Denver District Court Judge Robert McGahey has ruled that the U-MS-5 zoning of the four parcels of land in the West Highlands neighborhood was part of a valid legislative action and did not constitute impermissible spot zoning.
The four parcels, located adjacent to the commercial corridor on 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard, were rezoned U-MS-5
Today, the federal government made clear that it does not currently intend to interfere with Colorado’s efforts to implement a system to regulate the cultivation, distribution and sale of marijuana to adults for recreational purposes. Federal authorities also clarified their approach toward state-regulated medical marijuana industries.
Specifically, United States Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole
Three years after its creation, the Colorado HOA Information Office and Resource Center (the “HOA Offfice”) has been given additional guidance as to its present duties and will soon have an idea of what its future duties may include. (To see what the HOA Office was doing in 2012, see its 2012 Annual Report.)
Salon recently published an excerpt of a new book, “The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving,” by Leigh Gallagher. The excerpt can be found here.
The article discusses the dramatic increase in suburban poverty in recent years; the number of poor living in the suburbs increased by 53% between 2000
HOAs must now allow certain water conservation efforts and accommodate their homeowners’ hybrid and electric cars due to two quietly enacted but noteworthy bills. Senate Bill 13-183 requires HOAs to allow xeriscaping—landscaping utilizing low-water-use plants—and prohibits them from requiring homeowners to install water intensive grasses. The law also precludes HOAs from fining homeowners for failing