Colorado § 32-11-221 - Approval of other facilities.
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§ 32-11-221. Approval of other facilities.
(1) No public body or other person (other than the federal government) shall, after June 14, 1969, acquire or improve within the territorial limits of the district any drainage and flood control facilities (other than gutters and rainspouts attached to buildings and other structures; other than curbs and gutters pertaining to the improvement of any streets, alleys, highways, and other rights-of-way; and other than a collection or secondary storm drainage system, as defined in the Denver regional council of governments storm drainage criteria manual, as from time to time amended) until a proposal for such an acquisition or improvement has been approved by the board.
(2) If any person (other than the federal government) after June 14, 1969, acquires or improves any such facilities without such approval, the board may order their modification to meet the reasonable specifications and other requirements of the district.
(3) The board shall not approve a proposal for any such acquisition or improvement unless the drainage or flood control facilities so to be acquired or improved appropriately complement or supplement the facilities of the district, both proposed and acquired, and upon the adoption of a comprehensive program for the acquisition of facilities for the district, as from time to time modified, if modified, pursuant to section 32-11-214, appropriately conform to such program.
(4) The board shall not unreasonably withhold its approval of nor disapprove any such proposal unless such facilities to be acquired or approved do not so complement or supplement the district's facilities or do not so conform to such a comprehensive program of the district, if any.
(5) If any such proposal does not sufficiently delineate the facilities so to be acquired or improved for the board to determine whether such facilities so complement or supplement the district's facilities and so conform to such a comprehensive program of the district, if any, the board may order such additional information to be furnished to it as it may deem necessary or desirable for it to make such a determination. The board may delay its consideration of any such proposal until the additional information which the board requests is received by it.
Source: L. 69: p. 760, § 33. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-21-33.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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