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gorilla in the room known as water resources.

One of the pitfalls of using a “one size ts all” approach to land use/ zoning matters is that not every town or city has adequate water resources to implement what the state o cials and builders would cram down municipal o cials’ throats. Let’s say Montrose has plenty of undeveloped land, but very little unencumbered water resources. What would be the process to stop say a 100-unit apartment development when there is not enough water to service those new residents?

Also, look at Westminster with its limited unencumbered water resources or ornton with the possible shut down of new development if their water pipeline project does not nd a way to get approval from the Larimer County Commissioners. You simply cannot wave a magic wane and say, “150 apartment units can go here or there, next to a major RTD bus route.

Need more balance on so many tenants’ rights bills

Renting residential property is not an easy thing to do these days. ere needs to be a balance in tenants’ rights versus landlord’s rights. But the current legislative session has too many tenants’ rights bills which can only make it harder to