Colorado § 9-5-105 - Exemptions for certain privately funded projects.
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§ 9-5-105. Exemptions for certain privately funded projects.
(1) Accessible dwelling units shall be provided as required in this article 5; except that this article 5 does not apply to privately funded projects for the construction of detached residential dwelling units or residences or to other types of residential property containing less than seven residential dwelling units. For the purpose of determining the number of accessibility points required pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the accessible dwelling unit types shall have the following point values:
Accessible dwelling unit type:
Accessibility point value per dwelling unit:
Type A dwelling unit
Type A multistory dwelling unit
Type B dwelling unit
Type B multistory dwelling unit
Type C visitable dwelling unit
(2) Residential projects.
(a) A project shall be assigned accessibility points based on the number of units contained within the project as follows:
Number of units within the project:
Accessibility points required:
0-6
7-14
15-28
29-42
43-57
58-71
72-85
86-99
100-114
115-128
129-142
143-157
158-171
172-185
186-199
etc.
+6 additional points every
14 units or fraction thereof
(b) (I) A project must include enough accessible dwelling units to achieve at least the specified number of accessibility points required pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.
(II) A project with fewer than fifty units may use any combination of accessible dwelling unit types to comply with this section.
(III) At least two percent of units in a project with fifty or more units must be accessible dwelling units and must include at least one unit that is either type A, type A multistory, type B, type B multistory, or type C visitable dwelling unit.
Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1420, § 1, effective April 29. L. 2026: (1) and (2)(b) amended, (SB 26-109), ch. 108, p. 440, § 3, effective May 5.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 9-5-111 as it existed prior to 2003.
(2) Subsections (2)(b)(I), (2)(b)(II), and (2)(b)(III) were numbered as (2)(b), (2)(b)(I), and (2)(b)(II), respectively, in SB 26-109 but have been renumbered on revision for ease of location.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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