Droste v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS OF PITKIN

The right to use one's property is guaranteed by the Colorado Constitution, although it is subject to the proper exercise of the government's police power. See W. Income Props., Inc. v. City & County of Denver, 174 Colo. 533, 485 P.2d 120 (1971). Zoning is one manifestation of the government's police power to regulate property use. See City of Colorado Springs v. Securcare Self Storage, Inc., 10 P.3d 1244 (Colo.2000). As the majority acknowledges, however, local governments like Pitkin County do not possess a general zoning police power-at least not before today. Rather, they "have only those…