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<br />Local governments which are concerned about the possibility of
<br />legal action allainst floodplain regulations they adopt should be
<br />aware of legal precepts which have evolved from past court cases
<br />debating zoning and other related questions.
<br />1) Regulations and State statutes enabling them, including flood-
<br />plain regulations and enabling statutes, are presumed to be con.
<br />stitutional when they are enacted.
<br />2) The individual chalienging the regulations must show that a tak-
<br />ing has occurred or that statutory procedures have not been
<br />foliowed.
<br />3) Creation of a nuisance or of a threat to public safety has not
<br />been recognized as a right of property owners.
<br />4) Properties within a fioodplain delineated by accepted engineer'
<br />ing methods are already burdened by natural restrictions without
<br />even considering zoning restrictions.
<br />5) Even if it severely limits the individual, a regulation that prevents
<br />potential threats of injury and loss to the public is likely to be upheld,
<br />6) The "pinpoint" approach means that the constitutionality of
<br />floodplain regulations as applied in specific circumstances can only
<br />be decided on a case-by-case basis through litigation.
<br />(The above is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all questions
<br />which a local government administrator may encounter when adopt-
<br />ing floodplain regulations.)
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<br />COLOIlADO FLOOD RELATED LEGISLATION
<br />
<br /> llgi,lltion'. Chlr,. With
<br /> RIglrd to Floodplain En,etm..nt
<br />S",b,lctAr.. ell.tio" Managl",ant Information
<br />COIOraaO 37-60-106 Created the Colorado Creahonot l;rtlanOr8ono 32-11-101 C,"ated the Urban O'alO" vrl)8n
<br />WaterCof'\. erseq WalerConserval1on8Olfd IheColora' 8Qe&Flood IHSeQ ag"and F'loo<lContrOl Cr8,naQl!
<br />s9rval.on CRS 1973. to secure the utmost pre- do Water Control CRS t9j'J, O'slflcltocoordmatemun,- 8"d ~'oO'j
<br />Beare " ~enIIO" 01 !Ioods. 10 oe5'9' Conserva. Oislflct " ,unsdlctlonalurbandr:illn' COn'rOI \:"s'
<br /> amended nated stonn Of floodwater tion Board amended ageaCI'Yltles,n lheOenyer I"C'I'96:)'
<br /> runoff channelS or basIns. 119371 rewan.
<br /> 10 promoleor partICIpate ,n
<br /> IloodcontrOlprOl8cts. Colorado 28.2101 Cr9attlolheD,y,s,onol ~a '50')
<br />---- CountIes- DiVls,onof erseQ_ O"loasterEmergencyServ. (\9731
<br />FloodCo"trOI 30'30-101 Authonzed county com- Disaster CFtS 1973. ,c(lstoreducetneyulner-
<br /> erseo m.ss.onerSloremoye l"lood Emergency " abilllyofpeoplllar'ldeom-
<br /> CRS1973. obSlrucltonstollowll'lany COr'ltrol Serv.ces amer'lded mUOIlIeslOr'lalural
<br /> " r'latural slreamcnannel for (1974) calastrophesa"dfoprOY1de
<br /> ame"ded 1I00oconlrolpurpOSes. a dlSlslerand emergency
<br /> rnlln~emenls'fslemem.
<br />Conservancy 37-2-101 AuthO(lzedthecreat,onol Conser. t><l<ly,n!lallaspectsolpre
<br />DlstrlclS elseo conservancy d,slncts to yancyl.aw <l'llIster. preemergency
<br />Improye,."cnl CFtS 1973, preyentflocds. regulate olColorado pr.goarednet&posld,saslel_
<br />O,Sl'1Cls. " streamflows.and dlyert and (1922) andPQSlemerQency
<br />Pub',elm- amended control waler courses, Con- reSPO"lse
<br />prOveme"IS servancy d,stncts were -------~--
<br /> created In FremontCounly, 28-2-110 E,pa"dedthe-loll'tyoll"e sa 29"0
<br /> Puebto. Weld County, on and 28.2 suteqovt!Frnmenl 10 pro- 'W'
<br /> lheSouth Platle RIver_and 50 1 e I ~;ea ."jeemergency rehelto
<br /> on lheDoloresR",er CRS 1973 ,o:al'IOyelnmenIS
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<br /> 30-l0'501 AuthoflzeOCounlYComm,s' CounlY amendl!d
<br /> f'rseq s,oners.when petItIoned by PubhClm. -~.-----
<br /> eRS 1973. property owners. 10 create o'ovemenl l.an<lUsa 30-28-101 R'tqulredlhecreat,onot ,,835
<br /> "' 'n'lprovemllnldlstflctSln D'stnctAct I'legulatlons elseo_ CC>unly.nd flli;llOnal plan- ''1',
<br /> amended unIncorpOrated portIons 01 (19681 CFtS 1973 "'ngcommlss.on.whllre "'
<br /> lhe1fcounly!o'lhecon' " theydidnolllll'l.requlred '9"J'
<br /> struchono!slormsewer amendUd IheM commlSAlOn. to
<br /> dralnagesySlems,svr1ace preparemast.rptan.wh,cn
<br /> draInage systems. and may Id<lr."dfl"'age and
<br /> streetdra,nllgerac,htles IIQod control. and reQuired
<br /> cc,unt'e"oad~tand
<br /> 30-20.601 -Authonzed county com- H.B1163 enforr.e.ubdl....$I0n
<br /> erseo mIssIoners 10 create. by (1983) regulfIlion.
<br /> CRS 1973. resolutlon"mprovemenl
<br /> " dlstnctSln unIncorporated ~and US$ 30-28-111 "'~tho"lltdco'mlyplan"'''g ~S 'r'"
<br /> amended pOrtlonsotthelfcounlytol
<br /> lheconstructlonotdra"'- "'legUlat,ons ets90_ c<>m''''ss,onSloregulate ',66
<br /> age laClht'es to conyey CRS 1S-73 d,~s,gnaled ftoodola,ns e,
<br /> water runoff " t",rougnp'1l!lrlonlngplans "?82'
<br /> amend'~O and '~qu"eo cou"l,eS!O
<br /> a,:loP'suOd'v,s,on'egula.
<br /> 38-6-101 AUlhonzedmunrCilNllgoy. l,,)nSW"'cn ,nC:ude SIan'
<br /> CRS 1973 ernmt!Fnts 10 takll. damage, j,lldlnOteCnr'1rca'proce
<br /> " condemn. oraoprOpriate by ~Jre~ '0' SIO''''' (jra,naQe
<br /> amended emmenl domain prlyate pansanc'e1atedOes'9ns
<br /> property needed for pUblic
<br /> worl\$orpubilc 31-23-20\ Aulhoflzedmun,c,pailt,es
<br /> Improvements e/seo ','erealEl olann,ng com-
<br /> CFtS 1,173 ""i$s,,,nswhoseduheS
<br /> 3011-\07 Aulhonzedcounlycomml-ll' H.B,1163 .. ,rc'ul1eI"epreparallon01
<br /> Slonersloe_pendmOnllY1l 119831 amended a maSle' plan ",r"chpro-
<br /> and aCQuire land rordratn- ,,"otel salely I'om tFood
<br /> agt!FraClhtles. waterS
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