Major Land Use Laws in Colorado

 

March 13, 2002


Denver



Ethical Considerations

And  

Recent Trends and Municipal Government Perspectives

        --  Supplemental  Materials



Presented by

Douglas M. Tisdale, Esq.
Attorney and Counselor at Law    and
Cherry Hills Village City Councilman

Telephone:  303.589.0758
e-mail:    doug@tisdalecherryhills.com

Materials available at website:  www.tisdalecherryhills.com

 

With grateful appreciation to the more-than-a-little-talented-and-ever-thoughtful
John E. Hayes, Esq.
Hayes, Phillips & Maloney, P.C.



EXPANDED USE ISSUES:

THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN LAND USE
                 -- A DRAFT POLICY STATEMENT
                        by Doug Tisdale
{See elsewhere on this website.}


CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE EXPANDED USE ORDINANCE
            (ORDINANCE NO. 13, SERIES 2000)
{See elsewhere on this website.}

 

CASES:

PALAZZOLO v. RHOSE ISLAND, ______ U.S. _____, 121 S.Ct. 2448 (2001)
           United States Supreme Court opinion from June 28, 2001 regarding “regulatory takings” issues.  File attached.   (Note: Adobe Acrobat PDF files require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader downloadable from the Adobe website.  This Adobe Acrobat PDF file is quite large and will take approximately ten minutes to download via modem.   Right click the link and select "Save Target As" to save the file to your hard drive.)

ANIMAS VALLEY SAND AND GRAVEL, INC. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF LA PLATA, 38 P.32 59 (Colo. 2001)
          Colorado Supreme Court opinion from December 17, 2001 (rehearing denied on January 14, 2002) regarding “regulatory takings” issues.  File attached.   (Note: Adobe Acrobat PDF files require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader downloadable from the Adobe website.  This Adobe Acrobat PDF file is quite large and will take approximately five minutes to download via modem.   Right click the link and select "Save Target As" to save the file to your hard drive.)

“MONSTER HOME” ISSUES:

City of Cherry Hills Village Planning & Zoning Commission:  Floor Area Report, Including Recommendations Regulating the Size of Residences in Cherry Hills Village,  August 2001.  File attached.   (Note: Adobe Acrobat PDF files require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader downloadable from the Adobe website.  This Adobe Acrobat PDF file is quite large and will take approximately fifteen minutes to download via modem.   Right click the link and select "Save Target As" to save the file to your hard drive.)

Floor Area Ratio Tour Information.  File attached.

2000 APA National Planning Conference, Regulating Monster Homes, by Susan M. Glazer.  File attached.

Village of Glencoe (Illinois) Planning Materials, September 14, 2000.  File attached.