Opinion ID: 2636718
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Heading: The PUD Act's Modification Provision

Text: The County relies upon the PUD Act's modification provision, section 24-67-106(3)(b), to support its position that the District is required to seek modification of the PUD. Section 24-67-106(3)(b) provides as follows: Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b.5) of this subsection (3), no substantial modification, removal, or release of the provisions of the plan by the county or municipality shall be permitted except upon a finding by the county or municipality, following a public hearing called and held in accordance with the provisions of section 24-67-104(1)(e) that the modification, removal, or release is consistent with the efficient development and preservation of the entire planned unit development, does not affect in a substantially adverse manner either the enjoyment of land abutting upon or across a street from the planned unit development or the public interest, and is not granted solely to confer a special benefit upon any person. Contrary to the County's position, nothing in this provision functions to alter our conclusion that political subdivisions' override authority applies to the PUD Act. We must construe statutes addressing the same subject to avoid conflict and inconsistency, if possible. City & County of Denver, 782 P.2d at 766; James, 178 Colo. at 404, 497 P.2d at 1257; see also § 2-4-206. The General Assembly enacted the PUD Act for the purpose of supplementing the provisions of [the Planning Act] .... § 24-67-107(6). The General Assembly chose not to explicitly make the PUD modification provision applicable to other political subdivisions, except where, as we discuss below, the political subdivision no longer needs land platted for public use in a PUD to carry out its governmental purposes. We do not find clear and unmistakable legislative intent for the later PUD Act to repeal by implication the specific override provision codified at section 30-28-110(1)(c). See Smith, 880 P.2d at 1184 n. 9; City of Colorado Springs, 895 P.2d at 1118. Accordingly, we conclude that the PUD Act's modification provision, section 24-67-106(3)(b), does not apply to other political subdivisions so as to supersede their override authority under section 30-28-110(1)(c). [8] The County was not entitled to refuse to process the District's application for §§ 24-65.1-201, -203. No such areas or activities are at issue in this case. location and extent review on the basis that the District must first seek to modify the PUD.