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ORDINANCE NO.1851 SERIES 2023 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CAPPING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GASOLINE AND AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE WHEREAS, the City of Louisville is committed to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, and safeguarding the environment and wildlife resources; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes it has not only the authority but the responsibility to plan for and regulate the use of land within the City in order to best protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of present and future inhabitants and residents of the City, and to guide future growth, development, and distribution of land uses within the City; and WHEREAS, the City regulates the use of land by those ordinances codified in Title 17 of the Louisville Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, on November 1, 2022, the City Council approved Emergency Ordinance 1843, Series 2022 providing for a temporary moratorium on the submission, acceptance, processing, or approval of any land use application, or issuance of any special use permit, related to the use of property within the City as a gasoline service station or an automobile service stations; and WHEREAS, as of October 1, 2022, the Colorado Energy Office reports there are 66,599 electric vehicles (EVs) registered in Colorado, 11.71 per 1,000 people, and 9,198 EVs in Boulder County, 27.1 EV's per 1,000 people; and WHEREAS, according to the Colorado Energy Office, EV ownership is currently increasing both statewide and in Boulder County, and in the past six months 8.62% of new vehicle registrations in Boulder County were for EVs; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes this trend in EV sales will likely impact the continued viability of gasoline service stations within the City, and thus impact the appropriate mix of land uses within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines it is of critical importance to the City and its residents that the City Council examine the important policy considerations presented by gasoline service stations and automobile service stations in the overall mix of land uses within the City, and that any decisions made be applied to applications that may be filed in the future to develop or construct gasoline service stations or automobile service stations; and WHEREAS, the City of Louisville remains committed to its adopted goals to reduce energy consumption, increase clean energy sources, and support the transition to a low -carbon Ordinance No. 1851, Series 2023 Page 1 of 4