Land Use Code Town of Norwood, Colorado - San Miguel County

Chapter 7: Land Use Code
(3) Requirements for approval. Such amendments shall not become effective except by
resolution of the Commission carried by the favorable vote of a two-thirds of the entire
membership of the Commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps and
descriptive matter intended by the commission to form the whole or part of the plan, and the
action taken shall be recorded on the map and plan and descriptive matter by the identifying
signature of the chairperson or secretary of the Commission. An attesting copy of the plan
or part thereof shall be certified to each governmental body of the territory affected and,
after the approval by each body, shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of San
Miguel County.
(4) Board notification of disapproval. In the event of a disapproval by the Commission
of a proposed master plan or an amendment to the plan, the commission shall communicate
its reasons to the Board of Trustees.
(5) Statutory approval requirement. Failure of the Commission to act within sixty days
from and after the date of official submission to it shall be deemed approval.
(d) Action by Board of Trustees. A public hearing shall be held by the governing body before
adopting any proposed amendment, supplement or change.
(1) Notification requirements for master plan amendment. The Town Clerk shall cause
notice of the public hearing to be given by one publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Town of Norwood without the necessity of notifying property owners by
mail. Notice shall be mailed to all owners of mineral estates of record in the records of
the San Miguel county clerk and recorder. Such notice shall state the time and place of
such hearing and the nature of the amendment to be considered, which time shall not be
earlier than fifteen (15) days from the date of publication.
(2) Positive Commission recommendation. If the Commission has recommended
approval, such plan or amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote
of a majority of the quorum of the Board of Trustees present and voting.
(3) Negative Commission recommendation. If the Commission has recommended
denial, such plan or amendment shall not become effective unless the Board of Trustees
overrules such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of its entire
membership.
(e) Standards for approval. The Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of
Trustees shall evaluate the request and consider changes in circumstances since the adoption of
the Master Plan.
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