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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2011-8
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 12
LICENSES AND PERMITS, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF
WELD, STATE OF COLORADO:
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with
the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on December 28, 2000, adopted Weld
County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Code for the County of Weld,
including the codification of all previously adopted ordinances of a general and permanent
nature enacted on or before said date of adoption, and
WHEREAS, the Weld County Code is in need of revision and clarification with regard to
procedures, terms, and requirements therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Weld, State of Colorado, that certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be,
and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are
revised to read as follows.
CHAPTER 12
Licenses and Permits
Add: ARTICLE VI
Cultivation, Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Medical Marijuana
Sec. 12-6-10. No Issuance of Local License for the Cultivation, Manufacture, Distribution and
Sale of Medical Marijuana.
The Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, as the "Local Licensing Authority"
for Weld County, as defined in Section 12-43.3-104(5), C.R.S., shall not issue a local license for
the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of medical marijuana within Weld County,
pursuant to the authority provided in Section 12-43.3-301, C.R.S. Furthermore, the lack of
specific standards for local license issuance for the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and
sale of medical marijuana within this Code, as described in Section 12-43.3-301(2), C.R.S.,
shall not be construed in any manner whatsoever as consent to the issuance of a local license
by and through said Colorado statute, or by and through other operation of law.
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereby
is, directed to arrange for Colorado Code Publishing to supplement the Weld County Code with
the amendments contained herein, to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and
subsections as they currently exist within said Code; and to resolve any inconsistencies
regarding capitalization, grammar, and numbering or placement of chapters, articles, divisions,
sections, and subsections in said Code.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The
Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in
each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses, or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2011-8 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 10th day of August, A.D., 2011, nunc pro tunc
June 30, 2011.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Sean P. Conway, Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
William F. Garcia
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David E. Long
County Attorney
Douglas Rademacher
First Reading: June 29, 2011
Publication: July 6, 2011, in the Fort Lupton Press
Second Reading: July 18, 2011
Publication: July 27, 2011, in the Fort Lupton Press
Final Reading: August 10, 2011
Publication: August 17, 2011, in the Fort Lupton Press
Effective: June 30, 2011
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