C.R.S. § 31-12-602: Contents of petition.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL
- Article 12 - Annexation - Consolidation - Disconnection
- Part 6 - DISCONNECTION BY COURT DECREE - STATUTORY CITIES
(1) The petition must contain the following:
(a) A description of the land sought to be disconnected;
(b) An allegation that the land contains in the aggregate an area of twenty or more acres and is located upon or adjacent to the border of the city;
(c) An allegation that no part of the land has been duly platted into lots and blocks as a part of or addition to the city;
(d) An acknowledgment that, for a period of six years after the effective date of the disconnection, the land shall not be subdivided into lots or plats of smaller area than is required during such period for lots within the city adjoining the land sought to be disconnected under the applicable ordinances or regulations of such city;
(e) An acknowledgment that the land shall not be used during said six-year period for industrial or commercial uses if, during such period, the applicable ordinances of the city prohibit such uses upon the area within the city adjoining such land;
(f) An allegation that all taxes or assessments lawfully due upon the land up to the time of the filing of the petition have been fully paid; and
(g) An allegation that the tracts of land are not located within the boundaries of an urban renewal area described in an urban renewal plan approved pursuant to part 1 of article 25 of this title 31 or a special district that, by its service plan or pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement, is or will be expected to provide service to the tract of land.
(2) Any decree of disconnection entered pursuant to this part 6 shall restrict the use of the land in the manner set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of this section, but such restrictions shall not continue to apply to any land which, within six years after the effective date of the disconnection, is annexed back into the city.
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