Colorado Revised Statutes Title 29. Government Local § 29-27-401. Legislative declaration

(a) The permitting, construction, modification, maintenance, and operation of broadband facilities are critical to ensuring that all citizens in the state have true access to advanced technology and information;

(b) These facilities are critical to ensuring that businesses and schools throughout the state remain competitive in the global economy; and

(c) The permitting, construction, modification, maintenance, and operation of these facilities, to the extent specifically addressed in this part 4, are declared to be matters of statewide concern and interest.

(a) Small cell facilities often may be deployed most effectively in the public rights-of-way; and

(b) Access to local government structures is essential to the construction and maintenance of wireless service facilities or broadband facilities.