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ORDINANCE NO. 12
(Series of 1976)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ASPEN CRIMINAL CODE BY THE ADDITION
OF SECTION 13-74 THERETO REQUIRING THAT ALL OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL
HEATED SWIMMING AND THERAPY POOLS BE COVERED WITH INSULATED COVERS
BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER AND MAY EXCEPT DURING THE HOURS OF
3:00 P.M. and t1::00 P.M. DAILY AND DURING TIMES OF ACTUAL INTENSE
USE; DECLARING THAT A CONVICTION FOR VIOLATING SUCH SECTION WILL
SUBJECT THE VIOLATOR TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING THREE HUNDRED ($300.00)
DOLLARS OR NINETY (90) DAYS IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND
IMPRISONMENT; FURTHER AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION
OF SECTION 23-24 WHICH AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ELECTRIC
DEPARTMENT TO TERMINATE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS WHO HEAT SUCH
POOLS WITH ELECTRIC POWER AND FAIL TO ABIDE BY THE PROHIBITIONS OF
SECTION 13-74
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council has evidenced consider-
able concern over the need for conservation of natural resources,
and recurring shortages in natural gas and electricity supplies
often leading to denials of new service and increasing curtail-
ment of utility services to uninterruptible customers, and
WHEREAS, the members of the Council have become aware
of the habit of local pool owners of leaving recreational heated
and therapy pools uncovered for extended periods of time, and
determine this practice to be a wasteful consumption of energy
and contrary to the public interest, and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to attempt to curtail the
practice by imposing criminal sanctions and authorizing termination
of City electric service when electricity supplied is used in this
manner,
COLORADO:
Section 1
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ASPEN,
is hereby amended by adding a section which section reads as
That the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado,
follows:
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Section 13-74 Covering Heated Swimming Pools
Ail outdoor recreational heated swimming and
therapy pools shall be covered with insulated
coverings at all times between October 1st
and May 1st except during the hours of 3:00 P.~.
andl~00 P.M. daily and during times of actual
intense use.
Section 2
That the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado,
is hereby amended by adding a section which section reads as follows:
Section 23-24 Termination on Wasteful Use
In the event the superintendent of the electric
department shall determine that any electric
customer has failed to abide by the prohibitions
of Section 13-74, whether or not convicted of the
same, he shall notify such customer that continu-
ed consumption of electricity for such purposes
shall subject him to discontinuance of service;
and upon continued consumption of electrical
power for such purposes by any customer so
notified, the superintendent shall discontinue
electrical service.
Section 3
If any provision of this ordinance or the application there-
of to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance
which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications,
and to this end the provisions or applications of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 4
A public hearing on this ordinance shall be held on the
22nd day of March, 1976, at 5:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers,
Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law
by the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at its regular
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meeting held the 8th day of March, 1976.
ATTEST:
kATHRYN ~. iTAUTER, CITY CLERK
1976.
ATTE ST:
TER, CITY CLERK
FINALLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED ON
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF PITKIN )
ss. CERTIFICATE
I, Kathryn S. Hauter, City Clerk of Aspen,
Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
ordinance was introduced, read in full, and passed on
reading at a regular meeting of the
CitY Council of the City of Aspen on ~Z~ ~
197 ~, and published in the Aspen Times, a weekly newspaper
of general circulation, published in the City of Aspen,
Colorado, in its issue of ~.~-~g2_~.~ /~ ~ , 197___~,
and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting
of the City Council on ~z%A~d~_
and ordered published as Ordinance No.
197__~, of said City, as provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
and the seal of said City of Aspen,
, 197~,
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set my hand
Colorado, this ~.~-~
~auter
City Clerk