Attachment A - Proposed 1st rdg emergencyOrdinance 8786

Regular Meeting, October 15, 2026 · item 4J: Introduction and consideration of a motion to order published by title only and adopt by emergency measure Ordinance 8786 adopting Supplemen… · 3 pages

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ORDINANCE 8786

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING SUPPLEMENT 168, WHICH CODIFIES PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ORDINANCES 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 168 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 168 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 8731, 8740, 8743, 8745, 8748, 8751, 8752, 8757 and 8773. The city council intends to adopt this supplement as an amendment to the B.R.C. 1981. D.

The ordinances contained in Supplement 168 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 168 by this reference. Section 3. The City Council orders that a copy of Supplement 168 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B.R.C. 1981.

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Section 6. These provisions of the B.R.C. 1981 shall be given effect and interpreted as though a continuation of prior laws and not as new enactments.

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

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

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

Section 5-2-4, “General Penalties,” B.R.C. 1981.

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Section 8. This ordinance is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the city, and covers matters of local concern. Section 9. 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 10. READ ON FIRST READING, PASSED, ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY

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MEASURE BY TWO-THIRDS COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED

BY TITLE ONLY this 15th day of October 2026.

4 ____________________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor

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Attest: ______________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk

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