Colorado Code § 31-16-204

Adopting ordinance - adoption of penalty clauses by reference
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prohibited. After the hearing, the governing body may amend, adopt, or reject the adopting
ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act in the case of other ordinances;
but nothing in this part 2 shall permit the adoption by reference of any penalty clauses which
may appear in any code which is adopted by reference. Any such penalty clauses may be enacted
only if set forth in full and published in the adopting ordinance. All changes or additions to any
code made by the governing body shall be published in the manner which is required for
ordinances; except that changes or additions which are not substantive in nature made in
connection with any codification or compilation of existing ordinances of the adopting
municipality may be posted at the municipal offices in lieu of publication of such changes or
additions.

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