C.R.S. Section 31-15-709
Sewers and sewer systems

(1)

The governing body of each municipality has the power:

(a)

To construct and keep in repair culverts, drains, sewers, water mains, and cesspools and to regulate their use; and to assess, either in whole or in part, the cost of the construction of sewers, water mains, and drains upon the lots or lands adjacent to and opposite the improvements in proportion to the frontage of such lots or lands abutting upon the street in which such sewer, water main, or drain is to be laid. The cost of such sewer, water main, or drain at street intersections or crossings shall be wholly paid for by the municipality. The benefit to the public generally, if any, shall be determined by ordinance and shall be assessed against such municipality, and the balance shall be assessed against the lots or lands and the owners thereof according to the frontage.

(b)

To establish a system of sewerage and for that purpose to divide the municipality into districts; to impose a special assessment or tax to defray the expense of constructing such sewers upon private property within such district or upon the lots or lands adjacent to or abutting upon the street where said sewer is laid; to compel the owners of any buildings located in said district and on blocks abutting on any established sewer to connect with such sewer; to prohibit the keeping or maintaining of any vault, closet, privy, or cesspool within said district or within four hundred feet of any established sewer; and to regulate the construction, maintenance, and use of all vaults, closets, privies, and cesspools within the municipal limits and not within said prohibited districts or in proximity to an established sewer.

Source: Section 31-15-709 — Sewers and sewer systems, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

31‑15‑101
Municipalities bodies politic - powers 31‑15‑102
Review without bond 31‑15‑103
Making of ordinances 31‑15‑104
Powers not exclusive 31‑15‑201
Administrative powers 31‑15‑301
Definitions 31‑15‑302
Financial powers - legislative declaration 31‑15‑401
General police powers 31‑15‑402
Liability for violation of nuisance ordinance 31‑15‑403
Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant women in custody 31‑15‑404
Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody 31‑15‑405
Opioid treatment for a person in custody 31‑15‑406
Incarceration of a person with the capacity for pregnancy 31‑15‑407
Access to criminal history record information - illicit massage businesses - human trafficking - definitions 31‑15‑501
Powers to regulate businesses 31‑15‑601
Building and fire regulations - emission performance standards required - reporting 31‑15‑602
Energy efficient building codes - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal 31‑15‑603
Charging station rules prohibited 31‑15‑701
Necessary buildings 31‑15‑702
Streets and alleys 31‑15‑703
Improvements - petition - construction 31‑15‑704
Collection of assessments 31‑15‑705
Construction of highway - petition - notice - election - tax 31‑15‑706
Railroad track 31‑15‑707
Municipal utilities 31‑15‑708
Water and water systems 31‑15‑709
Sewers and sewer systems 31‑15‑710
Water pollution control 31‑15‑711
Other public improvements 31‑15‑711.5
Municipal jails - sanitary standards 31‑15‑712
Public improvements by contract - cities 31‑15‑713
Power to sell public works - real property 31‑15‑714
Oil and gas leases - unit agreements 31‑15‑715
Legislative declaration concerning landfill gas 31‑15‑716
Municipal authority relating to landfill gas 31‑15‑801
Agreements - ordinance - financing 31‑15‑802
Tax exemption 31‑15‑803
Enforceability 31‑15‑901
Miscellaneous powers 31‑15‑902
Deferred compensation plans 31‑15‑903
Legislative declaration - municipalities - new business facilities - expanded or existing business facilities - incentives - limitations - authority to exceed revenue-raising limitation 31‑15‑904
Third-party food delivery service fee restrictions - definitions 31‑15‑905
Regulation of pesticide use - definitions 31‑15‑1001
Legislative declaration 31‑15‑1002
Definitions 31‑15‑1003
Municipal authority relating to solid waste-to-energy incineration systems 31‑15‑1004
Department of public health and environment rules 31‑15‑1101
Mobile home parks - definition
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 31-15-709’s source at colorado​.gov