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A. This article shall not be construed to prevent Federal, State or local officials from entering upon government lands within the forest reserves in performance of their official duties. This article is expressly subject to the rights of forest service and wildlife officers to enter upon government lands for all purposes necessary to the administration, protection and care of the forest lands and wildlife.
B. This article shall not be construed to prevent employees and officials of Utilities and the City from entering upon watershed areas of the City in performance of their official duties. The employees and officials may so enter and take any action necessary for the preservation, protection and maintenance of the water supply system of the City. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)
The City Council may allow watershed areas and reservoirs of the City to be used for public recreational purposes provided that the use is legally allowable and consistent with the maintenance of proper health, safety, fire protection and conservation standards. The City may cooperate with the United States Forest Service in the development and maintenance of the recreational resources of the areas and in the installation and completion of necessary facilities and improvements appurtenant to the recreational use. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)
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| 1 | 1. For authority to make recreational use of certain watershed areas and reservoirs, see City Charter, article XV, sections 15-110 and 15-120. |
The City may provide by agreement for the use of City reservoirs by the Colorado Division of Wildlife for the division's spawn taking and fish propagation management practices. Persons entering upon watershed areas of the City or taking fish from reservoirs of the City pursuant to any agreement shall not be subject to the prohibitions against the activities set out in this part. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)
It shall be the duty of a Utility Enforcement Officer to enforce the provisions of this article and other City ordinances, the laws of the State of Colorado and/or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Chief Executive Officer concerning the use of watershed areas of the City. A Utility Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue summons and complaints for any unlawful act occurring within the watershed areas of the City. A Utility Enforcement Officer shall also have the power to arrest and detain persons in the watershed areas of the City where the persons are found in the act of violating any law or ordinance, or aiding or abetting the violations. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)
Consent is hereby given by the City Council to the inclusion of the City within the boundaries of the southeastern Colorado water conservancy district and to taxation in and by the district pursuant to the statutes in the case made and provided, and that the proper officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute the documents as may be required therefor. The judicial decree authorizing and adjudging the formation and incorporation of the southeastern Colorado water conservancy district shall include a provision that in the event the transmountain water diversion program known as the frying pan- Arkansas project is not authorized, approved and constructed as a water and power resources services project and the City should not approve or desire to participate in any other program or project for the diversion and use of water by the district, the City at its request shall be excluded from the conservancy district upon the payment of assessments due and payable by the City. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)
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