[quote name='Roto-Ray' timestamp='1341675516' post='491451']
Great information so far, but what's the difference between an incorporated and unincorporated city in CO?
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Oh boy... As I understand it being incorporated basically means there is a structured government with elected officials including a mayor & city council and laws. There are tons of unincorporated cities / towns that have a name on the map and a post office but fall under the county government. It's very costly to incorporate a city so nearly all of the small ones simply don't do it.
Another thing we have are Metro Districts... These fall under county government but they have their own HOA boards and what ever public services they can afford. The largest one is called Highlands Ranch which is in Douglas County, on the south side of the Denver area. Douglas County Sheriff does all law enforcement and all couny laws apply, but there are added homeowners association rules that the Metro District enforces. The county does all road maintenance, but the metro district does all the landscaping, water and sewer.
I mentioned in the earlier post about fire districts... Littleton Fire Rescue provides fire and medical to the Highlands Ranch Metro District who contracts with them for service. LFR also provides service to the City of Littleton and the Littleton Fire Protection District. Each of those 3 entities have members on the LFR board to make decisions. This link provides a map to show how messed up it is. [url="http://www.littletongov.org/fire/districtsmap.asp"]http://www.littleton...istrictsmap.asp[/url] The blue, yellow & green outline represent the 3 separate districts all covered by LFR.
In the case of the Highlands Ranch Metro District they want their name on LFR's rigs, so the apparatus in the ranch say "Highlands Ranch" real big on the front doors and on the rear compartment very small it says "Operated by Littleton Fire Rescue."
This engine is marked differenlty because its not stationed in Highlands Ranch, yet both of these rigs are staffed by the same FD.
Clear as mud?
Great information so far, but what's the difference between an incorporated and unincorporated city in CO?
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Oh boy... As I understand it being incorporated basically means there is a structured government with elected officials including a mayor & city council and laws. There are tons of unincorporated cities / towns that have a name on the map and a post office but fall under the county government. It's very costly to incorporate a city so nearly all of the small ones simply don't do it.
Another thing we have are Metro Districts... These fall under county government but they have their own HOA boards and what ever public services they can afford. The largest one is called Highlands Ranch which is in Douglas County, on the south side of the Denver area. Douglas County Sheriff does all law enforcement and all couny laws apply, but there are added homeowners association rules that the Metro District enforces. The county does all road maintenance, but the metro district does all the landscaping, water and sewer.
I mentioned in the earlier post about fire districts... Littleton Fire Rescue provides fire and medical to the Highlands Ranch Metro District who contracts with them for service. LFR also provides service to the City of Littleton and the Littleton Fire Protection District. Each of those 3 entities have members on the LFR board to make decisions. This link provides a map to show how messed up it is. [url="http://www.littletongov.org/fire/districtsmap.asp"]http://www.littleton...istrictsmap.asp[/url] The blue, yellow & green outline represent the 3 separate districts all covered by LFR.
In the case of the Highlands Ranch Metro District they want their name on LFR's rigs, so the apparatus in the ranch say "Highlands Ranch" real big on the front doors and on the rear compartment very small it says "Operated by Littleton Fire Rescue."
This engine is marked differenlty because its not stationed in Highlands Ranch, yet both of these rigs are staffed by the same FD.
Clear as mud?
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