LEG00189

• Bill Number: HB01-1225
• Year: 2001
• Title: Concerning Growth Management in Colorado, and Making and Appropriation Therefor
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Killed

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TO WHICH THE LOCAL PLANNING JURISDICTION SHALL DETERMINE THE

APPROPRIATE STRATEGY FOR THE PROTECTION OFNATURALL Y PRODUCTIVE

AND CONSER V A T10N AND OPEN SPACE LAND WITHIN THE LOCAL PLANNING

JURISDICTION. THE JURISDICTION SHALL IDENTIFY THE NATURALLY

PRODUCTIVE LAND WlTHIN ITS GEOGRAPHIC AREA AS WELL AS THE

PROJECTED NEEDS FOR, AND PLANNED LOCATIONS OF, CONSERVATION AND

OPEN SPACE SUCH AS PARKS. FOREST LAND. WILDLIFE AREAS, SCENIC

AREAS, TRAILS. AND PUBLIC RECREATION AREAS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE

URBAN SERVICE AREAS.

(h) AN ENVIRONMENTAL OUALlTY ELEMENT PURSUANT TO WHICH

THE LOCAL PLANNING JURISDICTION SHALL ADDRESS COMPLIANCE WITH

BOTH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND

LOCALL Y DETERMINED GOALS. OBJECTIVES, PRINCIPLES, POLICIES, AND

STANDARDS DESIGNED TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

FROM THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE

JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORlTY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THE JURISDICTION

SHALL CONSIDER AIR QUALITY, INCLUDING POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER

QL:ALlTY; CRITICAL AND SENSITIVE AREAS; AND ANY OTHER AREAS WITHIN

THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NEED OF SPECIAL

PROTECTION AS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE LOCAL

GOVERNMENT.

(i) AN URBAN GROWTH ELEMENT AS SET FORTH IN PART 3 OF THIS

ARTICLE;
(i) A MINERAL PRESERVATION ELEMENT THAT SHALL SHOW HOW
THE PLANNING JURISDICTION INTENDS TOCOMPL Y WITH PART 3 OF ARTICLE

I OF TITLE 34, C.R.S., AND THAT SHALL ALSO ADDRESS, IN AREAS OF OIL

AND GAS ACTIVITY AS DEFINED BY THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION

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