City Council Agenda and Packet 2023 03 21

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WARNING: IT IS AGAINST THE LAW: For anyone to sign any initiative petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to knowingly sign a petition when not a registered elector who is eligible to vote on the measure. DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU MUST BE A CITIZEN OF COLORADO AND A RESIDENT OF LOUISVILLE AND REGISTERED TO VOTE. Do not sign this petition unless you have read or have had read to you the proposed initiative measure or the summary in its entirety and understand its meaning. INITIATIVE PETITION REPRESENTATIVES Tiffany Boyd Joshua Cooperman 550 Grant Avenue 216 Griffith Street Louisville, Colorado 80027 Louisville, Colorado 80027 INITIATIVE SUMMARY Summary of Ordinance No. XXX, Series 202X, which is the subject of this initiative petition: This proposed citizen initiated ordinance amends Title 17 of the Louisville Municipal Code to make gasoline service stations and automobile service stations a prohibited use in all zone districts in the City. It also amends Title 15 of the Louisville Municipal Code to prohibit the construction of a new gasoline station or the expansion, reconstruction, or relocation of an existing gasoline service station within 2 2 miles of an existing gasoline service station. INITIATIVE ORDINANCE This petition requests that the ordinance presented be submitted to a vote of the people if not passed by the City Council (City Charter Article 7). The ordinance reads as follows. Ordinance No. XXX, Series 202X ORDINANCE PROHIBITING NEW GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE WHEREAS, the combustion of fossil fuels such as gasoline is the primary driver of anthropogenic climate change; and WHEREAS, approximately one fifth of Louisville's greenhouse gas emissions stem from the combustion of fossil fuels for transportation; and WHEREAS, according to the scientific consensus on climate change, a rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is necessary to mitigate the effects of climate change; and WHEREAS, the effects of climate change are already severely impacting communities worldwide, including Louisville; and WHEREAS, the City's Resolution Number 25 Series 2019 and the City's Sustainability Action Plan call for "reduc[ing] core community greenhouse gas emissions annually below the 2016 baseline through 2030"; and 16 1 Initiative Petition Section Number