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Ordinance aligning municipal penalties with state law passes second reading
Summary
Trustees completed the second reading and public hearing for ordinance 1224, which aligns municipal general-penalty provisions with recent Colorado Supreme Court guidance; the board voted unanimously to move the ordinance forward.
The board held a second reading and public hearing on ordinance 1224, an update to the municipal code's general penalty provisions intended to align local penalties with state statutory equivalents after recent Colorado Supreme Court decisions. The town attorney summarized the legal context, explaining that where a municipal offense has a state‑law equivalent the penalties must not be inconsistent.
After a brief public hearing with no speakers on the ordinance, the board voted unanimously to advance the ordinance on second reading.
The attorney said the revision cleans up code references and provides a catch‑all to default to state penalties when there is an equivalent state offense, consistent with judicial guidance and local court practice.
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