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<br />,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Some statutes specifically address the power oflocal governments to cooperate with each other: <br /> <br />. 29-20-105 through 107 authorizes and encourages local governments to cooperate or <br />contract with other units of government for purposes of planning or regulating the <br />development of land. Local governments may provide through intergovernmental agreements <br />(IGAs) for the joint adoption by the governing bodies, after notice and hearing, of mutually <br />binding and enforceable comprehensive development plans for areas within their <br />jurisdictions. The IGA may contain a provision that the plan may be amended only by the mutual <br />agreement of the governing bodies of the local governments who are parties of the plan. Each <br />governing body has standing in district court to enforce the terms of the agreement and the plan. <br />Local governments may, pursuant to an IGA, provide for revenue sharing. <br /> <br />. 29-1-203 allows local governments to cooperate or contract with one another to provide any <br />function, service, or facility lawfully authorized to each of the cooperating or contracting units. <br />The contract may establish a separate legal entity to do so. <br /> <br />. 30- 28-105 enables municipalities and counties to form multi-county and joint city/county planning <br />commissions, known as regional planning commissions, to conduct studies and make and <br />adopt a regional plan for the physical development of the region. 30-28-117(5) enables regional <br />zoning boards of adjustment as well. <br /> <br />. 32-7-101 authorizes at least two counties (upon approval of the electors) to form a regional <br />service authority to perform any of the nearly twenty service fimctions (e.g., urban drainage and <br />flood control, land and soil preservation, public surface transportation, etc). <br /> <br />. Special districts and school districts may, upon a vote of their boards, overrule development <br />disapprovals by the board of county commissioners (30-28-11O(c)). <br /> <br />Home Rule Municipalities <br /> <br />Local governments are free to draw upon any and all authority delegated by the General Assembly, and <br />home rule cities derive additional authority from their charters. Home rule municipality authority is found in <br />Article XX of the Colorado Constitution. Article XX has been interpreted to mean that where a matter is of <br />a local and municipal concern, the home rule city does not derive its powers over such matters from the <br />General Assembly but rather derives its powers from Article XX of the Constitution. In matters of <br />exclusively statewide concem, state statutes would supersede any conflicting local ordinances, The <br />Colorado Courts have consistently ruled that zoning is a local and municipal matter, and the courts will look <br />to the charter and the ordinances of the city for zoning matters and not to the Colorado statutes. For a <br />home rule municipality, the authority for requiring the subdivision ofland is also found in Article XX of the <br />Colorado Constitution. <br /> <br />Land Use Planning in Colorado <br /> <br />page 5 <br />