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43-2-1.47. Access to public highways. <br />Statute tent <br />(1) (a) The department of transportation and local governments are authotiaed to regulate <br />vehicular access to or from any public highway under their respective jurisdiction from or <br />to property adjoining a public highway in order to protect the public health, safety, and <br />welfare, to maintain smooth traffic flow, to maintain highway tight-of--way drainage, and <br />to protect the functional level ofpublic highways. In furtherance ofthese purposes, all <br />state highways are hereby declazed to be controlled-access highways, as de5ned in <br />section 42-1-102 (18), C.RS. <br />Ib) Vehicular access to or from property adjoining a state highway shall be provided to <br />the general street system, unless such access has been acquired by a public authority. <br />Police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency stations shall have a right of duect access to <br />state highways. After June 21,1979, no person may submit an application for subdivision <br />approval to a local authority unless the subdivision plan or plat provides that all lots and - - - <br />parcels"created by the subdivision will bade access to the state highwa}? system in~--- <br />conformance with the state highway access code, <br />(c) The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to deny reasonable access to the <br />genera] street system. <br />(2) After cronsultation with units of local government, the commission, on or before <br />- - November I5, 1979, shall submit a-state highway access code to the legislative council: - <br />The legislative council may appoint a committee to review the code and it shall transmit <br />the code and any findings thereon to the senate committee ott transportation and-the <br />house of representatives wmmittee on transportation and energy at the beginning of the <br />1930 session o£the general assembly. <br />(3) In reviewing the state highway access code, khe legislative committees of reference <br />may approve, approve with modifications, or reject the code.l'ailure of either or both <br />committees to act on or before March 15, 1980, shall be deemed approval thereof. <br />Should, however, either or both cotntrtittees specifically reject the node, the committee <br />shall make necessary changes in the access code and resubmit it to the committee of <br />reference at the next regular session of the general assembly. <br />(4) 'The commission shall adopt a state highway access code, by rule and regulation, for <br />the implementation of this section, on or after Match 16, 1980. The access code shall <br />address the design and location of driveways and other points of access to public <br />highways. The access code shall be consistent with the authority granted in this section <br />and shall be based upon consideration of existing and projected traffic volumes, the <br />functional classification ofpublic highways, adopted local transportation plans and needs, <br />drainage requirements, the character of lands adjoining the highway, adopted local land <br />use plans and zoning, the type and volume of traffic to use the driveway, other <br />980-d BO/BO'd 188-! BlZ8L51E0E+ 6IZ8'!BL'EQE 9HdV81 lOU~-i908d OY~EI BO-l2-10 <br />