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<br />State Growth Control Bill <br /> <br />DEBUT IN SENATE <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br />.... <br /> <br />By CAnOL ~lr~Il':Rlwt:Gn introduced Frida}' In the Colo- gislators. who said Frida)' they It doesn', ~l) !J) far as 10 sUI <br />Ilt-nu"f' l'u"'l Slaff Wriler tado &nalp:. were "cautiously optimistic" it po r t pre\l'ntion of furlM <br />ugislalinn placing m3jUr tl'- A copy of tht> 4ft-page bill was would pass. growth in the slate, as srlmf:' el <br />sjxmsibilJt,y for rontrollinJ: Colo- made puhlic Friday mllming at LIST ()to' PROPOSAlS vironrnf'nla]isls have ad~'ocal~ <br />rado's growth and environ- a news conference bt-fore lhe It is a cl.lmpilatlon of pro!>')!>- Nor dOt's it provide for con <br />menIal problt'ms In [hI' hands propo..>(al was introduce<!. als suggeslffl by Ihl' ClloradcJ pipIt' ~tate control ow'r Arow~ <br />of local and regj{}f1al oHicials- Il is the rrsult of 10 week!! 01 Land Use Commis...ion ILUCI, to counter alleged failurl' I <br />)'et se!t't'!in!Ol l.'l'rl<lin probl(,llls, work by a coalJUtln of 11 Colorado Rural Development local gon~rnments to regula, <br />for exclusiv(' Slale control-was! Rt'publiean and Otmucralic It.. Clmmissi()n. the interim legis- p<lst de\>elnpment. <br />_ lalivt> committl.'f on Balance Howen'f, it dot's provide fe <br />1 Population and a number of a degrf'e of regulation of liSt' I <br />other groups lhill tmve hN>n agricuilural lands. "hic:h lan' <br />studying Ihe J;{<lte's growth holders acro~s tht' slate ha,\ <br />prublems ror SQme time. fought billerly. And. the I <br />.... --' <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />+THE DENVER POST <br /> <br />rrid4,.April~;J'73 <br /> <br />Stresses <br /> <br />Local Authority <br /> <br />COlmty Front Range area is developments and nudear ex. to Senate Majority Leader Joe <br />dE'dared an area of statewide plosion!i. Schieffelin. R.Lakewood y,- <br />. CO/1('ern Thus its growth i!i 10 In his regular pres:! confer. has If'd the effort 10 inl~odoct; <br />be r.e~u]aIN:l by a stale ('om. en<'e. (;Qv. John Lnv(' said after land.use I~'gislation during the <br />. mlsslo~, . the announct'ment of Iht> bill current session_ The new ('um. <br />lST.-\n~ CO:'l;TROL ... that he ~ndorses II "p:t'nt'rally'" mission would bf' a budy which <br />,A numbl'r of aetl\'lllt'S also He prt'dleted it would ~ one of wuuld operale as a heRring <br />v.(l\lld .bt> r.egurated by the thl' must intensively lobbied commission to review develop- <br />sl~tl'. mcludlOfi: ~rOjec.l~ eoo- bills.. ment plans and designat~ ae- <br />lfl~utmg 10 pollutIon, ~Il sh.Hle The legislation would crl'ate II ti\lities and to impos~ compn>- <br />~e .t'lupmen!. \\oale.r dl\lerSI~I. s~contl bmd'l'{'gulatle,n l....mmis. hen~i\l" regional plans if the <br />.I~ar CUlt.lOg of timber, strip slOn and v.'ou]d limit lilt' prl'~llt regions don't perform .!alisfac- <br />ffilnlnli:: highw.ay location. ami LUC !CI phuUling and data. torily in draftinfi: thl'lr own <br />expansl<m. ski areas, airport galhl'nn_fi: funcfion~, accordln(l: plans, <br />-. <br />Rep. Dick Lamm, D-Dcr\'I'('r, <br />a ll'lldlng ~poke~man for' !,n\lr <br />rOllml'nlal interest!!. ~aid lOthe <br />newS c(lIllerence that thl' detrr. <br />mination of land use ll.Od <br />gro,,\th de<:i:.<Juns was left m'I.~I. <br />Iv lit the local level "\Jlhl're II <br />;ijthlly beIUllIIS." <br />"Thl're art' !'Omt who think <br />ilhe bill 1 is too 5tronJi:. and <br />some who Hunk it is tuo ....('lIk... <br />he added. "We think it's just an <br />appropriate bill:' , <br />Uimm ~aid no moratlJrmm <br />"as rltclared on de\'eloJlment <br />Ibec8U!>l' il was bl'\ieved that <br />Ct'Iunty comrni$~ioners in r"~('nl <br />months had improved theIr _en. <br />I forC<'rnrnt nf rettnt ~ubdh"ision <br />rc"ulallon la""~. <br />A mhratorillm "prubahly \\;U <br />1000t worth the priN' in emo- <br />tionalism that w". \I-auld 11<1\'1' <br />h:td to Pil':' hr afilll'd, <br /> <br />!SIIOWn(lW'\ A\"Ollll"D <br />I S""j!'Hrlln !laid the 1C'~;~I;jti\'e <br />'i RNlUp didn't tr.... to s~Uk< thf' <br />l(juestlon of ('{lI1Oit'lins: urh..n <br />I and rural tnlerf'sts. but lr.:>tead <br />, tned 10 "obtain a desirable hfe <br />ijs'....,e \I"C' ('an enjoy" <br />I St!n John Bermingham, R- <br />LDl'n,-er, another of t~ bill'" <br />. sponsors, said the rl'gional com- <br />. mis;;ions \\Quid df'al with the <br />urban-rural conflict. <br />!he measure ~h to appro- <br />prlalC' $2.6!1;:'.!r'..5 ror opeJatlflr or <br />thi' stllte and reli!iorllll ~'f'6tem. <br />11 ht'1.'Onl\'S eifecllve on Lo\'e'l'I <br />SiL'IlillUre <br /> <br />0189 <br /> <br />~ .Agent'Jl's making ]i1nd.u~1' dro- <br />l;clslon1 wOlJld consider ~ <br />'nll~beroffi:uldelines in makin <br />I t_~eJr df'('i.sion.~. the bill pro~ <br />l.des. They are control of d _ <br />II'l~lol?ltI(>nt in ha:.:drd area: <br />J ell,~mation or air, wall'r 8~d <br />y1n01Sf' pollutlOO: highway owr. <br />I congest/on: urban and ru 1 <br />I'decay; unemplo.ymrnl: in.a~:. <br />rl quae.)' or low and moderate ro.~t <br />I ~USlng and depletion nf \l..i1d. <br />I, bfe; ~e~ulatJon of 1'Irip dc\'clop- <br />I: ~ent. modE"ration" of popu!a. <br />I)I!Jon growth: ('Urnlnalion of <br />Irurban ~pnll'I, and l'limulation <br />3 of rural devplopment. Appeal~ <br />from :.otate l'l)mmiS-Slon d~ci. <br />;iSJOnS \\ou]d be made din+tWlo <br />!oj lht ~Iorado Court of Apptal.s <br />., the blIl provid~s. . <br /> <br />m__, <br />