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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INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL FACILITIES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR

2 TRANSPORTATION, WATER, SEWER, SCHOOLS, ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS.

AND OTHER SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE OVERBURDENED AND

THAT THE SEP ARA TION BETWEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTINCT COMMUNITIES WILL

NOT BE BLURRED,

(c) DECISIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT FACILITATE OR

RESTRICT GROWTH WITHIN THEIR OWN JURISDICTIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANT

IMPACTS OUTSIDE OF SUCH JURISDICTIONS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE

DENVER METROPOLITAN REGION, ACCORDINGLY, COORDINATION AND

REGULATION OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE IS A MATTER OF

STATEWIDE INTEREST AND CONCERN IN WHICH THE STATE HAS A

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HEALTH, WELFARE, AND SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE STATE's NATURAL

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14 ENVIRONMENT,

16 COORDINATION OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE MAY ENHANCE THE

(2) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FURTHER FINDS THAT BETTER

17 HEALTH, WELFARE, AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE OF THE STATE AND FURTHER

18 ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE ENJOYED BY THE RESIDENTS OF COLORADO

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(a) ENSURING LIMITATIONS ON SPRAWL THROUGH, WITHOUT

21 LIMITATION, THE PROMOTION OF PRIMARY PATTERNS OF CONTIGUOUS OR

22 CLUSTERED GROWTH;

23 (b) SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT FACILITATE THE

24 USE OF MASS TRANSIT;

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ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING GROWTH WHERE

26 INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE OR WILL BE

27 PROVIDED, THEREBY CREATING AN EFFICIENT PROVISION OF PUBLIC

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