Colorado Revised Statutes Title 29. Government Local § 29-35-402. Definitions

(a) Satisfies the requirements of the federal “Fair Housing Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 3601 et seq., as amended;

(b) Incorporates universal design; or

(c) Is either a type A dwelling unit, as defined in section 9-5-101(10), or a type B dwelling unit, as defined in section 9-5-101(12).

(a) Provides complete independent living facilities for one or more individuals;

(b) Is located on the same lot as a proposed or existing primary residence; and

(c) Includes facilities for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

(5)(a) “Administrative approval process” means a process in which:

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (5)(a) of this section, an administrative approval process may require an appointed historic preservation commission to make a decision, or to make a recommendation to local government administrative staff, regarding a development application involving a property that the local government has designated as a historic property, provided that:

(a) Not served by a domestic water and sewage treatment system, as defined in section 24-65.1-104(5), or is served by a well with a permit that cannot supply an additional dwelling unit;

(b) A historic property that is not within a historic district; or

(c) In a floodway or in a one hundred year floodplain, as identified by the federal emergency management agency.

(a) On the national register of historic places;

(b) On the Colorado state register of historic properties; or

(c) As a contributing structure or historic landmark by a certified local government, as defined in section 39-22-514.5(2)(b).

(a) Is a defined benchmark or criterion that allows for determinations of compliance to be consistently decided regardless of the decision maker; and

(b) Does not require a subjective determination concerning a development proposal, including but not limited to whether the application for the development proposal is:

(a) Requires an architectural style, building material, or landscaping that is more restrictive for an accessory dwelling unit than for a single-unit detached dwelling in the same zoning district;

(b) Does not allow for accessory dwelling unit sizes between five hundred and seven hundred fifty square feet;

(c) Requires side setbacks for an accessory dwelling unit that are larger than the side setbacks required for a primary dwelling unit in the same zoning district;

(d) Requires a rear setback for an accessory dwelling unit that is larger than the greater of:

(e) Is a more restrictive minimum lot size standard for an accessory dwelling unit than for a single-unit detached dwelling in the same zoning district; or

(f) Applies more restrictive aesthetic design or dimensional standards to accessory dwelling units that are factory-built residential structures, as defined in section 24-32-3302(10), than other accessory dwelling units.

(19)(a) “Short-term rental” means the rental of a lodging unit for less than thirty days. As used in this subsection (19), “lodging unit” means any property or portion of a property that is available for lodging; except that the term excludes a hotel or motel unit.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (19)(a) of this section, a local government may apply its own definition of “short-term rental” for purposes of this part 1.

(a) A municipality that both has a population of one thousand or more, as reported by the state demography office, and is within a metropolitan planning organization; or

(b) The portion of a county that is both within a census designated place with a population of forty thousand or more, as reported in the most recent decennial census, and within a metropolitan planning organization.