LEG00070

• Bill Number: SB01-148
• Year: 2001
• Title: A Bill for an Act Concerning Growth Management in Colorado and Making an Appropriatiom Therefor
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Killed

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PLANNING JURISDICTION SHALL ESTABLISH A SPECIFIC PHASED BUILD-OUT

OF THE URBAN SERVICE AREA BY IDENTIFYING AREAS SUITABLE FOR

GROWTH ON A ROLLING SIX-YEAR BASIS WITH ACCOMPANYING LAND USE,
DENSITY, AND INTENSITY DESIGNATIONS. SUCH SIX-YEAR DESIGNATED

AREA SHALL BE UPDATED NOT MORE THAN ONCE EVERY YEAR AND NOT

LESS THAN ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.

(2) THE GENERAL URBAN SERVICE AREA AND THE SIX-YEAR

DESIGNATED AREA ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS

SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

(a) THE PROJECTED DENSITY WITHIN THE DESIGNATED SIX-YEAR

AREA SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THE AVERAGE DENSITY IN THE LOCAL

PLANNING JURISDICTION'S EXISTING URBANIZED AREAS SERVED BY A

CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM; EXCEPT THAT, IF THE EXISTING

URBANIZED AREAS IN THE LOCAL PLANNING JURISDICTION ARE NOT SERVED

BY A CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, THE AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL

BE THAT OF THE EXISTING URBANIZED AREAS.

(b) THE LOCAL PLANNING JURISDICTION SHALL NOT DESIGNATE ANY

LAND TO BE PART OF A GENERAL URBAN SERVICE AREA OR PART OF A

SIX-YEAR DESIGNATED AREA UNLESS IT FINDS THAT ESSENTIAL URBAN

SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CAPITAL FACILITIES, AS SET FORTH IN

SECTION 24-63-602 (3) (b) (II), ARE CURRENTL Y AVAILABLE OR WILL BE

PROVIDED ON A TIMELY BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH LAND.

(c) THE LOCAL PLANNING JURISDICTION SHALL ESTABLISH A GOAL

OF ENSURING THAT A LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THE SIX-YEAR DESIGNATED

AREA WILL BE PROVIDED THAT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY GREATER THAN

OR EQUAL TO THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THE LOCAL PLANNING
JURISDICTION'S EXISTING URBANIZED AREAS.

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