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• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: State rivers and streams
• Title: Progress Report State Land Use Plan and Management System
• Date: 2/1/1972
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Colorado Land Use Commission
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

The above immediate action program recommendations have been adopted by the land
Use Commission and are submitted for consideration by the Governor and the General
Assembly in the 1972 session.

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. REQUIREMENTS

Certification of specific environmental concerns through the Colorado land Use Com-
mission or certification by a Board of County Commissioners would be required prior to
sale of lots in subdivisions covered by the act. This coverage would include subdivisions
of three or more lots except those in which all lots were larger than forty acres or in
which less than ten lots remain to be sold, so long as these lots represent less than ten
per cent of the total lots of the subdivision. It also exempts subdivisions which the local
government certifies to have met requirements of the land Sales Act. The act specHies
application data and procedures and a fj ling fee of one dollar per lot, with a $100
minimum. Also, submission requirements include adequate evidence covering the
fo Ilowi ng:

. Documentation of Water
Supply

. Documentation of Sewage Disposal

. Documentation of Geology
Topography and Soils

. Documentation of adequate water supply and an opinion from the state engineer
regarding same.

. Documentation on methods for, and adequacy of, sewage treatment and disposal.

. Documentation of geological, topographical, and soils conditions identifying
existing or potential hazardous conditions, or areas requiring special precautions.

. Administration

In addition, the act provides:

. That the Colorado land Use Commission shall administer the act and has 45 days
to review each application for certification. The act also specifies the rejection
procedures and makes provision for hearings and amended applications, and
defines the general powers and duties of the land Use Commission to carry out the
act.

. Penalties
. Appropriation

. For civil remedy, penalties, and fines for non-compliance.

. For an appropriation to the land Use Commission for administration for the first
year. Thereafter, it is presumed that the fees will cover the cost of administration.

. For more complete review and control of the subdivision and sale of Colorado
lands than could be achieved by revision to Chapter 106 eR.S. alone.

. For the application of more specific standards to water consumption rates and
sewage treatment requirements.

. Review

. Standards

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