ORDINANCE NO. 2079

PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR LANDSCAPING AND OTHER AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS AND FOR IMPROVEMENT PLANNING.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

1. That the opening paragraph of Section 18-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

"Section 18-4. Organization of Districts.

The Council may, in districts to be prescribed, order the paving, grading, curbing, guttering and otherwise improving the whole or any part or parts of any street or streets, alley or alleys, or streets and alleys, in the city, or any combination of said improvements, including the reconstruction, replacement, renewal or extension of the same and also including necessary grades, crosswalks, culverts, drains, readjusting manholes and catch basins, connections with existing water mains and such other incidentals, including incidental storm sewers, in the case of paving; said improvements may also consist of any local improvement (and renewals or extensions thereof) which benefits the land abutting on such improvements, such as sidewalks, water mains or the necessary construction and appliances for the installation of artificial lighting. Said improvements may also consist of the construction of sewers, sewage disposal works and renewals or extensions thereof, and such other public works as may be considered necessary and authorized by the City Council; and the Council may thereafter, under the conditions herein prescribed, do such further grading as may be necessary in paving or otherwise improving the same area. THE TERM "LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE CREATION OF DISTRICTS FOR THE PROVIDING OF LANDSCAPING AND BEAUTIFICATION OF AN AREA OR AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR FOR THE PROVIDING OF OTHER AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS. THE COUNCIL MAY ALSO CREATE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT WITH THE SUBSEQUENT FORMATION OF SMALLER SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO ACCOMPLISH SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS PERMITTED BY THIS ORDINANCE. IN SETTING UP A DISTRICT THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING:"

2. Subsections (a) through (i) of said Section 18-4 remain the same as they now are.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 1982.

Louis R. Brach

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President of the Council

Attest:

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2079, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 1st day of September, 1982, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 16th day of September, 1982.

Neva B. Lockhart

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Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

City Clerk

Published: September 3, 1982

Final Publication: September 17, 1982

Effective: October 17, 1982