HOUSE BILL 971093
BY REPRESENTATIVES Dyer, George, Gordon, Schwarz, Sullivant, and Zimmerman;
also SENATORS Feeley, Rizzuto, and Weddig.
CONCERNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MASTER PLANS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. 3028106
(3), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1986 Repl. Vol., is amended BY
THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NEW PARAGRAPHS to read:
3028106. Adoption of master plan contents. (3) (e) IN CREATING THE MASTER PLAN OF A COUNTY OR REGION, THE COUNTY OR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION MAY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE COUNTY OR REGION.
COUNTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXAMINE ANY REGULATORY
IMPEDIMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
(f) THE MASTER PLAN OF A COUNTY OR REGION
IS ADVISORY ONLY.
(g) THE MASTER PLAN OF A COUNTY OR REGION
MAY INCLUDE DESIGNATED UTILITY CORRIDORS TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION
OF UTILITIES TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTY OR REGION.
SECTION 2. 3123206,
Colorado Revised Statutes, 1986 Repl. Vol., is amended BY THE
ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
3123206. Master plan.
(3) THE MASTER PLAN OF A MUNICIPALITY IS ADVISORY ONLY.
SECTION 3. 3123207,
Colorado Revised Statutes, 1986 Repl. Vol., is amended to read:
3123207. Purposes in view.
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 guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted,
and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs
which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best
promote health, safety, morals,
order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as
efficiency and economy in the process of development, including,
among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion
of safety from fire, flood waters, and other dangers, adequate
provision for light and air, the promotion
of healthful and convenient
distribution of population, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, the promotion
of good civic design and arrangement, wise
and efficient expenditure of public
funds, the promotion of energy conservation, and the adequate
provision of public utilities and other public requirements.
SECTION 4. Safety
clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines,
and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health, and safety.
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Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Judith M. Rodrigue Joan M. Albi
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO