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<br />Legislatu, ~'get <br />land use ideas <br />from Bermingham <br />R)' seZ.\:\:'\f: wns.', <br />IVtw.Stall <br />John Bermingham, the governor's <br />envirorunental adviser, Tuesday pains- <br />takingly outlined 20 steps he said Colo- <br />rado legislators ought to take in the 1914 <br />session to tackle land use is.!."Ues more <br />effectively than they did last year. <br />&>rmingham handed legislators a 23--page <br />report which attempts W unravel the tangle 01 <br />land use proposals alrt'ady introducro this ses.- <br />sion - some of which appear to either o\'crlap <br />or cootradict each other. <br />More than two dlUE'n separate bills relating <br />to land lI.Sf:' - ranging from grasslands protec.- <br />tion to !:ii-tUng up a pO\.vertuI slate land use poU- <br />cy board - are stacked on ll'gislators' desks <br />Ulissl!'Ssion. <br />Bermingham look: an eclectic approach 1n <br />his package of rt"COmml.'ndations, selecting <br />parts ot prQpOSals from the State Land Use <br />Commission's comprehensi\'l'! thrce-year study <br />and from lhe Legislature's interim committee <br />re",""" <br />This method was at !E'ast partially In re- <br />sportse to last sesSion's W-fated land Ul>e bill, <br />....1Uch Bermingham said was defeated because <br />it was "hat;tily drawn and atternPled to solve <br />too many problems." <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br /> <br />..&.....v......u......"'"o:.~.....&.o <br />Bermingham's recommendations al s 0 <br />represent an effort to strike a balance between <br />local and state-level C()ntrol ulland use lX'licy, <br />}"ricUon between proponenlll of strong: Iitate <br />land use control and rural legislators who saw <br />,tate control as threatening growth in tbeir <br />areas was anollK>r reason for the deleat of last <br />year's bill <br />Bermingham told a Statehouse press: eon!er- <br />ence that his tra\'eb around the slate during <br />the last Iiix months have convinced him that the <br />best land use program for Colorado will be <br />based on a "partnen.hip" between stata &nd <br />local government. <br />A single board or agency to set and admin- <br />bter land use policy horn the state len'} "will <br />prove unsatisfactory." <br />Many laud we problems - such as protec- <br />tion of natural reSOW'Ce5, clean air and water <br />standards and control of haztirds like fiOO<b <br />and a~'alanohes - can be handled by e:dsUni <br />agencies and programs, Bermingham said. <br />State control or land ~ policy is needed in <br />only three llJ'Pa5, according to Bermingham's <br />recommendations: <br />. A State Land Appt"als Board to rt'SOlve <br />controyersles which begin at the local 1e\'el <br />o\'er ,ubdivisians and other majoc forms of <br />de~'elopm"~. <br />. A beeled-tlp long-range planning ard <br />Information prognlm on land use which may <br />require reviving the now'-defullct Land Use <br />Commission within the Stat", Department of <br />Natural Resources. <br />. A mechanism for allowing either the ap- <br />peaLs tJoard or the gO\-emoc to declare certain <br />land use problems mallers of "statewide c0n- <br />cern," which would allow the state to step into <br />local or regional squabbles. <br />lULL ItELUCIASTL\' F;:"il)(HL'it~D .!! <br />Bermingham reluetantly endorsed the one f <br />bill introduced so far this session to give local <br />go~'ernments the powt"n: they claim they need <br />to deal with modem laDd use problems:. <br />House Bill 1034 - an outgro\.\1h of the Legis- <br />lature', Interim study o( land USe - WitS term- <br />ed "a. weak step In the riJ;ht directlOll," I! that <br />piece or legislation Is to be eHeetive, Benning. <br />ham said, it 'wlll havt' to be e~panded to grant <br />local gO\'ernml'l11s powt'rs to supervlse; <br />(('ondull..don Plll\:foS!) <br /> <br />0456 <br /> <br />.. <br />---:'! <br /> <br />!2-Rocky Mountain News Wed., Jan. 23, 1974, Denver. Colo, <br /> <br />Bermingham outlines id eas ,for land use steps <br /> <br />(('onllnued frOIll {)3/:(' S) <br />. Zoning for phased development plans, <br />. Dt'velopment righL'I and thi.>ir lransfE'r!;. <br />. Ruilding, fire and oI>erational codE'S. <br />. Impact studies on new public and privatE' <br />projects. <br />. Construction ot coatls and hiJ::hways. <br />&>rmingham's support tor strong local and <br />Tt'gional rontrol was E'~'idf>nced b)' hi!ll recom- <br />mendation that legislators approvE' B blll set- <br />tin~ up 13 regiooal planning commissions in the <br /> <br />state - another concept resulUng from interim <br />legislative study, <br />The wmmissions ....'Ollld. In addition to en- <br />CQ,lrR!;ing a rE'giOllal approach to land use <br />problems, also allow henlth J,olanning, law en- <br />forct"rnl'nt assistance and aid to the f'ldf'rly, lor <br />instance, to be managed at 8. regional rather <br />than thl" fedl"1'1I1 or !ltate level. <br />Bermingham's package also endon;ed thE' <br />Uind Use Q,mmiS$ion's id('a ot di\1rung thE' <br />state into (i\'e "polic)" areas," <br />Bt'nningh..1m also urged IE'glslation to bPel <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />up the state's Dholsion (If Plann1ng and transfer <br />it to t h (' Natural Resources Dt'partment, <br />empow('nng it to coordinate inIormation-gatJl. <br />ering for planning polky which Is now dstrib- <br />Ul(>() among sE'veral agencies and programs. <br />O1.hI"r proposals ('Monad by Bermingh8lT <br />call for completE' mapping ot the state, includ- <br />ing high-altitude photographs; modernization 01 <br />la....-s dealing with surveying, plAtting and <br />recording or land Infonnation; and tact-findinl <br />programs for Information on natural hazards, <br />water, soils, wildlife and \'egetation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br />