In addition to those powers granted by sections 30-11-101 and 30-11-107 and by parts 1, 2, and 3 of this article 15, the board of county commissioners may adopt ordinances for control or licensing of those matters of purely local concern that are described in the following enumerated powers: To provide for and compel the […]
In addition to any other powers granted by the general assembly, the board of county commissioners of each county has the power to adopt ordinances to provide for minimum fire safety standards which shall be modeled upon those contained in the uniform fire code, including the table of contents, indices, appendices, and tables, as promulgated […]
The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: Community wildfire protection plans, or CWPPs, are authorized and defined in section 101 of Title I of the federal “Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003”, Pub.L. 108-148, referred to in this section as “HFRA”. Title I of HFRA authorizes the secretaries of agriculture and the interior […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Any person who violates any county ordinance adopted pursuant to this part 4 commits a class 2 petty offense or, in the case of traffic offenses, commits a traffic infraction, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of […]
Personnel designated by ordinance duly adopted to enforce county ordinances adopted pursuant to this part 4, however titled or administratively assigned, may issue citations or summonses and complaints enforcing county ordinances without regard to the certification requirements of part 3 of article 31 of title 24, C.R.S. Nothing in this section is intended to vest […]
The style of the ordinances in counties shall be: “Be it ordained by the board of county commissioners of ………. county.” Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1145, § 1, effective May 24.
All ordinances shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the board of county commissioners. All ordinances may be proven by the seal of the county, and, when printed in book or pamphlet form and purporting to be printed and published by authority of the county, the same shall be […]
All ordinances, as soon as may be after their adoption, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signatures of the chairman of the board of county commissioners and the county clerk and recorder. All ordinances of a general or permanent nature and those imposing any fine, […]
No ordinance shall be adopted by any board of county commissioners of any county in this state unless the same has been previously introduced and read at a preceding regular or special meeting of such board and published in full in one newspaper of general circulation published in such county at least ten days before […]
Whenever the reading of an ordinance or of a code, which is to be adopted by reference, is required by statute, any such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied if the title of the proposed ordinance or code is read and the entire text of the proposed ordinance or of any code which is […]
All fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances and, except as otherwise provided for surcharges levied pursuant to section 30-15-402 (2) and (3), all moneys collected for licenses or otherwise shall be paid into the treasury of the county at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, or, if […]
All suits for the recovery of any fine and prosecutions for the commission of any offense made punishable under any ordinance of any county shall be barred one year after the commission of the offense for which the fine is sought to be recovered. Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1146, § 1, effective […]
County courts, in their respective counties, have jurisdiction in prosecutions of violations of county ordinances. The simplified county court procedures set forth in part 1 of article 2 of title 16, C.R.S., and the penalty assessment procedures set forth in part 2 of said article shall be applicable to the prosecution of violations of county […]
No county shall adopt an ordinance that is in conflict with any state statute. Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1147, § 1, effective May 24.
