C.R.S. Section 31-23-209
Legal status of official plan

When the commission has adopted the master plan of the municipality or of one or more major sections or districts thereof, no street, square, park or other public way, ground or open space, public building or structure, or publicly or privately owned public utility shall be constructed or authorized in the municipality or in such planned section and district until the location, character, and extent thereof has been submitted for approval by the commission. In case of disapproval, the commission shall communicate its reasons to the municipality’s governing body, which has the power to overrule such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of its entire membership. If the public way, ground space, building, structure, or utility is one the authorization or financing of which does not, under the law or charter provisions governing the same, fall within the province of the municipal governing body, the submission to the commission shall be by the governmental body having jurisdiction, and the planning commission’s disapproval may be overruled by said governmental body by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its membership. The failure of the commission to act within sixty days from and after the date of official submission to it shall be deemed approval.

Source: Section 31-23-209 — Legal status of official plan, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-31.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

31–23–101
Plats of cities and towns organized prior to 1885 31–23–102
Application to other cities or towns 31–23–103
Plats of whole municipal area 31–23–104
Acknowledgment of plat 31–23–105
Plats of portion of municipal area 31–23–106
How parcels designated 31–23–107
Public property dedicated 31–23–108
Record and preservation - definition 31–23–109
Plats shall be evidence 31–23–110
Boundaries settled by plat 31–23–111
Owner construed 31–23–112
Fees of recorder 31–23–201
Definitions 31–23–202
Grant of power to municipality 31–23–203
Personnel of the commission 31–23–204
Organization and rules 31–23–205
Staff and finances 31–23–206
Master plan 31–23–207
Purposes in view 31–23–208
Procedure of commission 31–23–209
Legal status of official plan 31–23–210
Publicity - travel - information - entry 31–23–211
Zoning 31–23–212
Jurisdiction 31–23–213
Scope of control 31–23–214
Subdivision regulations 31–23–214.1
Subdivision plan or plat - access to public highways 31–23–215
Procedure - legal effect 31–23–216
Penalties for sales in unapproved subdivisions 31–23–216.5
Additional enforcement - fine or imprisonment - abatement or removal 31–23–217
Acceptance and improvement of streets 31–23–218
Erection of buildings 31–23–219
Status of existing statutes 31–23–220
Reservation for future acquisition 31–23–221
Compensation for reservations 31–23–222
Report of appraisers - action by the governing body 31–23–223
Appeal from awards 31–23–224
No compensation for buildings 31–23–225
Major activity notice 31–23–226
Applicability 31–23–227
Allocation of powers or duties 31–23–301
Grant of power 31–23–302
Districts 31–23–303
Legislative declaration 31–23–304
Method of procedure 31–23–305
Changes 31–23–306
Zoning commission 31–23–307
Board of adjustment 31–23–308
Remedies 31–23–309
Conflict with other laws 31–23–310
Racial restrictions 31–23–311
Telecommunications research facilities of the United States - inclusions in planning and zoning 31–23–312
Safety glazing materials 31–23–313
Planned unit developments - ordinances 31–23–314
Solid wastes disposal sites and facilities 31–23–315
Parking and electric vehicle charging stations - legislative declaration - conflict of law

Current through Fall 2025

§ 31-23-209. Legal status of official plan's source at colorado​.gov