(a) Jurisdiction. The Development Code shall be effective throughout the City of Creede's corporate boundaries. The City of Creede's planning jurisdiction includes all land within the City of Creede and the land within three (3) miles of the City of Creede's corporate boundaries to the extent of the City's major street plan. A copy of a map showing the boundaries of the City of Creede and the area within the three-mile planning jurisdiction shall be available for public inspection in the Creede Town Hall.
(b) Permit requirement. The Development Code establishes procedural and substantive rules for obtaining the necessary approval to develop land and construct buildings and structures. Development applications will be reviewed for compliance with the City of Creede's Comprehensive Plan, with the regulations and standards adopted in this Development Code, or with such regulations as are applicable in the Creede Municipal Code or state or federal law. Issuance of a building permit or grading permit is required prior to the commencement of any development in the City, including grading property or erecting, constructing, reconstructing, altering, moving, or changing the use of any building, structure, or improvement within the City. A permit shall not be issued until the plans for development of the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, moving, use or grading fully conform to the land development regulations in effect at the time of submitting the permit.
(Ord. 395 §3, 2016)