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Colorado Statutes, Title 31

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Title 31, Government - Municipal

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-700.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Landfill gas" means those gases resulting from the biological decomposition of landfilled solid wastes, including methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and traces of other gases. Source: L. 2025: Entire section adde…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-701 Necessary buildings
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The governing body of each municipality has the power to erect and care for all necessary public buildings for the use of the municipality. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1113, § 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-702 Streets and alleys
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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) (I) To lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise improve streets, parks, and public grounds and vacate the same and to direct and regulate the planting of ornamental and shade trees in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-703 Improvements - petition - construction
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(1) When the owners of sixty percent of the frontage of the lots or lands adjacent to or abutting upon any street or alley or designated portion thereof petition the governing body in writing to construct a sewer, including a storm sewer, in said street or alley or require sidewa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-704 Collection of assessments

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When the cost of any improvement provided for in sections 31-15-702 (1)(b) and 31-15-703 is assessed against the owners of adjacent or abutting property and the assessment is not paid within thirty days, the clerk shall certify said assessment to the treasurer of the county who s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-705 Construction of highway - petition - notice - election - tax

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Any municipality may aid in the construction and repair of any highway leading thereto by appropriating a portion of the highway tax belonging to said municipality, not exceeding fifty percent thereof annually, as provided in this section. When a petition signed by twenty of the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-706 Railroad track

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power to grant the use of, or the right to lay down, any railroad track in any street of the municipality to any steam or street railroad company operating its cars, by any kind of mechanical motive power, only upon the written …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-707 Municipally owned utilities - powers of a municipality - greenhouse gas emission reduction goals

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) (I) To acquire waterworks, gasworks, and gas distribution systems for the distribution of gas of any kind or electric light and power works and distribution systems, or heating and cooling works and distribution syste…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-708 Water and water systems

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) To construct public wells, cisterns, and reservoirs in the streets and other public and private places within the municipality or beyond the limits thereof for the purpose of supplying the same with water, to provide …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-709 Sewers and sewer systems

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) To construct and keep in repair culverts, drains, sewers, water mains, and cesspools and to regulate their use; and to assess, either in whole or in part, the cost of the construction of sewers, water mains, and drain…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-710 Water pollution control

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) To provide for the cleansing and purification of water, watercourses, and canals and the draining or filling of ponds on private property when necessary to prevent or abate nuisances; and for the purpose of aiding in …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-711 Other public improvements

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) To deepen, widen, dock, cover, wall, alter, or change the channel of watercourses; (b) To establish markets and market houses and provide for the regulation and use thereof. No charge or assessments of any kind shall …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-711.5 Municipal jails - sanitary standards

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Any municipality that chooses to establish and operate a jail, as authorized in section 31-15-401 (1)(j), that begins operations on or after August 30, 1999, may establish sanitary standards for such jail relating to space requirements, furnishing requirements, required special u…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-712 Public improvements by contract - cities

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All work done by the city in the construction of works of public improvement of five thousand dollars or more shall be done by contract to the lowest responsible bidder on open bids after ample advertisement. It shall be unlawful for any person to divide a works of public improve…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-713 Power to sell public works - real property

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) To sell and dispose of waterworks, ditches, gasworks, geothermal systems, solar systems, electric light works, thermal energy networks as defined in section 40-3.2-108 (2)(s), or other public utilities, public buildin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-714 Oil and gas leases - unit agreements

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) To lease any real estate or any interest therein owned by the municipality for oil and gas exploration, development, and production purposes, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and contracted by the g…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-715 Legislative declaration concerning landfill gas

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The general assembly hereby declares that landfill gas constitutes a hazard to the health, welfare, and safety of the people of this state, whether such gas has accumulated as a result of a public or private landfill operation, and that the extraction of landfill gas will amelior…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-716 Municipal authority relating to landfill gas

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(1) To accomplish the purposes specified in section 31-15-715, municipalities are granted the following powers: (a) To acquire, hold, use, transfer and convey any real property or any interest therein, in fee or a leasehold interest, for purposes of landfill gas exploration, prod…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-717 Construction and maintenance of equestrian facilities - exception

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(1) (a) A municipality may construct and maintain equestrian road crossings or horse-trailer parking necessary to access equestrian trails. Equestrian road crossings may be used by other pedestrians and need not contain infrastructure not normally used for pedestrian road crossin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-801 Agreements - ordinance - financing

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In order to provide necessary land, buildings, equipment, and other property for governmental or proprietary purposes, including for the development of affordable housing or housing identified in a housing needs assessment conducted pursuant to section 24-32-3703 or 24-32-3704, o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-802 Tax exemption

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Property acquired or occupied pursuant to this part 8 shall be exempt from taxation so long as used for authorized governmental or proprietary functions of municipalities. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1122, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-803 Enforceability

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Purchase or leasehold agreements entered into by any municipality pursuant to this part 8 shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1122, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-901 Miscellaneous powers

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(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power: (a) To appropriate money in an amount not exceeding six-tenths of one mill on the valuation for assessment for the purpose of giving public concerts and entertainments by such municipality; (b) To appropriate moneys for t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-902 Deferred compensation plans

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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality and its employees may participate in the deferred compensation plan of the international city management association retirement corporation, a nonprofit corporation approved by the United States internal revenue servi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-903 Legislative declaration - municipalities - new business facilities - expanded or existing business facilities - incentives - limitations - authority to exceed revenue-raising limitation

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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the attraction of new private enterprise as well as the retention and expansion of existing private enterprise; that incentives are often nec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-904 Third-party food delivery service fee restrictions - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Declared public health disaster emergency" means the declared public health disaster emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, as declared by the governor by executive order. (b) "Retail food estab…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-905 Regulation of pesticide use - definitions

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(1) The governing body of a municipality that adopts an ordinance that concerns pesticides, including an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-15-707 (1)(b), shall file the following with the commissioner of agriculture in accordance with section 35-10-112.5 (4): (a) A certifi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-101 Ordinance powers - penalty

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(1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the governing body of each municipality has power to provide for enforcement of ordinances adopted by it by a fine of not more than two thousand six hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-102 Style of ordinances

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The style of the ordinances in cities and towns shall be: "Be it ordained by the city council or board of trustees of ............ ." Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1123, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-103 Majority must vote for appropriations - proving ordinances

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Ordinances, resolutions, and orders for the appropriation of money shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the governing body of any city or town. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute or ordinance, all other actions of the governi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-104 Ordinances approved by mayor

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Only if an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-4-102 (3) or 31-4-302 so provides, any ordinance adopted and all resolutions authorizing the expenditure of money or the entering into of a contract require the approval and signature of the mayor before they become valid, excep…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-105 Record and publication of ordinances

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All ordinances, as soon as may be after their adoption, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the governing body and the clerk. All ordinances of a general or permanent nature and those imposing a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-106 Reading before city council - publication

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No ordinance shall be adopted by any city council of any city unless the same has been previously introduced and read at a preceding regular or special meeting of such city council and published in full in the manner provided in section 31-16-105 at least ten days before its adop…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-107 Reading - adoption of code

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Whenever the reading of an ordinance or of a code which is to be adopted by reference is required by statute, any such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied if the title of the proposed ordinance is read and the entire text of the proposed ordinance or of any code which is …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-108 Majority of all members required - record

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On the adoption of an ordinance, resolution, or order for the appropriation of money or the entering into of a contract by the governing body of any city or town, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded, and the concurrence of a majority of the governing body shall be requ…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-109 Disposition of fines and forfeitures

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All fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances and all moneys collected for licenses or otherwise shall be paid into the treasury of the city or town at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, or, if there is no ordinance referring to the case,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-110 County officers may serve process

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Any sheriff of any county or city and county of this state may serve, within such sheriff's county, any process issued from any court or may make any arrest within such sheriff's county, authorized by law to be made by any municipal officers; but the only process or warrant for t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-111 One-year limitation of suits

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All suits for the recovery of any fine and prosecutions for the commission of any offense made punishable under any ordinance of any municipality shall be barred one year after the commission of the offense for which the fine is sought to be recovered. Source: L. 75: Entire title…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-201 Definitions

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adopting municipality" means any municipality which has adopted or is in the process of adopting an ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this part 2. (2) "Code" means any published compilation of statutes, ord…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-202 Adoption by reference - title

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If all the procedures and requirements of this part 2 are complied with, any municipality may enact any ordinance which adopts any code by reference in whole or in part, and such primary code thus adopted may in turn adopt by reference, in whole or in part, any secondary codes du…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-203 Notice - hearing

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After the introduction of the adopting ordinance, the governing body of any municipality shall schedule a public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the adopting municipality, once at least fifteen days precedin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-204 Adopting ordinance - adoption of penalty clauses by reference prohibited

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After the hearing, the governing body may amend, adopt, or reject the adopting ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act in the case of other ordinances; but nothing in this part 2 shall permit the adoption by reference of any penalty clauses which may appear i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-205 Publication of ordinance

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Nothing in this part 2 shall relieve any municipality from the requirement of publishing in full the ordinance which adopts any such code, and all provisions applicable to such publication shall be fully carried out. The adopting ordinance shall contain the same description of th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-206 Filing of public record - sale of copies

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Not less than one copy of each primary code adopted by reference and of each secondary code pertaining thereto, all certified to be true copies by the mayor and the clerk, shall be filed in the office of the clerk at least fifteen days preceding the hearing and shall be kept ther…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-207 Amendments

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If at any time any code which any municipality has previously adopted by reference is amended by the agency or municipality which originally promulgated, adopted, or enacted it, the governing body may adopt such amendment by reference through the same procedure as required for th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-16-208 Use as evidence

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Copies of such codes in published form, duly certified by the clerk and mayor of the municipality, shall be received without further proof as prima facie evidence of the provisions of such codes or public records in all courts and administrative tribunals of this state. Source: L…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-20-101 Power to levy taxes - on what property

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The governing body of any municipality has the power to levy taxes, the same kinds and classes, upon taxable property, real, personal, and mixed, within the municipal limits as are subject to taxation for state or county purposes in accordance with the laws of this state. Source:…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-20-101.3 Incentives for installation of renewable energy fixtures - definitions

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(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a governing body of any municipality may offer an incentive, in the form of a municipal property tax or sales tax credit or rebate, to a residential or commercial property owner who installs a renewable energy fixture on his or her res…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-20-101.7 Property tax incentive programs for areas of specific local concern - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) (I) "Area of specific local concern" means a use of real property in a municipality that is determined by the governing body of the municipality to be diminishing or unavailable based on verifiable data and w…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-20-102 Assessor to designate property

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It is the duty of the county assessor each year, in making his return, to designate the property situated within the limits of any municipality in such county. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1127, § 1, effective July 1.