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CODE ORDINANCE 2024-08
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 24
SUBDIVISIONS 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 Chapter 24 Subdivisions of the Weld County Code be,
and hereby is, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
CHAPTER 24
SUBDIVISIONS
Amend Sec. 24-6-20. Standards.
A. The Rural Land Division is a land division process used to divide a parcel into a maximum
of four (4) separate lots and is subject to the following criteria:
1. thru 12. — No change.
13. The Rural Land Division lots shall be accessed via a single internal publicly
dedicated right-of-way, which shall be privately maintained according to a Road
Maintenance Agreement applicable to all present and future lot owners, unless all
of the following criteria apply:
a. Each proposed lot contains a single-family dwelling unit permitted at least
one (1) year prior to the application and existing as of the date of application
for the Rural Land Division;
b. Each proposed lot utilizes a historical or permitted access that existed at
least one (1) year prior to the date of application for the Rural Land Division;
c. The existing accesses are onto a County -maintained local road; and
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d. No fewer than three (3) lots are proposed.
Remainder of Section — No changes.
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.
The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2024-08 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 3rd day of June, A.D., 2024.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Weld County Clerk to the Board
BY:
(NAY)
Kevin D. Ross, Chair
(AYE)
Perry L. Buck, Pro-Tem
Deputy Clerk to the Board (AYE)
Mike Freeman
APPROVED AS TO FORM: (AYE)
Scott K. James
County Attorney (AYE)
Date of signature:
Lori Saine
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First Reading: May 6, 2024
Publication: May 8, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: May 20, 2024
Publication: May 22, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: June 3, 2024
Publication: June 5, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: June 10, 2024
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