Title 30, Government - County

(1) Upon recordation of the subdivision exemption plat by the county clerk and recorder, the district court shall reconvey the titles held by the court pursuant to section 30-28-307 to the property owners who conveyed title to their properties to the district court. The district …

(1) (a) The board of county commissioners shall have the authority to assess all eligible costs incurred in preparing the subdivision exemption plat against the properties included in the exemption plat. The maximum amount of such assessment shall be the maximum cost estimate whi…

(1) After adoption of the plan for platting as set forth in section 30-28-304, the board of county commissioners shall cancel the procedures set forth in this part 3 for the creation of a subdivision exemption plat upon: (a) Written request from at least seventy-five percent of t…

Property owners and any persons representing themselves as property owners who convey property to the district court under the provisions of this part 3 shall bear full responsibility for the condition of the title they hold to the property and for any subsequent litigation regar…

If any section, clause, provision, or portion of this part 3 shall be found unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this part 3 shall not be affected. Source: L. 88: Entire part added, p. 1122, § 1, effective April 20.

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is in the public interest to encourage clustering of residential dwellings on tracts of land that are exempt from subdivision regulation by county government pursuant to section 30-28-101 (10)(c)(X), thereby providin…

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Rural land use process" means a planning process duly enacted and adopted by a county which is designed to offer a land use option for single family residential purposes that differs from traditional thirty-five …

(1) A cluster development is any division of land that creates parcels containing less than thirty-five acres each, for single-family residential purposes only, where one or more tracts are being divided pursuant to a rural land use process and where at least two-thirds of the to…

(1) In an effort to preserve open space and water resources, a cluster development may obtain only one well permit for each single-family residential lot pursuant to sections 37-90-105 and 37-92-602, C.R.S., subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section. (2) Except …

(1) All moneys received by the state treasurer from the federal government under provisions of the act of congress of May 23, 1908, as amended, 16 U.S.C. sec. 500, relating to receipts from national forests, referred to in this section as "national forest payments", shall be cred…

(1) All moneys received by the state treasurer from the federal government under provisions of Public Law 526, 79th Congress, Second Session, approved July 24, 1946, relating to flood control projects, shall be credited to a clearing account. (2) As soon as practicable after rece…

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Channel" means that area of a stream where water normally flows between banks and not that area beyond where vegetation exists. (2) "Obstruction" means sandbars formed by the natural flow of a stream, temporary …

(1) The board of county commissioners of each county shall have authority within its respective county, for flood control purposes only, to remove or cause to be removed any obstruction to the channel of any natural stream which causes a flood hazard, and for such purpose only th…

The board of county commissioners of a county may enter into contracts and agreements with adjoining counties, the state of Colorado or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any agency or political subdivision thereof for the purpose of implementing…

A board of county commissioners may by resolution adopt a plan to carry out the purposes of this article. Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 231, § 1, effective May 14.

The Colorado water conservation board may make grants to counties, out of moneys appropriated by the general assembly or other funds available for such purpose, to assist them in removing streamflow obstructions in accordance with section 30-30-102, C.R.S. Grants under this secti…

The short title of this article 31 is the "County Revitalization Law". Source: L. 2024: Entire article added, (HB 24-1172), ch. 387, p. 2638, § 1, effective August 7.

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) There exist in counties of the state unincorporated areas that would benefit from revitalization and economic investment that will not occur without additional funding; (b) The existence of these areas impair successful develo…

As used in this article 31, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Agricultural land" means any parcel of land or any contiguous parcels of land that, regardless of the uses for which the land has been zoned, the county assessor has classified as agricultural land for purpos…

(1) (a) Any twenty-five registered electors of a county may file a petition with the governing body or its designee, or the governing body may adopt a resolution, setting forth that there is a need for a county revitalization authority in the county. (b) (I) Upon the filing of a …

(1) An authority has all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article 31, including the power to: (a) Sue and to be sued; (b) Adopt and alter a seal; (c) Have perpetual succession; (d) Make, and from time to time amend…

(1) (a) Except as provided in this subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section, private property acquired by eminent domain by an authority pursuant to section 30-31-105 (1)(l) shall not later be transferred to a private party unless: (I) The owner of the property consents i…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any condemnation action commenced by an authority must satisfy the requirements of section 38-1-101. To the extent that there is any conflict between this article 31 and section 38-1-101, section 38-1-101 controls. Source: L. 2024: Enti…

(1) (a) An authority may sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest therein acquired by the authority as part of the county revitalization project for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other uses, or for public use in accordance with the …

(1) (a) An authority may not undertake the county revitalization project for the county revitalization area unless, based on evidence presented at a public hearing, the governing body has determined by resolution that the area is a revitalization area and has designated the area …

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article 31, when the governing body certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe for which the governor has certified the need…

(1) An authority has power to issue bonds of the authority from time to time in its discretion to finance its activities or operations pursuant to this article 31, including the repayment with interest of any advances or loans of funds made to the authority by the federal governm…

(1) (a) All property of an authority, including all money owned or held by it for any of the purposes of this article 31, is exempt from both the levy of property taxes and sale by virtue of an execution, and no such execution or other judicial process may issue against the prope…

Any instrument executed by an authority and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest of the authority in any property pursuant to this article 31 is conclusively presumed to have been made and executed in compliance with the provisions of this article 31 insofar as titl…

(1) Any public body, within its powers, purposes, and functions and for the purpose of aiding an authority in or in connection with the planning or undertaking pursuant to this article 31 of any plans, projects, programs, works, operations, or activities of an authority whose are…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 31, the governing body may designate itself as the authority when originally establishing an authority. A transfer of an existing authority to the governing body may be accomplished only by majority vote at a regular electio…

(1) A county revitalization authority that is designated as a financing entity pursuant to part 3 of article 46 of title 24, has all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of part 3 of article 46 of title 24, including the power…

(1) A county revitalization authority that is designated as a financing entity pursuant to part 4 of article 46 of title 24 has all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out part 4 of article 46 of title 24, including the power to receive state sales tax increment revenue g…

The powers conferred by this article 31 are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. Source: L. 2024: Entire article added, (HB 24-1172), ch. 387, p. 2673, § 1, effective August 7.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 31, a county revitalization plan, county revitalization project, or county revitalization area may include incorporated territory that is within the boundaries of a municipality and contiguous to a portion of an urban renewa…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado County Home Rule Powers Act". Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1461, § 1, effective June 8.

The general assembly declares that, in order to better meet and resolve problems of growth and urbanization and to promote the health, safety, security, and general welfare of the people, county government should be strengthened and provided more flexibility in its powers; theref…

(1) Any county which adopts, has adopted, or proposes to adopt a county home rule charter to establish the organization and structure of county government, pursuant to the provisions of part 5 of article 11 of this title, may provide in such charter, or amendment thereto for the …

The governing body of a home rule county exercises the duties and authority and has all the powers and responsibilities as provided by law for governing bodies of counties not adopting a home rule charter and also has all of the following powers that have been included in the cou…

(1) The governing body shall have the following additional powers: (a) To sell and dispose of public utilities, public buildings, real property used or held for park purposes, or by other real property used or held for any governmental purposes. Before any such sale of a park or …

A county adopting any of the home rule powers under this article shall make and publish, from time to time, ordinances, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for carrying into effect or discharging the powers and duties conferred by this article and as seems necessary and …

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adopting county" means any home rule county adopting an ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this part 4. (2) "Code" means any published compilation of statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, or standards ad…

If all the procedures and requirements of this part 4 are complied with, any home rule county is authorized to 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, an…

After the first reading of the adopting ordinance and of the code to be adopted thereby, and of any secondary codes therein adopted by reference, the governing body shall schedule a public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general c…

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 article shall be deemed to permit the adoption by reference of any penalty clauses whic…

Nothing contained in this part 4 shall be deemed to relieve any home rule county 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…