Sunday, October 20, 2013

Steamboat Springs, CO Planning Commission Proposes to Reduce Public Notices Published in Newspapers

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Steamboat Springs, CO Planning Commission Proposes to Reduce Public Notices Published in Newspapers

Steamboat Springs Colorado's Planning Commission is proposing to reduce the number of types of projects that require publishing public notices in printed newspapers. Steamboat Today noted in an editorial October 2 that at present 19 types of projects require published notices in print and the proposal is for that to be limited to 6.
Colorado has been one of the most pro-active states in attempting to save taxpayers the expense of publishing notices in print by allowing public notices to be published online.
  • http://legal-notice.org/sites/all/themes/acquia_marina/images/green-bull...); list-style-position: initial; background-position: 0px 2px;">The City of Lafayette voted by referendum to pull full ordinance public notices out of newspapers in 2011
  • http://legal-notice.org/sites/all/themes/acquia_marina/images/green-bull...); list-style-position: initial; background-position: 0px 2px;">Colorado Governor John signed into law Senate Bill 11-039 allowing self storage facilities to no longer have to publish Lien Sales notices in newspapers
  • http://legal-notice.org/sites/all/themes/acquia_marina/images/green-bull...); list-style-position: initial; background-position: 0px 2px;">Bills have been proposed statewide the past three years to move notices online out of newspapers.
  • http://legal-notice.org/sites/all/themes/acquia_marina/images/green-bull...); list-style-position: initial; background-position: 0px 2px;">The town of Winter Park considered a referendum to move public notices online.
Predictably, Steamboat Today's editorial was strongly against the Planning Commission's Proposal.
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