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 transit plan means a plan of a transit agency whose service
territory is within a metropolitan planning organization, including a system
optimization plan or a transit master plan that:
(a) Has been approved by the governing body of a transit agency on or after
January 1, 2019, and on or before January 1, 2024;
(b) Identifies the planned frequency and span of service for transit service or
specific transit routes; and
(c) Identifies specific transit routes for short-term implementation according
to that plan, or implementation before January 1, 2027.
(3) Applicable transit service area means an area designated by the map
created in section 29-35-306.
(4) Bus rapid transit service means a transit service that:
(a) Is identified as bus rapid transit by a transit agency, in a metropolitan
planning organization's fiscally constrained long range transportation plan or in an
applicable transit plan; and
(b) Includes any number of the following:
(I) Service that is scheduled to run every fifteen minutes or less for four
hours or more on weekdays, excluding seasonal service;
(II) Dedicated lanes or busways;
(III) Traffic signal priority;
(IV) Off-board fare collection;
(V) Elevated platforms; or
(VI) Enhanced stations.
(5) Community-based organization means a Colorado-based nonprofit
entity that:
(a) Has a mission to improve the environmental, economic, social, cultural, or
quality of life conditions of a common community of interest;
(b) Is accessible for residents of all ages, incomes, languages, and abilities;
or
(c) Addresses the needs of disproportionately impacted and marginalized
communities in the region and centers voices of marginalized communities in
transportation planning, both in their community and around the region.
(6) Commuter bus rapid transit service means a bus rapid transit service
that operates for a majority of its route on a freeway with access that is limited to
grade-separated interchanges.
(7) County means a county, including a home rule county but excluding a
city and county.
(8) Land use approval means any final action of a local government that
has the effect of authorizing the use or development of a particular parcel of real
property.
(9) Loading space means an off-street space or berth that:
(a) Is on the same site with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings;
(b) Is designated for the temporary parking of either:
(I) A commercial vehicle while materials are loaded in or unloaded from the
vehicle; or
(II) A vehicle while passengers board or disembark from the vehicle; and
(c) Abuts upon a street, alley, or other means of access.
(10) Local government means a municipality that is within a metropolitan
planning organization or a county that has unincorporated areas within a
metropolitan planning organization.
(11) Local law means any code, law, ordinance, policy, regulation, or rule
enacted by a local government that governs the development and use of land,
including land use codes, zoning codes, and subdivision codes.
(12) Maximum parking requirement means a requirement established in
local law that limits the number of parking spaces that may be made available in
connection with a real property.
(13) Metropolitan planning organization means a metropolitan planning
organization under the Federal Transit Act of 1998, 49 U.S.C. sec. 5301 et seq., as
amended.
(14) Minimum parking requirement means a requirement established in
local law that a number of parking spaces be made available in connection with a
real property.
(15) Municipality means a home rule or statutory city or town, territorial
charter city or town, or city and county.
(16) Parking space means an off-street space designated for motor vehicle
parking. A parking space does not include a loading space.
(17) Regulated affordable housing means affordable housing that:
(a) Has received loans, grants, equity, bonds, or tax credits from any source
to support the creation, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable housing that, as
a condition of funding, encumbers the property with a restricted use covenant or
similar recorded agreement to ensure affordability, or has been income-restricted
under a local inclusionary zoning ordinance or other regulation or program;
(b) Restricts or limits maximum rental or sale price for households of a given
size at a given area median income, as established annually by the United States
department of housing and urban development; and
(c) Ensures occupancy by low- to moderate-income households for a
specified period detailed in a restrictive use covenant or similar recorded
agreement.