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TOWN OF FRASER
ORDINANCE NO. 447
Series 2017
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13 ARTICLE 2 OF THE FRASER CODE.
WHEREAS; Ordinance 436 effected amendments to the Plant Investment Fee Schedule and
included a new “Availability of Service Fee,” and
WHEREAS, staff has determined that implementing the fee presents inequities given the
variety of zoning categories, lot sizes and types, and access to infrastructure, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board finds that implementation of the fee at this time is not in the best
interests of the community.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF
FRASER, COLORADO, THAT:
PART 1: ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO TOWN CODE.
Section 13-2-250(7) Vacant platted residential lots shall be assessed an availability of
service fee which shall be five percent (5%) of the base service fee IS HEREBY REPEALED.
PART 2: PENALTY CLAUSES. The following section of the Code of the Town of Fraser,
Colorado, contains penalty clauses applicable to violations of this Ordinance, and such section is
herewith set forth in full and hereby enacted:
Sec. 1-4-10. General penalty for violation.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate, disobey, omit, neglect, refuse or fail to comply with or
resist the enforcement of any provision of this Code; and where no specific penalty is provided
therefor, the violation of any provision of this Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two
thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($2,650.00), by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one (1)
year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation continues shall be
considered a separate offense.
PART 3: REPEAL. Any and all existing ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of Fraser
covering the same matters as embraced in this Ordinance are hereby repealed and all ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed; provided,
however, that such repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any pers on for
any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of
this Ordinance.
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PART 4: SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Town of Fraser hereby declares that
it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases
thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
PART 5: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after passage ,
adoption and publication thereof as provided by law. This Ordinance shall be published by title only.
READ, PASSED, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND
SIGNED THIS _____ DAY OF _________, 2017
Votes in favor: ___ BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
Votes opposed: ___ TOWN OF FRASER, COLORADO
Votes abstained: ___
BY: ________________________________
Philip Vandernail, Mayor
ATTEST:
(S E A L)
_________________________________
Antoinette McVeigh, Town Clerk
Published in the Middle Park Times on _________-, 2017.