C.R.S. Section 8-20.5-205
More stringent requirements prohibited

(1)

No municipality, city, home rule city, city and county, county, or other political subdivision of the state shall adopt or enforce any requirement more stringent than the provisions of this part 2. This section does not apply to requirements established pursuant to the uniform fire code or the national fire protection association codes, nor does it apply to requirements established pursuant to local zoning regulations.

(2)

The limitation in subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any municipality, city, home rule city, city and county, county, or other political subdivision of the state which has received an exemption from the committee created in section 8-20.5-104. The committee may grant a site-specific exemption when the applicant demonstrates that such an exemption would be cost beneficial and serve the health, safety, or economic interest of its citizens based on consideration of local hydrologic, geologic, or other conditions, including location of population concentrations or commercial areas.

Source: Section 8-20.5-205 — More stringent requirements prohibited, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-08.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

8‑20.5‑101
Definitions 8‑20.5‑102
Registration - fees 8‑20.5‑103
Petroleum storage tank fund - petroleum cleanup and redevelopment fund - creation - rules - repeal 8‑20.5‑104
Rules - petroleum storage tank committee 8‑20.5‑105
Confidentiality 8‑20.5‑106
Injunctions 8‑20.5‑107
Enforcement orders - civil penalties 8‑20.5‑108
Petroleum storage tank administration - transfer to department of labor and employment - legislative declaration 8‑20.5‑201
Legislative declaration 8‑20.5‑202
Duties of director of division of oil and public safety - rules 8‑20.5‑203
Performance of duties by owner or operator 8‑20.5‑204
Installation and upgrading of underground storage tanks 8‑20.5‑205
More stringent requirements prohibited 8‑20.5‑206
Financial responsibility for petroleum underground storage tanks - rules 8‑20.5‑207
Financial responsibility for regulated substances other than petroleum 8‑20.5‑208
Reporting of releases - investigation 8‑20.5‑209
Regulated substances releases - corrective actions 8‑20.5‑301
Legislative declaration 8‑20.5‑302
Duties of director of division of oil and public safety - rules 8‑20.5‑303
Financial responsibility for aboveground storage tanks - rules 8‑20.5‑304
Regulated substances releases - corrective actions

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Original Source: Section 8-20.5-205 — More stringent requirements prohibited, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-08.pdf (last accessed Jul. 25, 2023).