Agenda Date: 05/05/2020
Subject:
Title
Ordinance 07-2020: An ordinance on second reading amending Title 1, Administrative Regulations, of the Littleton Municipal Code
Body
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Prepared by: |
Reid Betzing, City Attorney and Ashley Augustin, Senior Assistant City Attorney |
PURPOSE:
Staff wishes to update the municipal code related to the City’s criminal codes.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Reid Betzing, City Attorney and Ashley Augustin, Senior
Assistant City Attorney
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
Within the Littleton municipal codes there are several areas that need to be updated. These updates range from simple clean up, to amending sections to more closely align with changes in state law, to adding new sections to help address issues that are currently not prosecutable in the City’s municipal court.
PRIOR ACTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS:
Presented and discussed in a Study Session on February 18, 2020.
Passed on first reading at a regular City Council meeting on March 3, 2020.
ANALYSIS:
Staff Analysis
Staff has researched legal updates in state law, as well as sought input from the Police Department, Municipal Court, and other impacted staff related to the criminal code.
Council Goal, Objective, and/or Guiding Principle
One of Council’s Goals in 2019 was to bring the municipal code up to date on current state law provisions.
Fiscal Impacts
No negative fiscal impacts for the city.
Alternatives
An alternative to adopting the proposed changes would be to leave the affected sections of the code in their current state. The risk in doing is that many sections of the criminal code would not align with the current state law and therefore may be held unconstitutional and unenforceable.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the ordinance on second reading amending Title 1, Administrative Regulations, of the Littleton Municipal Code.
PROPOSED MOTION:
Proposed Motion
I move to approve the ordinance on second reading amending Title 1, Administrative Regulations, of the Littleton Municipal Code.