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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 19-25ORDINANCE NO. 19-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13.24.120 OF THE ESTES PARK MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING EXTRATERRITORIAL WATER SERVICE WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, has determined that it is in the best interest of the Town to amend a certain section of the Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Section 13.24.120 of the Estes Park Municipal Code is hereby amended, by adding underlined material and deleting stricken material, as set forth on Exhibit A. Section 2: This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days after its adoption and publication. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado this 9th day of December, 2025. TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO Mayor ATTEST: own Clerk .b&^wA I hereby certify that the above Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees on the c\^ day of ^^£w^^ , 2025 and published by title in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, on the /<?7^dav of tiECJBft^BK- , 2025, all as required by the Statutes of the State of Colorado. ^fc ^L. ToWCIerk,2>efi^ APPROVED AS TO FORM: Town Attorney Exhibit A 13.24.120 - Extraterritorial water service. (a) Use of water outside the Town limits shall be subject to the paramount rights of users within the Town limits, and in case there shall be insufficient water to provide for users both within and without the Town limits, the Board may reduce, curtail or shut off the users outside the Town limits during such period of water shortage or scarcity. (b) All applicants for water service outside the boundaries of the Town, including any changes or enlargement of service, shall, if required by the Town, annex their property to the Town prior to furnishing of water service; or if their property is not eligible for annexation, oxocutc a water tap agroomont requiring annexation to the Town when said propQrty is oligiblo for annexation. However, upon finding that annexation is not the Town's best interest, the Town Administrator may present su_ch_a finding to the Board of Trustees, who may then waive the requirement to annex. (c) All applicants for water service outside the_boundaries of the TownJrLduding any changes or enlargement of service, whose property is not eligible for annexation at the time, shall execute a water tap agreement requiring annexation to the Town at the Town's discretion if and when the property becomes eligible for annexation.