RESOLUTION PROCESS AGAINST JUSTICE 40/ SMART CITIES IN COLORADO

 

Arthur Lee of Virginia wrote in 1775 that property is “the guardian of all other rights.”  Similarly, the Supreme Court declared in 1897 that “In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.”

 

THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO PASS SEVEN BILLS DURING THE 2024 SESSION WHICH WILL RESULT IN CHANGES TO YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS:

Fort Collins, Boulder, Longmont and other cities along the Front Range are recognized as a “transit oriented communities”, with a transit oriented development plan. Under the transportation & housing bills working their way through the State Legislature, the housing density of the city would be required to be a minimum of 15 residential units per acre along transit corridors.  Transit corridors are within ½ mile from a train or bus transit station.  As you review the bills below, think about how your neighborhoods, if located within ½ mile from rail or bus transit routes would comply with these bills.

You can read the bills in their entirety below.
Bill Summaries:

HB24-1313 Bill would allow more apartments and condos to be built near rail lines and bus routes by requiring cities and municipalities to establish a housing opportunity goal and rezone those areas to encourage higher density development. A housing opportunity goal is a zoning capacity goal determined based on an average zoned housing density and the number of transit-related areas within a transit-oriented community. The bill requires a transit-oriented community to meet its housing opportunity goal by ensuring that enough areas in the transit-oriented community qualify as transit centers.

HB24-1007 Bill which would nullify the ability of local governments to limit the number of related and unrelated people who can live together in a residential dwelling, except where it may violate public health and safety concerns. Those concerns must align with accepted Nationally recognized health and safety standards.

HB24-1304 Bill would prohibit a county or municipality from enacting or enforcing minimum parking requirements for real property both within a city municipality or metropolitan planning organization. Bill would take effect starting January 1, 2025. This bill also LOWERS THE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE MOBILITY IMPAIRED, UNDER THE FEDERAL “AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990”.

HB24-1152 Bill that establishes unique requirements for subject jurisdictions and for qualifying as an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) supportive jurisdiction.

The bill requires a subject jurisdiction to allow, subject to an administrative approval process, one accessory dwelling unit as an accessory use to a single-unit detached dwelling in any part of the subject jurisdiction where the subject jurisdiction allows single-unit detached dwellings. The bill also prohibits subject jurisdictions from enacting or enforcing certain local laws that would restrict the construction or conversion of an accessory dwelling unit.

Bill also grants the Colorado economic development commission the power to contract with the Colorado housing and finance authority for the operation of a program in which the Colorado housing and finance authority offers direct loans for the conversion of accessory dwelling units on owner-occupied land. There is also a similar Senate Bill SB24-154. This Senate Bill also prohibits subject jurisdictions from applying a restrictive design or dimension standard to an accessory dwelling unit.

HB24-1175 Bill concerning a local government’s right of first refusal or offer to purchase qualifying multifamily property for the purpose of providing long-term affordable housing or mixed-income development.

HB24-1239 Bill requires a board of county commissioners or the governing body of a municipality to adopt a building code, or amend an existing building code, to allow up to 5 stories of a multifamily residential building to be served by a single exit.

HB 24-1107 Bill would make residents liable for the local government and developer’s legal costs if the residents do not prevail in a Rule 106 appeal in court. In contrast, land developers would not be required to pay the residents legal costs if the developer loses in court.  Additionally, when filing a Rule 106 appeal, the development construction could continue until the case gets to court, which could take months or even years in some situations.  In other words, there would be no “Stop Work Order”, like there is now.

To comment on these bills, please write your State Senator and Representative.

 

Watch THIS RECORDING of the 3.28.24 meeting with Angel Cushing to learn more about  HOW “THEY” ARE GOING AFTER PROPERTY RIGHTS IN URBAN & RURAL AREAS HERE IN COLORADO & what YOU can do about it:

This all ties in with the 30×30 Agenda – LEARN MORE HERE:

 

Here’s what you can do now – LET THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE BE HEARD:

1. Select the appropriate Resolution – download THIS GUIDE-OR- use one of THESE RESOLUTIONS and modify it to fit your purposes. In our this case, we are focused on opposing the SEVEN bills going through our Legislature in 2024. What do you disagree with? What is violating your rights? Here is a sample Resolution to oppose Justice 40/ Smart Cities:

        • Resolution to Oppose 2024 Bills to Regulate City & County Zoning
        • Whereas the people of Colorado have all the rights to self-determination outlined in the Constitution of the United States of America; and
           
          Whereas the Colorado State Constitution is modeled after the US Constitution; and
           
          Whereas we have empowered our municipalities to set and manage zoning and land use according to our wishes; and
           
          Whereas, these bills HB24-1313, HB24-1007, HB24-1304, HB24-1152, HB24-1175, HB24-1239; and HB 24-1107 construe an overreach by the State of Colorado, and do not represent the will of the People;
           
          Therefore, the State Legislature must withdraw its interference in these local issues and leave matters of zoning to the municipalities, and to the counties where there is no city or town with jurisdiction.

       
      OPTIONAL (for Boards & Committees of Elected Officials): Now therefore, be it resolved; the majority of  X (Board or Commission) oppose the regulation of city and county zoning by the Colorado State Legislature and do not wish to have X City/ County included in the proposed legislation.

    • 2. Modify the resolution language to reflect the unique characteristics of your community – say what you want and don’t want to see implemented here in Colorado. Your Legislators are trying to pass laws that don’t reflect your voice – remember, they represent YOU!

    3. Adopt the resolution

      • * A single person or local group can pass a Resolution – this could be the people on your block, in your HOA, in your County GOP, etc.

    4. Notarize the Resolution

    5. Create an evidence trail about the will of The People being violated by sending notarized copies to:

      • * Your elected officials
      • * Post them on social media
      • * Send them with a letter to the editor of local newspapers
      • * Read them to your officials on their voicemail and in official meetings, etc.
      • * Take them to the Capitol and read them during public testimony – you MUST sign up HERE beforehand. The full legislative schedule is HERE. If you need instructions for how to navigate the legislative website and engage there is a little extra help HERE.

    6. Send notarized copies to:

OTHER RESOURCES:

American Stewards of Liberty

Western States Property Rights Coalition

COLORADO WILL OF THE PEOPLE MAP