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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County Control Over the Subdivision of Land

The majority of problems identified at the task force meetings are related to the
proliferation of subdivision activity. Further, certain characteristics of many new sub-
divisions exempt them from zoning and building codes. Thus, the development and local
administration of adequate subdivision regulations is a necessary step in ensuring the
proper development of land resources of Colorado counties.

. Subdivision Resolutions

The purpose of this documentation is not to criticize local government. Rather it is to
assist in the determination of ways in which policies and plans may be most ap-
propriately extended and improved by means of the following:

. Providing gu idelines for land use policy-and-control considerations such as model
multi-use controls and chanqe-in-use criteria related to growth characteristics.

. Identifying new and better methods of land use planning and control which have
been applied by some local governments.

. Defining areas where necessary state or federal support is lacking, spotty, or un-
tapped by local government.

. L.U.C. APPROACH

. Correlate Controls

. Identify Better PlalVling Methods
and Controls

. Flag Areas of Need

Document the need to provide more precise interpretation of current county
authority with respect to land use planning and controls.

Many of the concepts developed from this and other information are now being con-
verted into objectives and recommendations for implementing programs and policies for
inclusion in the interim plan. Others, such as those to improve the control of sub-
divisions, are included in this report for immediate consideration. This process and the
resulting objectives and recommendations have been designed to maintain and improve
control of environmental planning by local county governments which are responsible
for the vast majority of the private undeveloped lands of Colorado.

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. Document the Need for Defining
Local Authority

The following documentation of county planning and control is based upon land use
plans, zoning, and subdivision resolutions adopted by counties prior to the preparation
of this report. As noted elsewhere, some counties are currently making substantial ef-
forts to adopt or upgrade plans and controls. The land Use Commission will continue to
document the changing status of land use planning and control for the purpose of deter-
mining the ability of local government to deal with land use issues and identifying areas
in which the land Use Commission and other state agencies may assist local govern-
ment.

. DOCUMENTATION OF PLAN-
NING AND CONTROL

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