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Boulder C0un~y Clerk, CO 0R0 R ~5,8t~ 0 8.B~ ORDINANCE NO. 1307 SERIES 1999 AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING CERTAIN GEOLOGIC HAZARDS WITHIN THE BUSINESS CENTER AT C.T.C. AND ADOPTING GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 65.1 OF TITLE 24, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES. WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. §24-65.1-101 et seq. ("House Bill 1041"), the City is authorized to designate areas and activities of state interest and to adopt guidelines and regulations for the administration of such areas and activities of state interest; and WHEREAS, pursuant to House Bill 1041, the City has previously adopted general administrative regulations concerning areas and activities of state interest, which regulations are contained in Chapter 17.32 of the Louisville Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to House Bill 1041, the City by Ordinance Nos. 501 and 507, Series 1976, designated certain areas within the Colorado Technological Center ("C.T.C.") as geologic hazard areas and adopted guidelines and regulations for the administration of such areas; and WHEREAS, since that time, a Mine Closure Shaft Report ("Report") has been prepared for the Nonpareil Mine affecting portions of C.T.C., which Report was prepared June 1989 by Montgomery-Phillips, Inc. and updated August 1989; and WHEREAS, the Report indicates that there are shafts located within Lot 5, Block 7, the Business Center at C.T.C., which shafts have not previously been designated as geologic hazard areas; and WHEREAS, pursuant to House Bill 1041, the City desires to designate such shafts as geologic hazards and adopt additional guidelines and regulations for their administration; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that uncontrolled development in and around such shafts, as geologic hazards areas of potential ground subsidence, pose a significant risk to public health and safety and to property, could result in unnecessary economic loss, and that such areas are a matter of statewide concern; and WHEREAS, at a public hearing held on August 3 and September 7, 1999 ("the Public Hearing"), the City Council considered this Ordinance to designate such shaft areas as geologic hazards areas and areas of state interest; and WHEREAS, at the Public Hearing, the City Council considered the documents presented and the testimony of the City Planning Department staff, City Attorney, and interested members of the public, all of which documents and testimony are included in the record of the Public Hearing; and