HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.007-05 RESOLUTION NO. ~_ (Series of 2005)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
REFERRING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ASPEN A CERTAIN CITIZEN
INITIATED ORDINANCE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "CITIZEN
ANNEXATION ORDINANCE."
WHEREAS, an initiated petition for a proposed ordinance, commonly referred to as
the "Citizen Annexation Ordinance," has been turned into the City Clerk, the sunnnary of
which reads as follows:
The City shall not enter into or perform a pre-annexation or annexation agreement
or adopt an annexation ordinance that waives any land use requirements or
assures the development outcome for the land proposed for annexation, or which
waives or assumes the costs of the landowner for development impact mitigation
or for annexation or land use reviews, or which waives the rights of its citizens to
seek enforcement of land use violations, or which provides the City shall defend
any such enforcement actions.
WHEREAS, the City Clerk of the City of Aspen has determined that said initiative
petition is sufficient within the meaning of Article 5 of the Aspen City Charter; and
WHEREAS, after due deliberation and review, the City Council has decided to not
adopt the initiative petition as its own in accordance with Section 31-11-104, C.R.S.; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Charter requires the City Council to submit any such
initiated measure to the electors of the City of Aspen.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1.
The proposed ordinance, in the form petitioned for, shall be referred to the
registered electors of the City of Aspen at the municipal election to be held on May 3,
2005.
Section 2.
The City Clerk shall publish the proposed ordinance as other ordinances are
published.
Section 3.
The City Attorney shall prepare a resolution setting forth a ballot title for said
proposed ordinance for City Council consideration at its next regularly scheduled meeting
at which time the City Council shall fix the ballot title for said proposed ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen on
the~ dayof~ ~
., 2005.
Mayor
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a
true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held on the day hereinabove stated.
l~athryn S. Koch~iiy Clerl~
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