Colorado Revised Statutes Title 31. Government Municipal § 31-16-203. Notice--hearing

After the introduction of the adopting ordinance, the governing body of any municipality shall schedule a public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the adopting municipality, once at least fifteen days preceding the hearing, and once at least eight days preceding it. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be posted in the same manner as provided for the posting of a proposed ordinance. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing. It shall also state that copies of the primary code and copies of the secondary codes, if any, being considered for adoption are on file with the clerk and are open to public inspection. The notice shall also contain a description which the governing body deems sufficient to give notice to interested persons of the purpose of the primary code, the subject matter of the code, the name and address of the agency by which it has been promulgated or, if a municipality, the corporate name of such municipality which has enacted such code, and the date of publication of such code, and, in the case of a code of any municipality, the notice shall contain a specific reference to the code of a given municipality as it existed and was effective at a given date. The requirements as to the reading of the adopting ordinance are as provided in section 31-16-107.