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Home My WebLink About1992 Ordinance No. 043ORDINAN CE No .i..3 SE RI ES OF 1992 BY AUTHOR ITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 40 INTRODU CEZZ~ _P.tOUNCIL MEMBER 4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 6F, SECT IONS 3 A, 4, 5, AND 9 C, OF THE ENG LEWOOD MU NICIPAL CODE 1985, WHICH INC REASES THE AMOUNT OF MONETARY JURISDICTIO N. WHEREAS , th e Co lorado legi slatu re increase d the mi sdemeanor monetary j ur isdiction fr om less than three hundred dollars lo less than four hundred dollars on certain offtnses invo]vi ng prop!rt.y : and WHEREAS , those offens es in the amount of fou r hundred doll a r s or mor e ar e fel oni es and bey ond t he Municipal Court's jurisdiction; and WHERE AS, it enh ances th e health , welfar e, and safety of the citizens of Englewood lo ra ise the monetary jurisdictional limits on th e offenses of shoplifting, petty theft., pri ce switch ing, and fra ud by check ordinan~es; NOW , THE REFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOL JWS: &l:tiw. Title 7, Chapter 6F, Section 3A SHOPLIFTING is h ereby amended to read as follows : 7-6F-3 : SHOPLIFTING: A. Offense Stated . It shall be unlawful for an y person lo ·.vi llfully obtain unpurchaaed goods, wares or merc handi se ow ned or held by and offered or displaye d for sale by any store or other mercanti le est.a bUs hm ent with an intent to avoid paymen t., which good s, wa res or merch a ndi se hav e a totol valu e oi:e.ss than thr ee houdr ed dollars ($388.8 8). FOUR HUND RED DOLLARS ($40 0.00). Th e fa ct of obtai nin g unpurchased good s with ,m int ent to ovoid payment may be sh own by conceal men t ofth(; goocis on one's person or oth e rw ise, whether en or off th e pr emise s or by some othe r condu cl of a pe rso n which evidences such intent to avoid paym e nl. 5.e.tJ.il2D..l. Ti tl e 7, Chapter 6F, Section 4 PETTY THEF'l' is hereby amended to read as foll ows : 7-6F-4: PETTY THEFT : It sh .I be un la wful for any pe r so n kn owingly lo obtain or exerci se con trol ove r a nything of t he value of less than lhrtt-1,Ufldr ed dollars (g388.00) FOU R HUKDRED DOLLARS ($400 .00 ) of an other w;•.ho ut authorizatio n or by th ren t or dec ept ion, or knowing soid thing of surh valu e to have been stol e n, wh en the pnson who so obt ain ed or e xe rc,ses control o,•er such thing of such vnlu e: A . Int end s to deprive such other per so n perma nentl y of the use or benefit of such th ing of ·,o lu e: or B. Knowingly uses, conceal s or abandons such thing of valu e as to depriv e such other pe rson perman enlly of th e use or ben efit of the sa me; or C . Deman ds an y co nsideration to which suc h person is not lega ll . entitled as a co ndition of restoring such thing of valu e to such othe r person. Sw.ilw...a. Title 7, Chapter 6F, Section 5 PRICE SW ITCHING is hereby am ended to rend as fo ll ows : 7-6F-5 : PRI CE SWITC HI NG: It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully a lter , rem ove or switch the ind icated price of any unpurche se d goo ds, wares or merchandi se owned or held by •nd offered or di s played for sale by any store or other mercantile establishment, wi Ut th e intent to defraud such st.o re or mercan ti le establi shment; pN>vid ed , h owever, t hat this Section shall not apply to goods, wares or merchandise of a value of tl,,tt huttd.ed--dolttlrs ($3ij8 ,88l FO UR HUNDRED DOLLAJlS ($40 0.00) or more. Sw.i.lm..i,. Tille 7, Chapter 6F, Section 9C BAD CH.F.CK,<; is hereby amended to read as foll ows : 7-6F-9: BAD CHECKS: C. Offen se Enumerated. It is a vi olation of this Section, punishable as provided in Engl ewood Municipal Code Section 1-4 -1, for a person to issue or to pall a check for the payment of money less than tl,ree hm,dred dollero ($388.88) FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAJlS ($4 00.00) knowing that :.he issuer doe s not h ave sufficie nt fund s in or on deposit with the drawee tbr the payment in full of the ch eck or order ils well a s all other ch ecks outstanding at th e ti me of issuance. Introduced, read in full , and passed on first rending on th e 5th of October, 1992 . Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 8th day of October , 1992. Read by title and passed oo fi nal reading on the 19th day of October, 1992 . Publi shed by Lille as Ordi n an ce No . ':E, S ories of 1992, on the 22nd day of October, 1992 . ~-~&_!lef ~ Crow , City Clerk _ [') 0..1!, L 1, ~ ___ : ...;_ ciT,E w;.~r I, Patricio H. Crow , City Clerk of th e City of Englewood , Colorado , h ereby certify !hat th e ab ove and fo rego in g is a ~ff copy of the Ordinance passed on fin al rending and p,1t>li soed by title as Ordinance No .-z:2_, Series of 1992 . I /"4 . '/ ' __ "L_({_{_(..'{Li,._/,,-dt:. __ ':;J_( ( Patri cia H. Cro w 2 COUNCIL COMMUNICATION Date October 5 , 1992 INITIATED BY STAFF SOURCE Agenda Item 11 c City Attorn ey's Office Rick DeWitt. City Attorney ISSUE / ACTION PROPOSED Subject Ordlnance Increasing property value ltmJts. The City Attorney's Office seeks Council approval for a Bill for an Ordlnance Increasing the l1rnlt on property value misdemeanors . ThJs proposed ordlnance will bring Englewood's current legis lation on thJs Issue Into agreement wtth recently passed State legJsl ation . PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION None. BACKGROUND h, t11 e last State Legislative session . the l1rnlt on property val u e misdemeanors was r aise d fro m S300 to $400. In ot11er words . the theft of an Item valued at more than S400 would be considered a felony : an Item less t11an S400 would be considered a misdemeanor. Since Englewood 's MunJclpal Court can hear misdemeanors , but not felonJ es . any Engl ewood office r Involved In a t11eft of tills nature wo uld have t o trave l to Arapal1oe Co unty Court to testify. STAFF ANALYSIS Our r ec or ds s how t h a t for the fir s t sLx m onths of 1992 . 269 thefts of thJs n ature occurred (an average of 38 per montl1 ): during tll e first six months of 1991 , 4 I 8 thefts oc curred (an average of 60 per montl1 ). In Co unty Court cases wher e an office r 's testimony Is n ec essary. a substantial amount of Ills /h er time Is spe nt walling to t estify . Currently In MunJclpal Cow· . wr. place the officers "on call " to testify. Thls means that an offJccr can co ntinue wtth r egular patrol and only nee ds to appear ln court A when hJs/her t estimony ls necessary. W Without this proposed ordinance change, offJ cer s would need tc, travel to Arapal10 e Co unty Court to testify In theft cases over S300. Our offi ce rs would s pend a substantial amount of time traveUng and waJting to testify. ThJ s ts tln1e our offi ce rs could be on patrol tn Englewoo d tf tl1e cases were heard In Mun.t ctpal Court. nNANCIAL We anticipate a modest beneficial financial Impact as a r es ult of tills orc!Jn ance . It would mean better use of our officers· ttme , t11ereby decreasing t11 e cost for officers to enforce Englewood 's laws .