Colorado § 31-23-216.5 - Additional enforcement - fine or imprisonment - abatement or removal.
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§ 31-23-216.5. Additional enforcement - fine or imprisonment - abatement or removal.
(1) In addition to any other remedies, the governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance that it is unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, use, or alter any building or structure or to use any land in violation of any municipal subdivision regulation, and the governing body may enforce obedience to such ordinance by fine or imprisonment as provided in section 31-16-101.
(2) In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or used or any land is or is proposed to be used in violation of any municipal subdivision regulation, the municipality, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute an appropriate action to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the violation to prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land or to prevent any illegal act or use in or on such premises.
Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1513, § 3, effective June 4.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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