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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2024-10
E-- IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS,
CHAPTER 23 ZONING 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 23 Zoning of the Weld County Code be, and
hereby is, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
CHAPTER 23
ZONING
ARTICLE XI — Floodplain Management Ordinance
Division 1 — General Provisions
Amend Sec. 23-11-250. — Basis for stablishing Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).
The SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA identified by FEMA in a scientific and engineering
report entitled, "The Flood Insurance Study for Weld County, Colorado, and Incorporated Areas,"
dated September 26, 2024November 30, 2023, with accompanying FLOOD INSURANCE RATE
MAPs (FIRM) ani FHBM and any revisions thereto, are hereby adopted by reference and
declared to be part of this ORDINANCE. These SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS identified by
the FIS and atten cant mapping are the minimum area of applicability of this ORDINANCE and
may be supplemented by studies designated and approved by the Board of County
Commissioners, CWCB and FEMA. The FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR shall keep a copy of
the FIS, FIRMs and/or FHBMs on file and available for public inspection.
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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 2024-10 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 5th day of August, 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 Saine
Date of signature:
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Publication May 22, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
First Reading June 24, 2024
Publication June 30, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading July 17, 2024
Publication July 21, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading August 5, 2024
Publication August 11, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective August 16, 2024
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