Title 29, Government - Local
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-26-102 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Affordable housing dwelling unit means a residential structure that is purchased or rented by and is occupied as a primary residence by one or more income eligible households, or a comparable definition as establ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-26-103 Affordable housing dwelling unit advisory boards
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(1) To further the purposes of this article, as specified in section 29-26-101, the governing body of any local government may, by ordinance, establish an affordable housing dwelling unit advisory board. Any such board or similar entity in effect prior to July 1, 2001, shall cont…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-26-104 No effect upon local housing agency
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the operation of a local housing authority and any board created by this article is encouraged to cooperate with a local housing authority in the establishment and implementation of policies that shall further the intent of thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to ensure that cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, and middle mile infrastructure are each provided within a consistent, comprehensive, and nondiscr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-102 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Repealed. (1.5) Broadband internet service has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-15-102 (3.5). (2) Cable television service means the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-201 Vote - referendum. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 1282, � 1, effective June 3. L. 2023: Entire section repealed, (SB 23-183), ch.139, p. 587, � 4, effective May 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-202 Exemption for unserved areas. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 1282, � 1, effective June 3. L. 2023: Entire section repealed, (SB 23-183), ch. 139, p. 587, � 5, effective May 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-301 General operating limitations
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(1) A local government that provides cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure pursuant to this article 27 shall comply with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing provision of such servic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-302 Scope of article. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 1284, � 1, effective June 3. L. 2021: (5) added, (HB 21-1114), ch. 151, p. 873, � 1, effective May 18. L. 2023: Entire section repealed, (SB 23-183), ch. 139, p. 588, � 7, effective May 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-303 Enforcement and appeal
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(1) Before an individual subscriber or a private provider that competes with a local government in the geographic boundaries of the local government may file an action in district court for violation of this article, that person shall file a written complaint with the local gover…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-304 Applicability. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 1284, � 1, effective June 3. L. 2023: Entire section repealed, (SB 23-183), ch. 139, p. 589, � 8, effective May 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-402 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Antenna means communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals used to provide wireless service. (1.5) Broadband facility means any infrastructure used to deliver broadba…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-404 Permit process
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(1) (a) For small cell networks involving multiple individual small cell facilities within the jurisdiction of a single local government entity, the local government entity shall allow the applicant, at the applicant's discretion, to file a consolidated application and receive a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-501 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Broadband facility has the same meaning as set forth in section 29-27-402 (1.5), but only as necessary to provide broadband internet services to multiunit buildings and does not include towers, poles, buildings, o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-27-503 Just and reasonable compensation
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(1) A property owner, as defined in section 29-27-501 (5), is entitled to just and reasonable compensation from a provider, as defined in section 29-27-501 (6), who obtains access to a multiunit building, as defined in section 29-27-501 (4), from a property owner. The property ow…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-28-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Medicaid reimbursement rates cover only approximately sixty-five percent of the actual costs incurred by service providers rendering services to medicaid recipients; (b) Low medicaid reimbursement rates and increased caseloads…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-28-102 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of health care policy and financing. (2) Local government means a county, home rule county, home rule or statutory city, town, territorial charter city, or city and county. (2.5) P…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-31-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, declares, and determines that: (a) The direct marketing of agricultural products to the public through farm stands benefits the agricultural community and the consumer by, among other benefits, providing an alternative method for agricultura…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-31-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 31, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agricultural operations has the same meaning as specified in section 35-3.5-102 (4). (2) Farm stand means a temporary or permanent structure used for the sale and display of agricultural products resulting fro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-31-103 Farm stands
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a farm stand may be located on a parcel of any size. The retail sale of goods to the public by a farm stand must include goods or other agricultural products that are grown or produced on the principal use site on which the farm stand i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-32-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Administrator means a political subdivision of the State of Colorado established for the purposes, among others, of increasing the supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing for low- and moderate-income familie…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-32-102 State affordable housing fund
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(1) The state affordable housing fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Commencing on January 1, 2023, all state revenues collected from an existing tax on one-tenth of one percent on federal taxable income, as modified by law, of every individual, estate, trust, and corpo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-33-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 33 is the Protections for Public Workers Act. Source: L. 2023: Entire article added, (SB 23-111), ch. 393, p. 2349, � 1, effective August 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-33-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby declares that public employees are the backbone of the state and ensure that Coloradans have access to strong public services. However, because public employees are exempt from protections afforded by the National Labor Relations Act and the Colora…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-33-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 33, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) County means only: (a) A city and county; and (b) A county with a population of less than seven thousand five hundred people pursuant to the official figures of the most recent United States decennial census. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-33-104 Protections for public workers
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a public employee has the right to: (a) Discuss or express the public employee's views regarding public employee representation, workplace issues, or the rights granted to the public employee in this article 33; (b) (I) En…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-33-105 Enforcement - rules
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(1) An aggrieved party is barred from filing a claim that alleges that a public employer has violated this article 33 unless the claim is filed within six months after the date on which the aggrieved party knew or reasonably should have known of the alleged violation. (2) The div…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 35 is the State Land Use Criteria for Strategic Growth Act. Source: L. 2024: Entire article added (see the editor's note following the part 1 heading), (HB 24-1313), ch. 168, p. 835, � 1, effective May 13.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Since the Local Government Land Use Control Enabling Act of 1974, article 20 of this title 29, was adopted, Colorado's population has more than doubled, with the state growing at twice the national rate bet…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 35, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Accessible unit means a housing unit that: (a) Satisfies the requirements of the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 3601 et seq., as amended; (b) Incorporates universal design; or (c) Is a type A dwellin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-201 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Multifamily housing is typically more affordable than single-unit dwellings. According to the American Community Survey, Colorado multifamily units cost between fourteen and forty-three percent less to rent…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Certified transit-oriented community means a transit-oriented community that has met the requirements of section 29-35-204 (4). (2) Exempt parcel means: (a) Any parcel that a transit-oriented community has applied…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-203 Department of local affairs collaboration - goals - transit-oriented community authority
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(1) As determined to be appropriate by the executive director of the department, the department shall collaborate with the department of transportation and the Colorado energy office in fulfilling the requirements and goals of this part 2. (2) The goals of this part 2 are to: (a)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-206 Criteria for qualification as a neighborhood center
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(1) (a) To designate an area as a neighborhood center, a local government shall, in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the department that may include different criteria for varying regional and local contexts, identify areas that meet the following criteria: (I) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-301 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that: (a) There is an extraterritorial impact when local governments enact land use decisions that require a minimum amount of parking spaces; (b) Residential developments frequently have more parking than is utilized, whic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-302 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Adaptive reuse means the conversion of an existing structure from the use for which it was constructed to a new use by maintaining elements of the structure and adapting such elements to a new use. (2) Applicable …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-303 Limitations on minimum parking requirements
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(1) On or after June 30, 2025, a municipality shall neither enact nor enforce local laws that establish a minimum parking requirement that applies to a land use approval for a multifamily residential development, adaptive re-use for residential purposes, or adaptive re-use mixed-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-304 Minimum parking requirements for housing developments
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(1) Notwithstanding section 29-35-303, a local government may impose or enforce a minimum parking requirement in connection with a housing development project that is intended to contain twenty units or more or contain regulated affordable housing by requiring no more than one pa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-305 Parking management technical assistance
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(1) (a) On or before December 31, 2024, the department of local affairs, in consultation with the department of transportation, and the Colorado energy office, shall, within existing resources, to the extent feasible, develop and publish best practices and technical assistance ma…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-306 Applicable transit service areas map
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(1) On or before September 30, 2024, the department of local affairs, in consultation with the department of transportation, Colorado energy office, metropolitan planning organizations, and transit agencies that operate within metropolitan planning organizations, shall publish a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-401 Legislative declaration
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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (I) Accessory dwelling units offer a way to provide compact, relatively affordable housing in established neighborhoods with minimal impacts to infrastructure and to supply new housing opportunities without…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-35-402 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Accessible unit means a housing unit that: (a) Satisfies the requirements of the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 3601 et seq., as amended; (b) Incorporates universal design; or (c) Is either a type A dwel…