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43-2-x.47. Access to pulblic highways. Statute text (1) (a) The department of transportation and local governments are authotiaed to regulate vehicular access to or from any public highway under their respective jurisdiction from or to property adjoining a public highway in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, to maintain smooth traffic flow, to maintain hi3hwayright-of--way drainage, and to protect the functional level of public highways. In furtherance ofthese purposes, all state highways are hereby declared to be controlled-access highways, as defined in section 42-1-102 (18), C.RS. (b) Vehicular access to or from property adjoining a state highway shall be provided to the general street system, unless such access has beea acquired by a public authority. Police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency stations shall have a right of direct access to state highways. After Tune 21, 2979, no person may submit an application for subdivision approvalto a local authority unless the subdivision plan or plat provides that all lots and parcels"created by the subdivision will have access to the state highway system in -- conformance whth the state highway access code. (c) T'he provisions of this section shall not be deemed to deny reasonable access to the general street system. (2) Aster consultation with units of local government, the commission, on or before - November I5, 1979, shall submib a state highway access code to the legislative council: The legislative council may appoint a committee to review the code and it shall transmit the code and any findings thereon to the seaate committee on transportation and the house of representatives committee on transportation and energy at the begtnning of the 1930 session of the general assembly. (3) In re<riewing the state highway access code, the legislative committees of reference may approve, approve with modifications, or reject the code. pailure of either or both commitees to act on or before March 15, 1930, shall be deemed approval thereof. Should, however, either or both committees specifically reject the code, the committee shall make necessary changes in the access code and resubmit it to the committee of reference at the next regular session of the general assembly. {4) TTze commission shall adopt a state highway access code, by rule and regulation, for the implementation of this section, on or after March 16, 1980. The access code shall address the design and location of arivetivays and other points of access to public ~g}zways. The access code shall be consistent with the authority granted in this section and shall be based upon consideration of existing and projected tta££ic volumes, the functional classincatian of public highways, adopted local transportation plans and needs, drainage requirements, the chazacter of lands adjoining the highway, adopted local land use plans and zoning, the type and volume of traffic to use the driveway, other 950-d 80/50'd 18E-1 BlZB151EOE+ 6116'!5!'EOE ~IddV81 1007-Y108d OY~EI 50-IZ-10