§ 38-33.3-221.5 — Withdrawal from merged common interest community

Colorado § 38-33.3-221.5

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 38: Property -
• Art.: Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act

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(1)
A common interest community that was merged or consolidated with another
common interest community, or is party to an agreement to do so pursuant to
section 38-33.3-221, may withdraw from the merged or consolidated common
interest community or terminate the agreement to merge or consolidate, without
the consent of the other common interest community or communities involved, if
the common interest community wishing to withdraw meets all of the following
criteria:

(a) It is a separate, platted subdivision;

(b) Its unit owners are required to pay into two common interest communities
or separate unit owners' associations;

(c) It is or has been a self-operating common interest community or
association continuously for at least twenty-five years;

(d) The total number of unit owners comprising it is fifteen percent or less of
the total number of unit owners in the merged or consolidated common interest
community or association;

(e) Its unit owners have approved the withdrawal by a majority vote and the
owners of units representing at least seventy-five percent of the allocated interests
in the common interest community wishing to withdraw participated in the vote; and

(f) Its withdrawal would not substantially impair the ability of the remainder
of the merged common interest community or association to:

(I) Enforce existing covenants;

(II) Maintain existing facilities; or

(III) Continue to exist.

(2) If an association has met the requirements set forth in subsection (1) of
this section, it shall be considered withdrawn as of the date of the election at which
its unit owners voted to withdraw.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 1380, � 9, effective January 1, 2006.