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<br />Schieftelin Predicts New Land Laws
<br />8y:'\O!tM lJf)J<;VITZ Although the effort to dale has been to If it wasn't for this dash of Interests li:!.1 tax credit to keep their land in agr(.. I
<br />Ilen\'er I'o~t Stnff Wrilt'f ('~tahlish controls at the local level, the lInd the continuing ethic that a man cultural use. If they sold it later lor
<br />Slate Sen. Joseph SchicUeJin, R.Wheat slale is. not ~ut o~ the piclu~e. AcCO~~in~. should be. free to develop his own land as nonll.gric"J:ura! use, a 5lif~ tax J!Cna\ty .
<br />Hidge, new majority leader of the Colora. Iy, Schlcffehn s~ld. ,the le~lslature 15n t he sees fIt, laws lh<lt would both control would be assess.cd relr~1chvcJy. Such a
<br />do Stale S('nate, TllUr:;day afternoon through: The bIg JO~ racing us Is the ~nd channel growth could he e~acted rap.. p~gram Is now In effect In Maryland,,, I
<br />prl'dlcted that the 1973 I['gi~lature will ~~pl('1I0n and adoptIOn of a cO,mprl'twfl- Idly., .he suggested. H~ outlined such . If ~'e, really want,todl.rect growth, ,he
<br />ennct some significant new land use IIlW! Sl\e land use plan for the enlire state, prOVISIOns as a lax credit system and a Said. ....e could do It qUIckly and eaSily
<br />Speaking ;t the annual mellting of th~ wht'rein areas of state conce~n and areas selling rights plan. , with very little new leg,islation by the s~m.
<br />Colorado Section of the Socil'ly for Raoli:e er 1?C"l1 ~ncern arc determined and es- Under the sel,h~g rights plan, ,ranchl'rs pIe proce~ of controlhng and regulating
<br />hhmagement, Sehieffelin said that a bill tabhsht'~, , ' '., would be prOhibited from sellmg ,their the f'XtentIO?, of any service, such as
<br />allowing the SUite to regulate the exten. He ~,aIl1 I,UC I,S now wrt'stJI~g With thIS land ,for any use other than contmued w~:er, electriCity and gas ,!O homes,
<br />tion of water lines might be introduced, la,sk, ,Our goal,ls to l'IynchroOJJ-e,1~nd use ranchlOg., " But such a pr?gram, he concl~~ed,
<br />"Hrcause water is a requisite to any WIth Its carrYl~g capacIty, \\e re not The tax crecht plan would allow would run t~e mk of severe pohtlcal
<br />Rrowlh," he said, "such a measure would tht're yet but WI' re furlhcr alon~ than any ranchers and fam'JC'rs to take a substan- repercussIons.
<br />give the state a meaningful 1001" to hoth other state" Our problt'm now IS that '>,I'e
<br />control and channel growth, ~v~ to bring datil from so man~ dig.
<br />lie also intimatt'd that o! "standards" C1phnes togdher ~nd reducll l~em lOt:> a
<br />amendment regulating the construction of single set of me,aOlngful reguJ~llon~; It s a
<br />road!!, particularly on mountain slopes. tou"h job, And It takes lUlme tIme.
<br />might be tacked on 10 S,B. 35. a con. Enforcement Difficult
<br />trovcrsial subdivision reg~lalion bill that He noted that LUe has tentatively
<br />was passed by the 1972 legislature. completed this procrss for one quadrant
<br />Sponsored 5.B. 35 of the state-Hand it shows that there Is
<br />Sehieffelln, who was a sponsor of S.B. h~rdly any la.nd lef~ for development
<br />:15, said that both measures probably will Without destroymg agnculture. game f<'ed.
<br />be requested by the Colorado Land Use Jng patterns and other aspe<:1s for that
<br />Commission (IXC), whit'h he S('rvcs as area."
<br />legislative adviser. Accordingly, he suggested. establishing
<br />Noting that pa!'isa,ll:e of tiny land use leg. and enforcing meaningful statewide regu-
<br />islalion is difficult because of ils "political lations may be difficult and "political"
<br />nature., . and because we hlwen't decid. because of pn'ssures to develop land reo
<br />ed what we wanl om stale to be yet." he gardless of otht'r problems such de\'elop-
<br />said Ihat even 80, "resulls (to dale) under ment would create.
<br />S,B. 35 have lwen very ptlsitlve," Many ranchers, he said, on whose I1md
<br />In f'SSl'nee. the flet makes it mandatory much developmenl occurs are "selfish"
<br />for counties to establish minimum sub- about land use.
<br />division r{'gulallons. These regulations, in "They want to retain the option of using
<br />turn, govern subdlvi!'iion develoJlf'rs. their land in tht:> traditional way or selling
<br />Devclopcrs have to satisfy county it off to subdividers, ThIs creates a dif_
<br />aulhtlri!il'S lhllt their proposed sub- flcult political problem."
<br />divisions have adl~uate water supplll's And this problem. he added, has b{'('n
<br />and engineering and efficient sewagll dis. magnified by legislative reapportionment.
<br />po$1I1 systems, Rural legislators, reduced in numbers and
<br />jealous of tht'ir prerogatives, he said,
<br />Geological Data "often IIren't in hannony with urban
<br />They 11[50 have to provide lioH analysis legislators on land use CQntrol. And that's
<br />and other geologic data, dedicate Illnd for going to make it tough to pass the kind of
<br />schools and parks and prove that they legislalion we need."
<br />hlIVe adequate financing to carry out aU
<br />their plans.
<br />Under lhe acl. C1'lunty govt'rnmrnts can
<br />call on state agencies-such as the state
<br />geologist. the slate water engineer llnd
<br />tht'stalrhealthdepartfficnt-lo hclpthem
<br />evaluate proposals submillrn I'IV tI,.....I.."
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