Colorado § 31-23-304 - Method of procedure.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-23-304 — Method of procedure., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-23-304. Method of procedure.
The governing body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts are determined, established, enforced, and, from time to time, amended, supplemented, or changed. However, no such regulation, restriction, or boundary shall become effective until after a public hearing thereon at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in an official paper or a paper of general circulation in such municipality.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1156, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-23-204 as it existed prior to 1975.
ANNOTATION
Quasi-judicial function subject to certiorari review. Enactment of a rezoning ordinance by the legislative body of a city, governed by both state zoning statutes as well as the municipal code, pursuant to statutory criteria, after notice and a public hearing, constitutes a quasi-judicial function subject to certiorari review. Snyder v. City of Lakewood, 189 Colo. 421, 542 P.2d 371 (1975).
This section expressly applies only to amendments made by municipalities of their own ordinances, and not to enactments of the general assembly. Glennon Heights, Inc. v. Central Bank & Trust, 658 P.2d 872 (Colo. 1983).
Statutory city may not provide for automatic rezoning when plat not approved. While a statutory city may provide that property being rezoned may not be used until the plat of the rezoned property is approved, it may not provide for automatic rezoning to the prior classification if the plat is not approved. Spiker v. City of Lakewood, 198 Colo. 528, 603 P.2d 130 (1979).
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Section 31-23-304 ("Method of procedure.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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