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CODE ORDINANCE 2024-17
ID 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and hereby is, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.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
ARTICLE I — General Provisions
Amend Sec. 24-1-40. Definitions.
For the purposes of Chapters 24 and 27, the following words and phrases shall have the
meanings stated in this Section:
Delete Utilities Coordinating Advisory Committee:
ARTICLE III — Subdivision Design Standards
Amend Sec. 24-3-60. Easement standards.
A. Fifteen -foot (15) feet minimum drainage and utility easements are required adjacent to
public road rights -of -way,,
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B Twenty -foot (20) feet minimum drainage and utility easements are required along internal
lotlot lines and shall be apportioned equally on abutting properties_, unless otherwise
justified by l purposes.
C Ten -foot (10') feet -minimum drainage and utility easementseasements are required along
justified by the Utilities Coordinating Advisory
xteri-or lots requires fifteen ('15) feet.
exterior lot lines_;
D Easements shall be designed to provide efficient installation of utilities and drainage
swales. Proposed easements may be modified by the Utilities C
Committee. Public utility installations shall be located to permit multiple installations within
the easements to avoid cross connections. minimize trenching and adequately separate
incompatible systems.
Add E For Resubdivision applications, the Director of Planning Services may reduce the required
easement widths from those shown in Subsections A through C of this Section, or
eliminate the required easements entirely, based on existing easements in the Subdivision
or Historic Townsite and referral comments from utility companies.
Amend Sec. 24-3-180. Underground utility requirements.
All electric and communication utility lines and services and all street lighting circuits shall
be installed underground, within easements. The following items are excluded but shall not be
located within a sight distance triangle:
A. thru D. — No change.
Delete E.
E. Deviations from the requirements shah be permitted only with the approval of the Utilities
Coordinating Advisory Committee.
ARTICLE V — Minor Subdivision
Amend Sec. 24-5-70. Final plan procedure.
A. The Minor Subdivision Final Plan application shall be processed according to the following
procedure:
1. thru 3. — No change.
Delete 4. and renumber remainder of Section. No other changes.
4.
meeting prior to the Board of County Commissioners hearing. The Utilities
Coordinating Advisory Committee shal review the Final Plan for compliance with
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ARTICLE VI - Rural Land Division
Amend Sec. 24-6-60. Final plan procedure.
A. The Rural Land Division Final Plan application shall be processed according to the
following procedure:
1. thru 3. — No change.
Delete 4. and renumber remainder of Section. No other changes.
In the event the application includes a drainage and/or utility easement which
deviates from Subdivision
of the Weld County Code, the Department of Planning Services shall schedulee
Rural Land Division Final Plan utility design on the first available Utilities
Coordinating Advisory Committee meeting prior to the Board of County
Commissioners hearing. No Utilities Coordinating Advise Committee is required
if --the proposal adheres to the easement standard criteria. The Planner may
schedule--a-Utilities Coordinating Advisory Committee if deemed necessary.
ARTICLE IX — Resubdivision
Amend Sec. 24-9-40. Procedure.
A Resubdivision application shall be processed according to the following procedure:
Delete D. and renumber remainder of Section. No other changes.
D- In the event a utility easement is affected, the Department of Planning Services shall
schedule the Resubdivision request on the first available Utilities Coordinating Advisory
Committee meeting before receiving County approval.
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.
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The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2024-17 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 20th day of November, A D , 2024
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST
Kevin D Ross, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Perry L Buck, Pro-Tem
BY
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Mike Freeman
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Scott K James
County Attorney
Lori Same
Date of signature
First Reading October 21, 2024
Publication October 26, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading November 6, 2024
Publication November 9, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading November 20, 2024
Publication November 23, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective November 28, 2024
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