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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2003-1
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CHAPTER 26 MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, OF THE WELD
COUNTY CODE -WELD COUNTY ROAD 1 COALITION
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 requirement 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and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are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 22
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Amend Appendix 22-G, as follows:
Appendix 22-G
Mixed Use Development Area (MUD)
Land Use Plan Distribution
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Land Use/ Intensity Acres % Remarks
Total
Area
Employment Center— 2,748 31.0 million square feet of floor space
High Intensity 18%
Regional Commercial — 437 3% 4.4 million square feet of floor space
Medium Intensity
Neighborhood Center— 195 1% 8.8 million total square feet of floor
Low Intensity space
Residential — Mixed Maximum population: 59,076 people
Intensity 6,583 44% and approximately 23,651 dwelling
units
Limiting Site Factors — All areas delineated are within the
Lowest Intensity 4,215 28% 100-year floodplain or have elements
that obstruct or are hazardous to
certain types of development _
Regional Park 6% Areas delineated as open space
919
TOTAL 100%
15,097
Source: Weld County Department of Planning Services.
Table Assumptions:
• Residential densities were calculated using an average of four dwelling units per acre
for all development throughout the MUD area. It was assumed that 25% of the gross
land area in residential areas would account for roadways, neighborhood parks and
various residential amenities.
• Employment center calculations are based on an average of 15,000 square feet of floor
area per acre.
• Regional commercial calculations are based on an average of 10,000 square feet of
floor area per acre.
CHAPTER 26
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
Amend Section 26-1-20 as follows:
Sec. 26-1-20. Planning area boundaries.
The MUD area covers approximately fifteen thousand one hundred thirty-seven (15,137)
acres with approximate boundaries at Weld County Road 1 on the west, Weld County
Road 15 on the east, Weld County Road 32 on the north and Weld County Road 20 on
the south. The MUD planning area boundaries are shown on Map 2.1, Structural Land
Use Map, the most recent copy of which is on file at the Clerk to the Board's Office and
the Department of Planning Services.
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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
sub-sections 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 sub-sections 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 2003-1 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 7th day of April, A. D., 2003.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
David E. Long, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Robert D. Masden, Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
M. J. Geile
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
William H. Jerke
County Attorney
Glenn Vaad
Publication: February 13, 2003, in the South Weld Sun
First Reading: February 24, 2003
Publication: March 6, 2003, in the South Weld Sun
Second Reading: March 17, 2003
Publication: March 27, 2003, in the South Weld Sun
Final Reading: April 7, 2003
Publication: April 17, 2003, in the South Weld Sun
Effective: April 23, 2003
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