1. This Code is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in state statutes (C.R.S.). Local governments are provided broad authority to plan for and regulate the use of land within their jurisdictions, as authorized in Title 31, Article 23 et seq., C.R.S., as amended.

2. Whenever a section of the state statutes that is referred to in this Code is later amended or superseded, this Code is deemed amended to refer to the amended section or section that most nearly corresponds to the superseded section.