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Wheat Ridge council approves amendment to hotel licensing code after police cite drop in hotel-related calls
Summary
The council approved changes to the hotel licensing code that remove a required 18-month update and clarify how severe-weather shelter calls are excluded from monthly call-for-service calculations; police credited the licensing program with large declines in hotel calls for service.
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — The Wheat Ridge City Council on Monday approved an ordinance amending sections 11-5-61 and 11-5-69 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws to change reporting requirements for the hotel licensing program and to update how calls for service tied to severe-weather shelters are counted.
Deputy City Manager Ali Scheck told the council staff was implementing council direction to remove the required 18-month update and to remove a named severe-weather shelter network from the code because the network “is no longer in action.” Chief Martha of the Wheat Ridge Police Department delivered statistics she said demonstrate the program's effect: an aggregate drop in calls for service at hotels from an average of 1.68 calls per room per year in 2022 to 0.48 calls per room in 2024,…
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