FLOOD00941

• 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

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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS OF THE LAND USE COMMISSION

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URGENT ISSUES

Lack of Environmental Control

A popular issue today is the lack of "environmenta I control" in shaping the development
of Colorado. The land Use Commission is concerned with the development of plans and
controls by local government and the appropriate state agencies to deal with the
following aspects of our environment:

. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

. The effects of change in land use and intensity in urban, suburban, and rura I areas
on land availability for other uses.

. The availability, consumption, use, or preservation of natural resources.

. The type and quantity of effluents and emissions and the capability of the en-
vironment to dissipate or process them without contamination.

. The development or potential development of areas with hazardous geologic,
hydrologic, or other circumstances, without adequate controls.

. The creation of unsafe or septic conditions by alteration, overuse, or abuse of
resources.

. Land Use Patterns

. Demands on Natural Resources
. Emissions and Effluents

. Natural Hazards

. Created Hazards

. The capability of a government entity to maintain a balanced relationship between
public revenue and service costs or capital expenditures.

. Government policy and investments for public and private development affecting
the balance of activities, such as employment, housing, and recreation.

. The relationship of travel demands to existing and proposed transportation
faci lities, and both of these to the environment.

. Revenue Impacts

. Opportunities

. Transportation

Throughout the state many areas now being developed are unsuitable for the proposed
use for the following reasons:

. lack of sufficient water on the site.

. Unavailability of water which might be diverted to the proposed use without ad-
verse effects on existing decreed rights.

. Soils or geologic conditions inappropriate to on-lot sewage disposal systems in
areas lacking central sewage collection and treatment systems or for which such
systems might not be feasible.

. TYPICAL PROBLEMS

. Lack of Water
. Lack of Water Rights

. Septic Systems

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