§ 31-23-209 — Legal status of official plan

Colorado § 31-23-209

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 31: Government
• Art.: Planning and Zoning

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When the commission has adopted
the master plan of the municipality or of one or more major sections or districts
thereof, no street, square, park or other public way, ground or open space, public
building or structure, or publicly or privately owned public utility shall be
constructed or authorized in the municipality or in such planned section and district
until the location, character, and extent thereof has been submitted for approval by
the commission. In case of disapproval, the commission shall communicate its
reasons to the municipality's governing body, which has the power to overrule such
disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of its entire membership.
If the public way, ground space, building, structure, or utility is one the
authorization or financing of which does not, under the law or charter provisions
governing the same, fall within the province of the municipal governing body, the
submission to the commission shall be by the governmental body having
jurisdiction, and the planning commission's disapproval may be overruled by said
governmental body by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its membership. The
failure of the commission to act within sixty days from and after the date of official
submission to it shall be deemed approval.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1148, � 1, effective July 1.