Signed by Governor Jared Polis

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that extends and expands the state's prohibition on anti-growth laws in urban areas in Colorado.

Highlights:

• Amends and clarifies that an anti-growth law also includes a generally applicable land use law that, in census urban areas as defined by the United States census bureau, explicitly decreases the permitted residential density or uses of land to less density or fewer uses than were allowed under its previous usage without ensuring a corresponding increase of residential density or uses elsewhere in the jurisdiction (Sec. 1-2).

• Authorizes a municipality to seek a judicial determination as to the legality of a proposed municipal initiative for a land use ordinance that restricts or limits the development or use of land that is submitted to the legislative body of the municipality, allows the owners of a property that is specifically subject to the proposed ordinance and persons designated as representing the petition proponents to intervene in the proceeding, and tolls the period within which the municipality is required to adopt the proposed initiated ordinance or call an election during the pendency of the judicial determination (Sec. 1-2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect 90 days following the final adjournment date of the current legislative session (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that extends and expands the state's prohibition on anti-growth laws in urban areas in Colorado.

Highlights:

• Amends and clarifies that an anti-growth law also includes a generally applicable land use law that, in census urban areas as defined by the United States census bureau, explicitly decreases the permitted residential density or uses of land to less density or fewer uses than were allowed under its previous usage without ensuring a corresponding increase of residential density or uses elsewhere in the jurisdiction (Sec. 1-2).

• Authorizes a municipality to seek a judicial determination as to the legality of a proposed municipal initiative for a land use ordinance that restricts or limits the development or use of land that is submitted to the legislative body of the municipality, allows the owners of a property that is specifically subject to the proposed ordinance and persons designated as representing the petition proponents to intervene in the proceeding, and tolls the period within which the municipality is required to adopt the proposed initiated ordinance or call an election during the pendency of the judicial determination (Sec. 1-2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect 90 days following the final adjournment date of the current legislative session (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text