§ 31-12-119. Disconnection of Territory Because of Failure to Serve
The landowners of any tract or contiguous tracts of land aggregating five acres or more located on a boundary of the municipality at the time of the disconnection action may, three or more years after annexation, petition for disconnection from the municipality if such municipality does not, upon demand, provide the same municipal services on […]
§ 31-12-120. Court Approval Required for Certain Annexations
Any annexation which would have the effect of detaching part of the area of an existing school district shall not become effective prior to court approval as specified in this section; except that this subsection (1) shall not apply to an enclave area which has five hundred or less inhabitants nor to any annexation the […]
§ 31-12-121. Provision of Municipal Services to Outside Consumers – Agreement to Annex
Any municipality, as a condition precedent to the supplying of municipal services pursuant to contract, may require a contemporary agreement by such consumers, who are owners in fee of real property so supplied, to apply for or consent to the annexation of the area to be supplied with such municipal services to the supplying municipality […]
§ 31-12-122. Relation of This Part 1 to Other Laws
The powers conferred and limitations imposed by this part 1 shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for powers conferred by any other law. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1093, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 31-8-122 as it existed prior […]
§ 31-12-123. Applicability to City and County of Denver
Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, this article shall not apply to the city and county of Denver. Source: L. 86: Entire section added, p. 1035, § 2, effective July 1.
§ 31-12-116. Review
If any landowner or any registered elector in the area proposed to be annexed, the board of county commissioners of any county governing the area proposed to be annexed, or any municipality within one mile of the area proposed to be annexed believes itself to be aggrieved by the acts of the governing body of […]
§ 31-12-117. Effect of Review and of Voiding of Annexation Ordinance by Court Order
After the effective date of an annexation ordinance, the annexing municipality shall apply all pertinent ordinances to the annexed area, irrespective of any proceedings for judicial review. In the event that the district court enters a final judgment, as defined in rule 54 (a), Colorado rules of civil procedure, declaring the annexation proceedings void, no […]
§ 31-12-118. Priority of Annexation Proceedings
The purpose of this section is to give a first priority to annexation proceedings unless certain incorporation proceedings described in this section are commenced for all or part of the area subject to such annexation proceedings. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), when a governing body receives a petition for […]
§ 31-12-118.5. Effect of Incorporation Proceedings in an Area of More Than Seventy-Five Thousand Inhabitants – Annexation Ordinance – Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: Incorporation of areas containing more than seventy-five thousand inhabitants into new municipalities furthers the goal of orderly growth of urban communities and achieves the purposes stated in section 31-12-102; Municipal incorporations of areas containing such population present viable municipal communities and are favored over municipal annexations that […]
§ 31-12-105. Limitations
Notwithstanding any provisions of this part 1 to the contrary, the following limitations shall apply to all annexations: In establishing the boundaries of any territory to be annexed, no land held in identical ownership, whether consisting of one tract or parcel of real estate or two or more contiguous tracts or parcels of real estate, […]