HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025 Ordinance No. 018
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ORDINANCE COUNCIL BILL NO. 15
NO. 18 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
SERIES OF 2025 MEMBER PRANGE
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CITY’S APPLICATION TO
BECOME A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE CERTFIED LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF
COLORADO
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood enacted Ordinance No. 46 Series of 2023 on the 25th
day of September, 2023, which included a new Title 16, Chapter 12, Historic Preservation,
to preserve and protect the City’s historic buildings, structures, sites, landscapes and
objects and make recommendations to City Council regarding such structures; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood has established a Historic Preservation Commission
of interested and professional citizens to identify, designate, preserve, protect and promote
the City's history as exhibited by the historic built environment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood has determined that a system of survey and inventory
of the historic built environment is an important tool for future planning; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood wishes to foster public participation in its historic
preservation activities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood believes that the Certified Local Government Program
of the National Park Service and History Colorado provides support and guidance in
meeting its local historic preservation goals, and qualifies those within the City of
Englewood to receive funding to support those goals; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood, Colorado is authorized under Article XIV, Section 18
of the Colorado Constitution and the Colorado Intergovernmental Relationships Act,
C.R.S. § 29-1-201, et seq., to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other
governmental entities to provide cooperative and coordinated services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Englewood Home Rule Charter Section 79, such agreements shall
be approved by ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Authority to apply for, and enter into, Certified Local
Government Agreement. Pursuant to and in accordance with the State Constitution,
the Enabling Laws and this Ordinance, City Council hereby approves and authorizes the
City of Englewood to submit an application for, and request designation as, a Certified
Local Government, and to execute the Local Government Certification Agreement with
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the State of Colorado/History Colorado. The Agreement shall be in substantially the
same form as that attached hereto.
Section 2. General Provisions Applicable to this Ordinance. The following
general provisions and findings are applicable to the interpretation and application of this
Ordinance:
A. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a
court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or
invalidate the remainder of this Ordinance or its application to other persons or
circumstances.
B. Inconsistent Ordinances. All other Ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or
conflicting with this Ordinance or any portion hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency or conflict.
C. Effect of repeal or modification. The repeal or modification of any provision of
the Code of the City of Englewood by this Ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter,
modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or
criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall
be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purposes of sustaining any and all
proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the enforcement of the penalty,
forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or
order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings,
or prosecutions.
D. Safety Clauses. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this
Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of Englewood, that
it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that this Ordinance
is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public
convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the Ordinance bears a
rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be obtained. This Safety Clause
is not intended to affect a Citizen right to challenge this Ordinance through referendum
pursuant to City of Englewood Charter 47.
E. Publication. Publication of this Ordinance may be in the City’s official
newspaper, the City’s official website, or both. Publication shall be effective upon the
first publication by either authorized method.
F. Actions Authorized to Effectuate this Ordinance. The Mayor is hereby authorized
and directed to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the approval authorized by
this Ordinance, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to such
execution by the Mayor where necessary. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro
Tem is hereby authorized to execute the above-referenced documents. The execution of
any documents by said officials shall be conclusive evidence of the approval by the City
of such documents in accordance with the terms thereof and this Ordinance. City staff is
further authorized to take additional actions as may be necessary to implement the
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provisions of this Ordinance, and has authority to correct formatting and/or typographical
errors discovered during codification.
Introduced and passed on first reading on the 7th day of April, 2025; and on second
reading, in identical form to the first reading, on the 21st day of April, 2025.
Othoniel Sierra, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk
I, Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an Ordinance, introduced and passed in
identical form on first and second reading on the dates indicated above; and published
two days after each passage on the City’s official website for at least thirty (30) days
thereafter. The Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after first publication
on the City’s official website.
Stephanie Carlile
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