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Weld County Code Ordinance 2026-06
In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 7 Adoption
of Miscellaneous Standard Codes 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 Weld County, 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 Chapter 7 of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is,
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
Chapter 7
Adoption of Miscellaneous Standard Codes
ARTICLE I — Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code
Sec. 7-1-10. Adoption of Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, Effective Date, and
Applicability.
As required by C.R.S. Section 24-33.5-1237, the Board of County Commissioners
hereby adopts the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code (the "Resiliency Code") and
subsequent versions thereto as may be adopted or amended by the Colorado Wildfire
Resiliency Code Board ("Resiliency Code Board"), with the following modifications:
A. Delete all of Appendix C.
B. The Effective Date of the Resiliency Code for the purpose of enforcement shall
be July 1 , 2026.
C. The Resiliency Code shall apply to parcels located in Weld County outside the
corporate limits of a city or town and outside the boundaries of a fire protection
district, and which are shown on the State Map for the Application of the 2025
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Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code (or versions thereof subsequently adopted or
amended by the Resiliency Code Board) and designated:
1. High Intensity Non-Federal; or
2. Moderate Intensity Non-Federal; or
3. Low Intensity Non-Federal.
4. Exempting therefrom any thirty-five (35) acre or larger parcel with only
one (1) residential structure on it that does not abut a residential or
commercial area.
Sec. 7-1-20. Enforcement of Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code in Weld County.
Enforcement of the Resiliency Code to applicable parcels in Weld County shall be by
the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control pursuant to request of the Board of
County Commissioners in accordance with C.R.S. Section 24-33.5-1237(2)(d).
Be it further ordained by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereby is, directed
to arrange for Municode 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.
First Reading: March 2, 2026
Publication: March 6, 2026, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: March 16, 2026
Publication: March 20, 2026, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: March 30, 2026
Publication: April 3, 2026, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: July 1, 2026
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