HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.010-68RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
100 Leaves
RESOLUTION
So. ~
Series o~968
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City
of Aspen, Colorado are charged with the preservation of the
public peace, health and safety;
AND WHEREAS, the Colorado State Statutes (C-139-
32-1 relating to Public Health) require the City Council
"to do all acts and make all regulations which may be neces-
sary or expedient for the promotion of health of the suppres-
sion of disease";
AND WHEREAS, the Master Plan adopted by the City
of Aspen sets forth the following criteria relating to the
purpose of the plan;
As the growth of the City of Aspen "occurs it should
be oriented to promote the health, safety and welfare of the
people .... "
" .... the adequate provision of public utilities
and other public requirements";
AND WHEREAS, recent reports from the Colorado State
Department of Public Health indicate the overloaded condition
of the Aspen Sanitation Plant is resulting in a sewer effluent
which fails to meet the standards set by the Colorado Water
Pollution Control Commission;
AND WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado is obligated by statutory requirement and by its own
concern for the continued preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of the citizens of Aspen;
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
100 Leaves
AND WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council
in cooperation with the Aspen Sanitation District to take
whatever action necessary first to eliminate additional load
on the present plant and finally to assist in the solution
of the overall sewage disposal problem;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
City of Aspen, Colorado that the City Council for the City
of Aspen, Colorado does hereby lend and pledge its support
to protect the public health by preventing an increase in
stream pollution by restricting the issuance of building
permits that would cause additional load to be placed on the
already overloaded facilities of the Aspen Sanitation District.
This moratorium shall be in full force and effect
so long as the Public Health is in serious jeopardy through
insufficient treatment at the Aspen Sanitation District plant
as may be as determinted by the City Council.
Dated this _U~J day of ~ , 1968.
MAYOR
I, Lorraine Graves, do hereby certify that the fore-
going is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by
the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado at a regular
meeting held on the ~ day of ~[ ~68~ J
WITNESS my hand and seal of h' ~
day of ~ : 1968.
CITY CLERK
N.° 68