Legal Review Committee Agenda and Packet 2019 02 21

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DRAFT — REDLINED IN VIEW OF COMMENTS FROM LEGAL COMMITTEE, PROSECUTOR, AND PARKS, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT — GROUPINGS NOT IN REDLINE WHEREAS, the City Council desires to make other modifications to Titles 4 and 14 of the Code; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. Section 4.01.020 of the Louisville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are stricken through): Sec. 4.01.020. - Definitions. For the purposes of this title, and except as provided in Section 4.04.010, the following words or phrases shall have the following meanings: A. Open space shall mean and include land designated as open space on the city zoning map attached hereto as Attachment A* as may be amended from time to time by the city council, or as may be designated in the future by the city council upon recommendation of the board. Generally, such lands are undeveloped lands that are owned solely or jointly by the city with the intent that the land would be designated as open space buffers, agricultural land, wildlife corridors, wildlife habitat, or other undesignated undeveloped land. Open space shall not include parks, developed recreation areas, or the 96th Street connection. B. parks shall mean and include land owned solely or jointly by the city that is designated and/or managed as an active recreation arm and/or primarily is composed of irrigated turf designed for public use. Parks shall include, but not be limited to, Memory Square Park, Keith Helart Park, Joe Carnival Park, Annette Brand Park, Pirates Park, Cleo Mudrock Park, IIcritage Park, Cottonwood Park, and the park within the Meadows at Coal Creek. parks means all park land, as defined in Section 1-1 of the home rule charter and all grounds, roadways, avenues, parking lots, and areas and recreation facilities thereinu C. Developed recreation areas shall mean and include the Louisville Cemetery and recreational facilities such as the Louisville Recreation Center, multi -purpose athletic fields, baseball fields, softball fields, and golf courses that are owned and managed by the city. Reasonable efforts will be taken by the city to minimize the impact of such areas on open space and natural areas contiguous to open space. D. Passive recreation shall mean and include activities such as hiking, photography, or nature studies, and if specifically designated, bicycling, )ersebaelr ing, or fishing. No motorized activity will be allowed except for maintenance activities, emergency services, or legal access agreements. 2 Formatted: Strikethrough Formatted: Underline Commented [NC2]: Staff would like the OS definition of parks to match the definition of parks in the parks title (which references the charter). The definition of parks in the OS title should match that of the parks title because OS prohibitions should not apply to parks, and if the definitions don't match, there's risk of overlap. ,t Formatted: Underline l Formatted: Font: Italic Formatted: Strikethrough 11