2021 Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 25 - Public Improvements
Part 1 - Urban Renewal
§ 31-25-101. Short Title
This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Renewal Law”.
History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1158, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note:
This section is similar to former § 31-25-101 as it existed prior to 1975.
ANNOTATIONLaw reviews. For article, “Constitutional Law: The Validity of Urban Renewal in Colorado”, see 39 Dicta 149 (1962). For article, “Legal Classification of Special District Corporate Forms in Colorado”, see 45 Den. L.J. 347 (1968). For article, “Governmental Issues Related to Real Estate Development”, see 11 Colo. Law. 2527 (1982).
This part is general law uniform in its operation and applies to all similarly situated, and therefore is not local or special legislation. Denver Urban Renewal Auth. v. Byrne, 618 P.2d 1374 (Colo. 1980).
Urban renewal is valid exercise of state's police power. James v. Bd. of Comm'rs, 42 Colo. App. 27, 595 P.2d 262 (1978), aff'd, 200 Colo. 28 , 611 P.2d 976 (1980).
Urban blight is matter of both statewide and local concern. Denver Urban Renewal Auth. v. Byrne, 618 P.2d 1374 (Colo. 1980).
And both general assembly and local government can act to alleviate problem or urban blight provided the state and the local law do not conflict. Denver Urban Renewal Auth. v. Byrne, 618 P.2d 1374 (Colo. 1980).
Applied in Vigoda v. Denver Urban Renewal Auth., 646 P.2d 900 (Colo. 1982).
