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<br />002840 <br /> <br />Staff and elected officials of local government are usually subjected to <br />diverse and sometimes conflicting pressures in their activities affecting <br />community land-use and development. Subsequently, of this, a model community <br />landslide hazard management planning process should incorporate citizen <br />participation and review in order to identify and address the perspectives and <br />concerns of various community groups with landslide hazard interests. Clear <br />sets of goals and specific objectives are very important for local governments <br />to identify and develop. <br /> <br />The State of Colorado has placed the majority of land-use responsibility and <br />control at the local level of government. Local governments are free to draw <br />upon any and all authority delegated by the state, and home rule cities derive <br />additional authority from their charters. The stat~tory authorities available <br />to local governments include the power to plan, to regulate uses within their <br />boundaries (zoning, subdivision, "matters of state interest" and the extensive <br />list contained in H.B. 1034), to regulate certain activities outside their <br />jurisdictions and to contract with other jurisdictions. The establishment of <br />planning commissions and the regulation of subdivisions is optional for <br />municipalities (31-23-202, 214). <br /> <br />Counties and municipalities have the duty to prepare and adopt comprehensive <br />plans for the physical development of their respective jurisdictions <br />(30-28-106 and 31-23-206, CRS). A planning commission and adopted subdivision <br />regulations have been required of counties since 1972 (30-28-133). Some of <br />the roles which local government plays in landslide hazard mitigation are <br />shown in Table 6.1. <br /> <br />- 55 - <br />