As used in this title, except where specifically defined,
unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Ad valorem tax means only the general property tax levied annually on
real or personal property listed with the county assessor.
(2) City means a municipal corporation having a population of more than
two thousand incorporated pursuant to the provisions of part 1 of article 2 of this
title or reorganized pursuant to the provisions of part 3 of article 2 of this title or
pursuant to the provisions of any other general law on or after July 3, 1877, and a
municipal corporation, regardless of population, organized as a city on December
31, 1980, and choosing not to reorganize as a town pursuant to part 2 of this article,
but does not include any city incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, which has chosen
not to reorganize nor any city or city and county which has chosen to adopt a home
rule charter pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution.
(3) City clerk, clerk, or town clerk means the clerk of the municipality
who is the custodian of the official records of the municipality or any person
delegated by the clerk to exercise any of his powers, duties, or functions.
(4) Governing body means the city council of a city organized pursuant to
part 1 of article 4 of this title, the city council of a city organized pursuant to part 2
of article 4 of this title, the board of trustees of a town, or any other body, by
whatever name known, given lawful authority to adopt ordinances for a specific
municipality. For purposes of determining a quorum or the required number of votes
for any matter, governing body includes the total number of seats on the
governing body but does not include the seat held by a nonvoting city manager
under section 31-4-214.
(5) Mayor means the mayor of the municipality; except that in a
municipality having a city manager form of government, mayor means the
presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality.
(6) Municipality means a city or town and, in addition, means a city or town
incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, whether or not reorganized, and any city, town, or
city and county which has chosen to adopt a home rule charter pursuant to the
provisions of article XX of the state constitution.
(7) Qualified elector means a person who is qualified under the provisions
of the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965 to register to vote in elections of
the municipality or who, with respect to a proposed city or town or the creation of
an improvement district, is qualified to register to vote in the territory involved in
the proposed incorporation or district.
(8) Qualified taxpaying elector means a qualified elector who, during the
twelve months next preceding the election, has paid an ad valorem tax on property
owned by him and situated within the municipality or within the territory involved in
the proposed incorporation or improvement district.
(9) Registered elector means a qualified elector who has registered to vote
in the manner required by law.
(10) Regular election means:
(a) Before July 1, 2004, the election held in towns on the first Tuesday of
April in each even-numbered year; the election held in cities on the first Tuesday of
November in each odd-numbered year; and the election held in any other
municipality at which the regular election of officers takes place;
(b) On and after July 1, 2004, the election held in any municipality in
accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection (10) unless a majority of the
registered electors of the municipality voting on the question have voted to hold the
regular election on a date different than specified in paragraph (a) of this
subsection (10) pursuant to section 31-10-109 (1), in which case regular election
means, for any particular municipality, the date on which the regular election of
officers takes place as determined by the registered electors of the municipality.
(11) Special election means any election called by the governing body of
any municipality or initiated by petition to be held at a time other than the regular
election for the purpose of submitting public questions or proposals to the
registered electors of the municipality.
(12) Street means any street, avenue, boulevard, road, land, alley, viaduct,
right-of-way, courtway, or other public thoroughfare or place of any nature open to
the use of the municipality or of the public, whether the same was acquired in fee or
by grant of dedication or easement or by adverse use.
(13) Town means a municipal corporation having a population of two
thousand or less incorporated pursuant to the provisions of part 1 of article 2 of this
title or reorganized pursuant to the provisions of part 3 of article 2 of this title or
pursuant to the provisions of any other general law on or after July 3, 1877, and a
municipal corporation, regardless of population, organized as a town on December
31, 1980, and choosing not to reorganize as a city pursuant to part 2 of this article,
but does not include any town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, which has chosen
not to reorganize nor any town which has chosen to adopt a home rule charter
pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution.
(14) Ward means a district, the boundaries of which have been established
pursuant to section 31-2-104 or 31-4-104, from which a member of the governing
body of the city or town is elected.