Chapter 17.172 REGULATIONS FOR EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WATER PROJECTS
17.172.030 Purpose and Findings.
(1) To protect the public health, safety, convenience, order, property or welfare of present and future inhabitants of Pueblo County and the State of Colorado.
(2) To ensure planned, orderly, efficient and economical land use development.
(3) To provide for the needs of agriculture, existing businesses, residential communities, and recreation now and in the future in Pueblo County and adjacent areas which are integral to the economy of Pueblo County.
(4) To ensure that water projects are located to avoid conflict with County land use plans.
(5) To regulate municipal and industrial water projects that could cause extensive water and air pollution or that would otherwise degrade or threaten the environmental quality within the County or the beauty of its landscape and the integrity of its rivers.
(6) To ensure that municipal and industrial water projects emphasize the most efficient use of water, including to the extent permissible under existing law, and when appropriate, the recycling, reuse, and conservation of water.
(7) To ensure that urban development, population densities, and site layout of storm water and sanitation systems be accomplished in a manner that will prevent the pollution of aquifer recharge areas.
(8) To ensure that new municipal and industrial water and sewage treatment systems be concentrated in areas which would result in the proper utilization of existing treatment plants and the orderly distribution of water and sewage systems of adjacent communities.
(9) To ensure that major extensions of municipal and industrial water and sewage treatment systems be permitted only in areas in which the anticipated growth and development that may occur as a result of such extensions can be accomplished within the financial and environmental capacity of the area to sustain such growth and development.
(10) To protect lands from development which would cause immediate or foreseeable material danger to significant wildlife habitat or endanger a wildlife species.
(11) To preserve areas of historical and archaeological importance.(12) To regulate location of activities and developments which may result in significant changes in population density.
(13) To provide for planned development of services and facilities.(14) To regulate use of land and water resources on the basis of impact thereof on the community or surrounding areas.
(15) To provide planned and orderly use of land and water resources and protection of the environment in a manner consistent with constitutional rights and private property rights.(16) To ensure that new development will pay for itself to the maximum extent practicable and to ensure that the present residents of Pueblo County will not have to unduly subsidize new development through increased cost of public services or degradation of the quality of life.
B. Findings. The Board of County Commissioners finds that:
(1) All applicable notice and public hearing requirements have been followed for the designation of this activity as a matter of state and local interest;(2) Based on duly noticed public hearings the Board has considered the applicable guidelines for designation issued by the Colorado Land Use Commission as part of its HB. 1041 Model Land Use regulations;
(3) These Regulations are necessary because of the current and foreseeable development pressures on and within the County; and(4) These Regulations are necessary to fulfill the purposes and intentions specified above.