Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-101 Plats of cities and towns organized prior to 1885
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In all cases in which a city or town was organized prior to March 31, 1885, in which lands embraced within the boundaries thereof have been conveyed or known by lots, blocks, streets, highways, parks, squares, or other divisions of land or in which any such lots, blocks, streets,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-102 Application to other cities or towns
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The provisions of this part 1 are applicable to lands within the boundaries of cities and towns organized on or after March 31, 1885, to the extent that any owners of lands therein desire to make any change in the plat of any such city or town from the plat as originally made. So…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-103 Plats of whole municipal area
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(1) When any such plat embraces in its description the whole municipal area of any such city or town, it shall set forth, as near as may be: (a) All streets and highways and the width thereof; (b) All parks, squares, and other grounds reserved for public uses with the boundaries …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-104 Acknowledgment of plat
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Any such plat shall be acknowledged in the manner of a deed by the owners and proprietors of the lands designated upon any such plat before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. A copy thereof so acknowledged shall be filed in the office of the county clerk…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-105 Plats of portion of municipal area
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A plat of any portion of such municipal area may be filed, and any number of such plats may be filed. When any plat is filed containing a description of any less than all of the municipal area, the same matters shall be indicated upon such plat, to the extent of lands described i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-106 How parcels designated
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In case of filing any such plat under this part 1, the designation by which any lot, block, or other parcel of land has previously been known shall be retained in said plat. With the consent of the city or town, any such lot, block, or other parcel of land specified in said plat …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-107 Public property dedicated
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All streets, parks, and other places designated or described as for public use on the map or plat of any city or town or of any addition made to such city or town are public property and the fee title thereto vested in such city or town. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-108 Record and preservation - definition
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The county clerk and recorder shall record all such plats of lands within his or her county together with the description, acknowledgment, or other writing thereon in a book to be kept for that purpose and, when necessary, may reduce the scale of any such plat. Upon each record i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-109 Plats shall be evidence
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All such original plats, the record thereof, or copies therefrom, certified by the county clerk and recorder of such county, shall be evidence in all courts and places. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-110 Boundaries settled by plat
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Upon the filing of any such plat in the office of the county clerk and recorder, the boundaries of contiguous divisions of land, as described in section 31-23-103, upon any such plat shall be determined and settled as indicated in the plat. All the other matters indicated upon sa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-111 Owner construed
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For the purposes of this part 1, any person having a legal or equitable interest in any lands shall be deemed an owner and proprietor. Nothing in this part 1 shall affect the rights of anyone other than those acknowledging any such plat. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-112 Fees of recorder
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The county clerk and recorder shall receive the same fees for filing and recording the plats provided for by this part 1 as are allowed for filing and recording original maps or plats of cities or towns. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-201 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the municipal planning commission described in section 31-23-203 (1). (2) Mayor means the chief executive of the municipality, whether the official designation of his office is mayor, city manager…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-202 Grant of power to municipality
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Any municipality is authorized to make, adopt, amend, extend, add to, or carry out a plan as provided in this part 2 and to create by ordinance or resolution a planning commission with the powers and duties set forth in this part 2. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1146, � 1,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-203 Personnel of the commission
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(1) The municipal planning commission shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven members; except that a home rule city or town shall not be limited in the size of its commission. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the membership and terms of members shall be as …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-204 Organization and rules
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The commission shall elect its chairman from among the non ex officio members and shall create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of the chairman shall be one year, with eligibility for reelection. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-205 Staff and finances
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The commission may appoint such employees as it deems necessary for its work; except that the appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal of such employees shall be subject to the same provisions of law as govern other corresponding civil employees of the municipality. The comm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-206 Master plan - definitions
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(1) It is the duty of the commission to make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside its boundaries, subject to the approval of the governmental body having jurisdiction thereof, that in the commission's judgment bear …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-207 Purposes in view
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In the preparation of such plan, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the municipality, with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guidi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-208 Procedure of commission
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The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution or may by successive resolutions adopt successive parts of the plan (said parts corresponding with major geographical sections or divisions of the municipality or with functional subdivisions of the subject matte…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-209 Legal status of official plan
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When the commission has adopted the master plan of the municipality or of one or more major sections or districts thereof, no street, square, park or other public way, ground or open space, public building or structure, or publicly or privately owned public utility shall be const…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-210 Publicity - travel - information - entry
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The commission has power to promote public interest in and understanding of the plan and to that end may publish and distribute copies of the plan or any report and may employ such other means of publicity and education as it may determine. Members of the commission may attend ci…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-211 Zoning
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Where a commission is established in accordance with the provisions of this part 2, it has and shall exercise all of the powers and rights granted to the zoning commission by part 3 of this article. When there is a zoning commission in existence at the time that a commission is c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-212 Jurisdiction
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The territorial jurisdiction of any commission over the subdivision of land includes all land located within the legal boundaries of the municipality and, limited only to control with reference to a major street plan and not otherwise, also includes all land lying within three mi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-213 Scope of control
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When a commission has adopted a major street plan for the territory within its subdivision control, or any part thereof, as provided in section 31-23-208, and has filed a certified copy of such plan in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such territ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-214 Subdivision regulations
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(1) Before any commission exercises the powers set forth in section 31-23-213, it shall adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction and shall publish the same in pamphlet form, which shall be available for public distribution, or, at the election o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-214.1 Subdivision plan or plat - access to public highways
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No person may submit an application for subdivision approval to a local authority unless the subdivision plan or plat provides, pursuant to section 43-2-147, C.R.S., that all lots and parcels created by the subdivision will have access to the state highway system in conformance w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-215 Procedure - legal effect
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(1) The commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within thirty days after said plat has been submitted to it; otherwise such plat shall be deemed approved and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand unless the applicant for the commission's a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-216 Penalties for sales in unapproved subdivisions
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Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision, transfers or sells, agrees to sell, or negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been approved by the commission a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-217 Acceptance and improvement of streets
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(1) The municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street or lay or authorize water mains or sewers or connections to be laid in any street within any portion of a territory for which the commission has adopted a major street plan unles…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-218 Erection of buildings
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(1) After the time when a commission has adopted a major street plan of the territory within the municipal limits of said municipality, no building shall be erected on any lot within such territory or part nor shall a building permit be issued therefor unless the street giving ac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-219 Status of existing statutes
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After the time when a municipal planning commission has control over subdivisions as provided in section 31-23-213, the jurisdiction of the planning commission over plats shall be exclusive within the territory under its jurisdiction, and all statutory control over plats or subdi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-220 Reservation for future acquisition
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(1) (a) Any commission is empowered, from time to time, after it has adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction or of any major section or district thereof, to make or cause to be made surveys for the exact location of the lines of a street i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-221 Compensation for reservations
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(1) In the resolution of adoption of a plat, the governing body shall appoint a board of three appraisers and shall fix the time and place of meetings for hearings by said board upon the amounts of compensation to be paid for such reservations. Thereupon the clerk shall publish i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-222 Report of appraisers - action by the governing body
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(1) The board of appraisers, within ninety days after the time fixed for the filing of claims, shall file its tentative report with the clerk setting forth its findings as to the amounts of compensation to be paid the respective owners of the lands included within the lines of su…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-223 Appeal from awards
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Within twenty days after the approval of any such report by the governing body, any person dissatisfied with the award of compensation may file with the clerk notice of appeal to the district court of the county in which the appellant's land is located. Within ten days of such no…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-224 No compensation for buildings
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The reservation of a street location, as provided in section 31-23-220, shall not prohibit or impair in any respect the use of the reserved land by the owner or occupant thereof for any lawful purpose, including the erection of buildings thereon. No compensations, other than the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-225 Major activity notice
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When a subdivision or commercial or industrial activity is proposed which will cover five or more acres of land, the governing body of the municipality in which the activity is proposed shall send notice to the state geologist and the board of county commissioners of the county i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-226 Applicability
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This part 2 applies to municipalities, including home rule cities and towns, insofar as constitutionally permissible and except as limits are placed upon its application within the boundaries of home rule cities and towns by the charter or ordinance adopted pursuant thereto of sa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-227 Allocation of powers or duties
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(1) The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, assume and exercise any power granted to or duty placed upon the municipal planning commission by this part 2 and may, by ordinance, delegate to the municipal planning commission or other appropriate municipal body any p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-228 Equestrian map and signs
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(1) A municipality may publish a map showing the location of and character of existing or proposed equestrian infrastructure. The map may be published on the municipality's website. The map must include: (a) Equestrian venues, including fairgrounds, equestrian parks, public arena…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-301 Grant of power - definitions
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 34-1-305, C.R.S., for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, or the general welfare of the community, including energy conservation and the promotion of solar energy utilization, the governing body of each municipality is empo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-302 Districts
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For any of the purposes enumerated in section 31-23-301, the governing body may divide the municipality into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this part 3, and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-303 Legislative declaration
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(1) Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, floodwaters, and other dangers; to promote health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-304 Method of procedure
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The governing body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts are determined, established, enforced, and, from time to time, amended, supplemented, or changed. However, no such regulation, rest…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-305 Changes
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Such regulations, restrictions, and boundaries may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. In case, however, of a protest against changes in regulations or restrictions, or changes in the zone district applicable to particular land, which prote…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-306 Zoning commission
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In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this part 3, the governing body shall appoint a commission, known as the zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such commission shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-307 Board of adjustment
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(1) The governing body shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment consisting of five members, each to be appointed for three years, unless the governing body by ordinance establishes a different number of members or term of office. The governing body may provide b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-308 Remedies
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In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this part 3 or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred by this part 3, the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-23-309 Conflict with other laws
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When the regulations made under authority of this part 3 require a greater width or size of yards or courts, or require a lower height of building or a less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose higher standards than are requir…