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<br />limiting such useE or ell: along any storm or floodw"ter rUlOft channel
<br />or basin as such ",tolm c:r: floodwat<'!l: runoff channel or ba3in has been
<br />designa ted and aprrD\ced by the Colorado vlater cons,,,rvatio, board in
<br />order to lessen 0' avoi.c: U'le hazards to persons and damag~ to property
<br />resul ting from the:' ac curen:1 a tion of storm or flood ,,,,a ter 13 .
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<br />(L) The cour:ty planni.ng commission or the board of c\djllst-
<br />ment of any countc, :,n the exercise of powers pursuant to thi.s article,
<br />may coY,dition any po,.tlon of a zoning resolution, any amendment there-
<br />to, or any except~on to the terms thereof upon the preservatlon,
<br />improvement, or ccns':ruction of any storm or floodwater r'Jno':f channel
<br />designated and appr~~d by the Colorado water conservation board."
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<br />At: the same tim'~ t":e General Ass,,,mbly amendec, articL, 6)" chap-
<br />ter l3'J, (recodec 0,03 a::licle 23 of tit:1e 31, C.R.S. 1973), r'3lating
<br />to towns and citi,.s, to provide as follows:
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<br />"]1-23-201. Grmo_.<:~L po''''er. - (1) . SUbject tc the pro-
<br />vision:; of subsec,:"o'1 (:~) of this secticn, and to the ene tha't ade-
<br />quate :;afety may :')(3 :3ecured, said legis:1ative body (of e2ch~ity and
<br />incorporated town' shall also have power to estabJish, rEgulate, re-
<br />str ict and limi t :;UC'1 UHes on or along any storm or floocwater runoff
<br />channel or basinls 3uch storm or floodwater runoff or basin has been
<br />design,'ted and apfJ:coled by the Colorado water com:.ervatien board in
<br />order ~o lessen 0: a'loid the hazards to persons and damace to property
<br />resulting from th" a~curnulation of storm or flood waters. Any ordi-
<br />nance enacted und,,,'~ aut:Clority of this article shall exempt from the
<br />operat Lon thereof .~nl b1i1ding or structure as c:co which satisfactory
<br />proof shall be prese~tej to the board of adjustment prov~dee for in
<br />t]]is article, th0 = t,he :)(Cesent or proposed situation of sucr building
<br />or str Jcture ie' ""'ls::mao]" necessary for the cC)1Clvenience or welfare
<br />of thE public.
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<br />(2) 'rhe pOh'"3r cor fer red by subsection (1) 01: this "ection for
<br />flood prevention LIe co',t:rol shall not be exercis,,,d so a:" tc deprive
<br />tloc O"!ll.er of any =xi,st:i~9 property of i'"s use OJ: ::naintencmcE for the
<br />purpos2 to which it iEO lawfully devoted on o:c aft',r Febrqar') 25, 1966,
<br />but provisions ffi2Y 1e made for the gradual elimin~tion 0= such uses,
<br />buildings, and sc: rue tun':s, including provision:3 f:n the "dinination
<br />of sue h uses whe',' U e existing uses of '4hich th:ey are de' 'oted are
<br />discortinued, ane fer the elimination of such buildings ~nd structures
<br />when they are dec,trcyec, or damageCl in major part,
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<br />i3) The lec'is: at:Lve body of any Clty or incorporat:ed:own, or
<br />the beard of adj'dstrlent thereof, in t.he exercise:Jf powees Jlursuant
<br />to thi 13 section, rna,' condition any zoning regulation, an'! amendment to
<br />such regulation, cr any variance of t.he application ther20f, or the
<br />exempt ion of any bu,ldlng or stru~ture therefrom, upon L1e ')reserva-
<br />tion, improvemen:, ,')t: r:onstruction of any storm or flood'olat3r runoff
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