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March 31 , 1999
Mary Ann Plonka
16230 Highway 52
Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621
RE: Certificate of Compliance for an Accessory to Farm mobile home
Dear Ms. Plonka:
Thank you for your letter addressed to Commissioner Kirkmeyer received March 11, 1999. The
Weld County Department of Planning Services has determined that the temporary uses which you
have proposed would not justify a mobile home for Accessory to Farm use in accordance with
Section 43 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance. The pertinent Sections of the Zoning Ordinance
are as follows:
Section 43.2.3.1.1 -"The MOBILE HOME will be occupied by persons principally employed at or
engaged in the operation of the USE where the MOBILE HOME is located. ACCESSORY farm
USE of the mobile home shall be established and revalidated on an annual basis as follows:
Evidence shall be submitted by the applicant or property owner by the first of each year for review
and acceptance by the Department of Planning Services verifying that the mobile home
occupant(s) is principally employed at or engaged in the farming operation on the subject property.
The evidence shall consist of tax records, employment agreements or other documentation as
determined suitable by the Department of Planning Services. Failure to submit the required
documentation may result in cessation of the allowance of the MOBILE HOME for TEMPORARY
ACCESSORY Farm USE."
Section 43.2.3.4 - "All MOBILE HOMES as ACCESSORY farm USES are TEMPORARY.
Allowance of the MOBILE HOME shall be extended only if the USE continues to be in conformance
with the criteria set out in Section 43.2.3.1.1. The MOBILE HOME shall be removed from the
property upon the cessation of the USE of the MOBILE HOME as an ACCESSORY farm USE or
at any such time as the MOBILE HOME is used for other than the allowed USE."
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The Weld County Board of Adjustment is the appropriate board to review a staff decision. A copy
of the appropriate procedural guide and application for such review is enclosed for your
convenience.
Please contact the Department of Planning Services if you have any questions pertaining to this
matter.
Sincerely,
Dale Hall, air
Board of County Commissioners
Clerk to the Board
Monica Daniels-Mika, Director of Planning
Scott Ballstadt, Planner
Wendi Inloes, Planning Technician
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Barbara Kirkmeyer
Weld Ccunty Commissioner
Weld County Administrative Offices
Greeley , Colorado 80631
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Dear Mrs . Kirkmeyer,
I am writing in regard to a request I have made to the
Weld County Planning Department to place a mobile home on my
property to have someone livein to work on my property this
spring and summer. The planner I have been communicating with,
Scott Ballstadt, has rejected my initial request and has
left a message on my answering machine that he needs more
documentation. and will then present it to the board for a
decision.
I wrote him a letter on March 2 , 1999 , and the reasons I
gave are the following: I am a 63 year old single female who
works full time as a registered nurse at the V A Medical
Center in Denver. I live in my own home on 35 acres with a
Warn, corral , arena, round pen, 5 horses, and a field of rye.
I need someone here, at least temporarily during the year,
to cut the rye, bale it, stack it in the barn, disc the soil
( sand) , plant additional seed, repair the stalls in the
barn, put up fencing around the property, repair the round
pen and the arena, and other work that comes up.
I hope that you can see that I cannot keep up with all
this work on my own. If you can be of some help to my getting
this approved, I would appreciate it.
Sincerely,
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Mary Ann/ Plonka
16230 Highway 52
Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES
PHONE (970) 353-6100, EXT.3540
FAX (970) 352-6312
C. WELD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
WI 1400 N. 17TH AVENUE
GREELEY, COLORADO 80631
COLORADO
March 5, 1999
Mary Ann Plonka
16230 Highway 52
Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621
RE: Certificate of Compliance for an Accessory to Farm mobile home
Dear Ms. Plonka:
Thank you for your letter received March 4, 1999. The information you have provided is a great
help. The fencing, barn and arena repair, as well as harvest of rye and planting of grass all are
valid farm uses which may justify an Accessory to Farm mobile home.
Staffs concerns are based upon continued justification in the future. Staff has concerns that
once the repair and fencing is completed and the grass is planted, the mobile home will cease to
be justified as Accessory to Farm
Section 43.2.3.1.1 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance states: "The MOBILE HOME will be
occupied by persons principally employed at or engaged in the operation of the USE where the
MOBILE HOME is located. ACCESSORY farm USE of the mobile home shall be established
and revalidated on an annual basis as follows. Evidence shall be submitted by the applicant or
property owner by the first of each year for review and acceptance by the Department of
Planning Services verifying that the mobile home occupant(s) is principally employed at or
engaged in the farming operation on the subject property. The evidence shall consist of tax
records, employment agreements or other documentation as determined suitable by the
Department of Planning Services Failure to submit the required documentation may result in
cessation of the allowance of the MOBILE HOME for TEMPORARY ACCESSORY Farm USE
Your letter indicates that you can offer a "small salary", which indicates that the occupant of the
mobile home will need to be principally employed off the farm.
In accordance with Section 43.2.3 1 1 requires you to resubmit evidence every year to verify that
the occupant of the mobile home is principally employed on the farm. Section 43.2.3.4 also
states: "All MOBILE HOMES as ACCESSORY farm USES are TEMPORARY. Allowance of the
MOBILE HOME shall be extender, the USE continues to be in conformance wiu i r,It.
criteria set out in Section 432.3.1 1 The MOBILE HOME shall be removed from the property
upon the cessation of the USE of the MOBILE HOME as an ACCESSORY farm USE or at any
such time as the MOBILE HOME is used for other than the allowed USE."
Letter to Mary Ann Plonka
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Unfortunately, based upon the information provided, staff has determined that an Accessory to
Farm mobile home is not justified. You will need to remove the mobile home from the property
within sixty (60) days.
If you wish to have the Weld County Board of Adjustment review this staff determination, I have
enclosed a copy of the appropriate procedural guide and application. This application requires a
$200.00 application fee. Should you accept the staff determination and remove the mobile
home from the property, please call me or submit a letter requesting a refund of your$50.00
Certificate of Compliance fee.
Please call me if you have any questions about either of these procedures.
Sincerely,
cott Ballstadt
Planner
cc Monica Daniels-Mika, Director
Wendi Inloes, Planning Technician
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