Municipality forms Colorado
The Colorado parishes are five different stately determined statutes, according to which the 271 incorporated parishes of the US state Colorado are administered.
Colorado law makes relatively little distinction between a city and a town. In general, cities have more residents than towns, with the Town of Parker and Town of Castle Rock each having more than 35,000 residents and the City of Black Hawk having fewer than 120 residents. The Town of Garden City , the Town of Lake City , the Town of Orchard City , and the Town of Sugar City are Statutory Towns despite having City at the end of their name.
Village and township are not legally relevant divisions in the state of Colorado, even if Cherry Hills Village , Greenwood Village , Log Lane Village , Mountain Village and Snowmass Village have the name Village in their names. However, different municipalities use Village as a district name.
Consolidated City and County
Only Denver and Broomfield have local governments that combine county and city into one body :
- Denver and Denver Counties are governed by Article XX, Section 4 of the State Constitution and Title 30, Article 11, Section 101 of the Colorado Bylaws. Denver has an elected mayor and a 13-member city council , eleven of which are elected by the boroughs and two are elected by general government. Denver is one of the few cities in the United States that has both a police force and a sheriff .
- Broomfield and Broomfield Counties exist under the rules of Article XX, Sections 10–13 of the Colorado Constitution. Broomfield has an appointed City and County Manager ( city manager ), an elected mayor and a city council whose eleven members by the mayor and two members from five Wards are provided.
Home Rule Municipality
Colorado has 59 cities and 28 towns that are listed as Home Rule Municipality.
- Colorado's Home Rule Municipalitys are self-governing under Article XX of the Colorado Constitution, Title 31, Article 1, Section 202 of the Colorado Bylaws and the Home Rule Charter of the respective municipality. This Home Rule Charter determines the form of government. In Colorado, a Home Rule Municipality can decide for itself whether it takes the form of a city or a town.
Statutory City
Colorado has 14 places that are constituted as Statutory Citys:
- Statutory Citys in Colorado under Title 31, Article 1, Section 203, and Article 4, Section 100 or Section 200 of the Colorado Constitution have an elected mayor and a city council composed of the mayor and two members of each constituency. Such a place may request that it be governed as a Statutory City within the meaning of Section 200 with an appointed City Manager and a City Council with two members per constituency and one further member elected by the whole. The mayor can be the member elected by the whole or the city council can appoint a mayor.
Statutory Town
Colorado has 167 Statutory Towns:
- Statutory Towns are governed by the provisions of Title 31, Article 1, Section 203 and Article 4, Section 300 of the Colorado Constitution. Statutory Towns have an elected mayor and a Board of Trustees made up of the mayor and four or six other members elected by the community.
Territorial Charter Municipality
Georgetown is the only surviving settlement in Colorado that is still under the terms of the Colorado Territory Charter :
- The Town of Georgetown is governed by the provisions of Article XIV, Section 13 of the Charter and Constitution of the Colorado Territory. The mayor is known as the Police Judge and the city council is formed by a Board of Selectmen .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Active Colorado Municipalities ( HTML ) State of Colorado , Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
- ^ Colorado Local Government by Type ( HTML ) State of Colorado , Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
