Legal Opinion

Alpenhof, LLC v. City of Ouray

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided January 17, 2013No. 12CA0500PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge WEBB.

T1 Plaintiff, Alpenhof, LLC, raises an unresolved question in Colorado: whether flooding risk from a diverted natural waterway channel involves either a "geologic condition" or a "natural hazard" within the meaning of a zoning code. Defendant, City of Ouray, denied Alpenhof's subdivision application, finding that flooding risk from a diverted creek required mitigation, for which the application did not provide. The district court rejected Alpenhof's C.R.C.P. 106(a)(4) *1054challenge to this denial. Alpenhof now appeals.

12 We conclude that the city properly denied Alpenhof's…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Sher v. Lafayette Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  2. Frazier v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
  3. Kane v. Royal Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
  4. Ross v. Fire and Police Pension Ass'nSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  5. General Insurance Co. of America v. City of Colorado SpringsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981

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