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o-8735 1st rdg emergency Supp 165

Special Meeting, Downtown Commercial District Meeting, and Knollwood Metropolitan District Meeting, January 8, 2026 · item 4I: Introduction and consideration of a motion to order published by title only and adopt by emergency measure Ordinance 8735 adopting Supplemen… · 4 pages

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ORDINANCE 8735

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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING SUPPLEMENT 165, WHICH CODIFIES PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ORDINANCES, APPENDIX COUNCIL PROCEDURES, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CORRECTIONS AND AMENDMENTS, AS AMENDMENTS TO THE BOULDER REVISED CODE, 1981; AND SETTING FORTH RELATED DETAILS.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO: Section 1. Legislative Findings. A.

Supplement 165 amending the Boulder Revised Code, 1981 (“B.R.C. 1981”) has been

printed. B.

The city council intends that this supplement be codified and published as a part of the

B.R.C. 1981. C.

Supplement 165 to the B.R.C. 1981 is a part of this ordinance and contains all of the

amendments to the B.R.C. 1981 enacted by the city council in Ordinances 8710, 8711,8715, 8716, 8717, 8718, 8726, Appendix Council Procedure, and other miscellaneous corrections and amendments. The city council intends to adopt this supplement as an amendment to the B.R.C. 1981. D.

The ordinances contained in Supplement 165 are available in printed copy to each

member of the city council of the City of Boulder, Colorado, and the published text of the supplement, along with the text of those changes, is available for public inspection and acquisition in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Boulder, in the Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado. Section 2. The city council adopts Supplement 165 by this reference. Section 3. The city council orders that a copy of Supplement 165 as proposed for adoption by reference herein be on file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Boulder, Colorado, Penfield Tate II Building, 1777 Broadway, City of Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, and may be inspected by any person during regular business hours pending the adoption of this ordinance.

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Section 4. The annotations, source notes, codifier’s notes, and other editorial matter included in

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the printed B.R.C. 1981 are not part of the legislative text. These editorial provisions are provided to

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give the public additional information for added convenience. No implication or presumption of a

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legislative construction is to be drawn from these materials. Section 5. The B.R.C. 1981, or any chapter or section of it, may be proved by a copy certified by

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the city clerk of the City of Boulder, under seal of the city; or, when printed in book or pamphlet form

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and purporting to be printed by authority of the city. It shall be received in evidence in all courts

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without further proof of the existence and regularity of the enactment of any particular ordinance of the

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B.R.C. 1981. Section 6. These provisions of the B.R.C. 1981 shall be given effect and interpreted as though a

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continuation of prior laws and not as new enactments.

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Section 7. Unless expressly provided otherwise, any violation of the provisions of the B.R.C.

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1981, as supplemented herein, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or

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incarceration for not more than ninety days in jail, or by both such fine and incarceration, as provided in

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Section 5-2-4, “General Penalties,” B.R.C. 1981. Section 8. Section 4-20-28, “Monthly Wastewater User Charges,” B.R.C. 1981, is amended to

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read as follows:

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4-20-28. Monthly Wastewater User Charges.

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(b)

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Quantity charge: (1)

Average strength sewage (as defined in Section 11-3-3, B.R.C. 1981):

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Quantity

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Per 1,000 gallons of billable usage

Inside City $8.86

Outside City $13.29

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Section 9. Section 4-20-62, “Capital Facility Impact Fee,” B.R.C. 1981, is amended to read as

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follows:

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4-20-62. Capital Facility Impact Fee.

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(a)

Impact Fee Rate: No person engaged in nonresidential or residential development in the city

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shall fail to pay a development impact fee. Fees shall be assessed and collected according to the

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standards of Chapter 8-9, "Capital Facility Impact Fee," B.R.C. 1981, and the following rates: Table 1: Residential Impact Fee Rates per Dwelling Unit

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… 3600 and above

$9,063 $8,550

$278 $262

$884 $834

$737 $695

$657 $620

$351 $331

$11,970 $11,292

… Section 10. This ordinance is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the city, and covers matters of local concern. Section11. The city council finds this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, safety and property. The printed supplements cannot be distributed until the adopting ordinance is effective. The city's laws should be current and readily available to the residents of Boulder as soon as possible. On that basis, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect upon its passage.

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Section 12.

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READ ON FIRST READING, PASSED, ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY

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MEASURE BY TWO-THIRDS COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED

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BY TITLE ONLY this 8th day of January 2026.

4 ____________________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor

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Attest: ______________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk

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