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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-65.1-201 (2024)

Areas of state interest as determined by local governments

✓ C.R.S. 2024: the 2025 and 2026 sessions are not included
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(1) Subject to the procedures set forth in part 4 of this article, a local government may designate certain areas of state interest from among the following:

(a) Mineral resource areas;

(b) Natural hazard areas;

(c) Areas containing, or having a significant impact upon, historical, natural, or archaeological resources of statewide importance; and

(d) Areas around key facilities in which development may have a material effect upon the key facility or the surrounding community.

Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 341, § 1, effective May 17.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1994–2009 · leading case: Colorado Mining Ass'n v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Summit Cnty., 199 P.3d 718 (Colo. 2009).
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Colorado Mining Ass'n v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Summit Cnty., 199 P.3d 718 (Colo. 2009). · cites it 4× “" § 24-65.1-201, C.R.S. (2008). After designating such areas, local governments must develop guidelines for their administration; the local government may also adopt regulations concerning application of these guidelines.”
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Hygiene Fire Prot. Dist., 221 P.3d 1063 (Colo. 2009). · cites it 2× “The PUD Act's Enforcement Provision The PUD Act's general enforcement provision, section 24-67-106(1), supports our interpretation of the Planning Act's relationship to the PUD Act.”
Hygiene Fire Prot. Dist. v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 205 P.3d 487 (Colo. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “, §§ 24-65.1-201 to -204, C.R.S.2008. Thus, these cases do not undermine the principle that public entities are exempt from zoning or other planning and development regulations.”
Dep't of Transp. v. City of Idaho Springs, 192 P.3d 490 (Colo. Ct. App. 2008). “" §§ 24-65.1-201, -208, C.R.S. 2007. Onee a local government has designated an area or activity as a matter of state interest, it must develop regulations (consistent with statutory criteria) to protect the utility, value, and future of the land.”
Droste v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs of Pitkin, 85 P.3d 585 (Colo. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “Section 24-65.1-201, C.R.S.2002. However, the zoned land exemption in AASIA provides in pertinent part that: This article shall not apply to any development in an area of state interest or any activity of state interest which meets any one of the following conditions as of May…”
City of Colorado Springs v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105 (Colo. Ct. App. 1994). “Pursuant to this authority, the Board designated as activities of state interest the site selection and construction of major new domestic water and sewage treatment systems, major extensions of existing domestic water and sewage treatment systems, and the efficient utilization…”
Droste v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 85 P.3d 585 (Colo. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “Section 24-65.1-201, C.R.S.2002. However, the zoned land exemption in AA-SIA provides in pertinent part that: This article shall not apply to any development in an area of state interest or any activity of state interest which meets any one of the following conditions as of May…”
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