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CODE ORDINANCE 2024-12
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION 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.
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2024, S.B. 24-131 becomes effective, which enacts Section
18-12-105.3(1)(b), C.R.S., as follows:
Section 18-12-105.3. Unlawful carrying of a firearm in government buildings -
penalty - definitions.
(1) A person shall not knowingly carry a firearm, whether loaded or not loaded, in any
of the following locations, including their adjacent parking areas:
(b) Unless permitted by a local government, as described in subsection (4)(b)
of this section, on the property or within any building in which:
(i)
the chambers or galleries of a local government's governing body
are located; or
(ii) a meeting of a local government's governing body is being
conducted; or
(iii) the official office of any elected member of a local government's
governing body or of the chief executive officer of a local
government is located; and
WHEREAS, Section 18-12-105.3(4)(b), C.R.S., authorizes the Board of County
Commissioners to enact an ordinance permitting a person to carry a firearm at the places
described in Section 18-12-105.3(1)(b), C.R.S., and
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WHEREAS, to that end, the Board of County Commissioners believes that Chapter 2
Administration of the Weld County Code needs revision to permit a person to carry a firearm at
the places described in Section 18-12-105.3(1)(b), C.R.S., as that Section pertains to the Board
of County Commissioners of the County of Weld.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Weld, State of Colorado, that Chapter 2 Administration of the Weld County Code be,
and hereby is, repealed, reenacted, and amended to include the following Section 2-2-65:
CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE II — General Policies
Add Sec. 2-2-65. Permission to carry firearm at place described in Section
18-12-105.3(1)(b), C.R.S.
A. Carrying of a firearm in the following places is permitted:
1. The Weld County Administration Building and property located at 1150 O Street,
Greeley, Colorado.
2. Any building and property where the Board of County Commissioners is conducting a
meeting as that term is defined in Section 24-6-402((1)(b), C.R.S.
B. The term "firearm" as used in this Section shall mean the same as defined in Section
18-1-901(3)(h), C.R.S.: "Firearm" means any handgun, automatic, revolver, pistol, rifle,
shotgun, or other instrument or device capable or intended to be capable of discharging
bullets, cartridges, or other explosive charges.
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 2024-12 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 8th day of July, A.D., 2024.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Weld County Clerk to the Board
Deputy Clerk to the Board
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First Reading: June 10, 2024
Publication: June 14, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: June 24, 2024
Publication: June 28, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: July 8, 2024
Publication: July 12, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: July 17, 2024, nunc pro tunc, July 1, A.D., 2024
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