e 16 of th e Eng lewood Municipa l Code including an updated definit ion and use-specific
standa rd s fo r boardi ng or room in g houses use.
NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CIT Y COUNCIL OF TH E CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD , COLO RADO .
Section I, The City Counci l of the City of Englewood. find s th at the curr ,nt morat orium or
temporary suspe nsion of the establis hm ent of all new "rooming or board int; ho use" uses shall be
extended to December I , 2008,
Sec ti on 2. Said moratorium or ternporaI)' suspens ion shall be fo r all new "roo ming or
boa rdi ng house'' uses wi thin the Ci ty of Englewood.
Section 3. The Ci ty Co un cil finds th e pro visions of thi s Ordinance are temporary in nature
and are intended to be repl aced by subs equent legis lati ve enactment so th at the mora tori um or
temporary suspension as spec ified in thi s Ordinance sha ll tenninate on December I. 2008 .
Introduced , read in full , and passed on first readi ng on th e 4th day of Augus t, 2008 .
Publis hed as a Bill for an Ordin ance in the City 's officia l newspaper on the 8° day of AUb'IISt.
2008 .
Published as a Bill for an Ordina nce on the Cit y's officia l websi te beginni ng on the 6t h day of
August, 2008 for thiny (30) days.
Read by titl e and pas sed on final readi ng on th e 18th day of Augu st, 2008.
Published by titl e in the Cit y's officia l newspape r as Ordina nce No. t//.. Series of 2008, on
th e 22 nd day of Augu st. 2008 .
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. Elli s. City Clerk
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• I. Lou cri sh ia A. Elli s. Ci 1y Cle rk of 1hc Cil y of Eng lewood, Co lorndo, hereby ce rtify 1ha1 1hc
above nnd foregoi ng is lFJ: copy of 1he Ordmance passed on fin r admg •~.a publi shed by
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COUNC1l COMMUNICATION
Date : Agenda ll em: Subject:
August 4, 2008 11 a i Extensi o n of Temporary vloral oliu m on th e
Es tab lis'1ment of Rw rn !•,; or Boa rding H ouses
Initiated By: I Si~ff s~urce:
Community D evelopment D epartm ent ·t ric ia Lango n, Se nio r Pl ann er
COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIi. ACTlu •~
City Coun c il approved Em erge ncy O rdin ance 23 , Se ries of 2008, on May 5, 2008. Th e morato rium
es tablish ed a tempo ra ry suspensi on on th e es tablishm ent of new rooming or b oa rdin g houses in th e
City . The m oratorium is sc heduled to ex pire on Sept ember 28, 2008.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Staff reco mmends th at City Coun ci l approve an ex tensi o n of the moratorium through D ece mber 1,
2008. This reques t provides additi onal tim e to compl ete th e ado ption proce ss for am endments to
Titl e 16 : Unified D evelop n-,en t Code (UD C) or th e Engl ewo od Munlcip.l Code in cl uding an
updated definiti on and us e-s peci fi c standard s fo r boarding o r rooming hc use use.
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIV(S IDENTIFIED
Em e•gency Ordinance 23 , Se ri es of 200 8, prop ose d a six rn o ,,th m oratorium o n new b oardin g or
rooming ho use s in th e City. H owever th e Ordinance was w ritten and app roved as foll 1Jw s:
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT OR D AINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE C!TY OF
ENGLEWOOD, COLORAD O , TH AT A MORATORIUM OR TEMPORARY SUSP ENSION
OF ALL NEW "ROOMING O R BOARDING HOUSE" U SES FROM APRIL 28, 2008 TO
SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 SH ALL BE ESTABLI SHED .
As approved, th e Em ergency Ordin ance all owed onl y five m onths t o prepa re and co mplete th e
UDC amendments . Th e dates of th e Ordinance should have read "Ap ril 28, 20 08 to~ 28,
2008" to coord ina te w ith th e intended six m onth tim e pe: ro d. Th e ordin ance adoptio n p rocess
bega n w ith th e Commiss ion publi c h earin g on Jul y 22, 2008. Th e process c ontinues as foll ows :
08-05 Commiss ion consi dera ti on of public hear ing Minutes and Findin gs of Fac t
08-18 1" Rea ding
09-0 2 Public H ea ri ng
09-1 5 2'~ Rea din g
09-1 7 W eb Pu bli cati on (09-19 news pap er p t:oli cati on)
102 0 Effec ti ve Date (foll ow i.ig 30 da y referendu n r peri od fro m public ation date)
W ith o ut th e ex tension, th e mo ratorium w ill exp ire prior to th e effective date of th e propose d UDC •
amendme11ts.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
N o financi al impacts are identified .
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
Bill for Ordinance
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