ORDINANCE NO. 2397

AMENDING THE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION BY ADDING A DEFINITION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT REHABILITATION CENTER

WHEREAS, the Zoning and Development Code of the City of Grand Junction does not contain a definition for a Law Enforcement Rehabilitation Center; and

WHEREAS, the term Law Enforcement Rehabilitation Center is used in the Use Zone Matrix Section 4-3-4, and therefore a definition of said term is required;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

That Chapter 13 of the Zoning and Development Code is hereby amended by adding the definition of Law Enforcement Rehabilitation Center to read as follows:

"A facility operated under the direction of a law enforcement agency, whose primary purpose is the rehabilitation of adults (18 years of age or older) convicted of criminal offenses(s). A center may include living quarters, in-house counselling services and education facilities. Residents of such a center may not necessarily be kept confined, but shall be under twenty-four hour supervision."

PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of September, 1988.

John W. Bennett

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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. 2397, 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 17th day of August, 1988, 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 8th day of September, 1988.

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

City Clerk

Published: August 19, 1988

Published: September 9, 1988

Effective: October 9, 1988