HomeMy WebLinkAbout063 - 06/07/2011 - MAKING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 3 OF THE CITY CODE GOVERNING COUNCIL E ORDINANCE NO. 063, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 3
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
GOVERNING COUNCIL ELECTION DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, the Council submitted to the registered electors of the City an amendment to
Article II,Section 1 of the City Charter concerning Council district boundaries pursuant to Ordinance
No. 011, 2011 (the "Charter Amendment"); and
WHEREAS,the registered electors of the City approved the Charter Amendment during the
April 5, 2011 regular municipal election; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 1(c) of the City Code now calls for the City Council to
establish by ordinance the process for adjusting district boundaries and giving notice of any proposed
boundary changes and the manner of protesting such proposed changes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 7-87 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 7-87. Redistricting; notice.
(a) The City Council shall, by ordinance, amend the boundaries of the
foregoing districts as necessary to comply with the provisions of Article II, Section
l(c) of the Charter. The City Clerk shall cause to be published twice, in a local
newspaper of general circulation in the City,notice of the date,time and place of the
City Council's consideration of any such redistricting ordinance.The first such notice
shall be published no less than fourteen(14)days prior to the date of first hearing of
the redistricting ordinance,and the second notice shall be published no less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the first reading of the same.
(b) Not less than one (1) year after the official decennial publication of the
United States Census concerning the population of the City of Fort Collins, the City
Clerk shall recommend to the City Council any district boundary changes necessary
to ensure that, to the extent reasonably possible, there is no more than a ten (10)
percent deviation between the most populous and the least populous District.
(c) Not less than once every five (5) years after making the determination
required under Subsection (b) above, the City Clerk shall again review the district
boundaries to determine whether the maximum deviation between the most populous
and the least populous district meets the standard described in subsection(b)above.
If the standard in subsection(b)above is not met,the City Clerk shall recommend to
the City Council any district boundary changes necessary to ensure that the districts
conform to such standard.
(d) Any changes to district boundaries shall be established by ordinance no
less than one hundred twenty (120) days before a regular municipal election.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
May, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of June, A.D. 2011.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of June, A.D. 2011.
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