Colorado Code
Part 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities
§ 38-33.3-217. Amendment of Declaration

(A) Send a dated, written notice and a copy of any proposed amendment by certified mail to each first mortgagee at its most recent address as shown on the recorded deed of trust or recorded assignment thereof; and
(B) Cause the dated notice, together with information on how to obtain a copy of the proposed amendment, to be printed in full at least twice, on separate occasions at least one week apart, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the common interest community is located.

(4.5) Except to the extent expressly permitted or required by other provisions of this article, no amendment may change the uses to which any unit is restricted in the absence of a vote or agreement of unit owners of units to which at least sixty-seven percent of the votes in the association are allocated or any larger percentage the declaration specifies. The declaration may specify a smaller percentage only if all of the units are restricted exclusively to nonresidential use.

Source: L. 91: Entire article added, p. 1727, § 1, effective July 1, 1992. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 649, § 14, effective April 30. L. 98: (1) and (4) amended and (4.5) added, p. 482, § 10, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended and (7) added, p. 692, § 1, effective May 19; (1) amended, p. 629, § 38, effective August 4. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1380, § 8, effective June 6. L. 2006: (1) and (4) amended, p. 1219, § 8, effective May 26.
Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (1) by Senate Bill 99-221 and House Bill 99-1360 were harmonized.