2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 29 - Government - Local
Land Use Control and Conservation
Article 20 - Local Government Regulationof Land Use
Part 3 - Adequate Water Supply
§ 29-20-303. Adequate water supply for development

(1) A local government shall not approve an application for a development permit unless it determines in its sole discretion, after considering the application and all of the information provided, that the applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated that the proposed water supply will be adequate. A local government shall make such determination only once during the development permit approval process unless the water demands or supply of the specific project for which the development permit is sought are materially changed. A local government shall have the discretion to determine the stage in the development permit approval process at which such determination is made.

(2) Nothing in this part 3 shall be construed to require that the applicant own or have acquired the proposed water supply or constructed the related infrastructure at the time of the application.