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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2024-18
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 of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is,
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
CHAPTER 23
ZONING
ARTICLE I — General Provisions
Amend Sec. 23-1-90. Definitions.
The following specific words and phrases, when appearing in this Chapter in uppercase
letters, shall have the meanings stated in this Section:
Add LICENSED PREMISES PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO NATURAL MEDICINE CODE:
The premises specified in an application for a license pursuant to the Colorado Natural Medicine
Code (C.R.S. §44-50-101, et seq.) that the licensee owns or is in possession of and within which
the licensee is authorized to cultivate, manufacture, test, store, distribute, transport, transfer, or
dispense regulated natural medicine or regulated natural medicine product in accordance with
the Colorado Natural Medicine Code.
Remainder of Section — No change.
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ARTICLE III — Zone Districts
Division 3 — Commercial Zone District
Amend the last sentence of Sec. 23-3-210.C, Sec. 23-3-220.C, Sec. 23-3-230.C, and
Sec. 23-3-240.C to read as follows: Any USE conducted outside of an ENCLOSED BUILDING
shall be SCREENED from adjacent PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY and ADJACENT LOTS in any
Zone District other than 1-3.
Division 4 - Industrial Zone Districts
Amend Sec. 23-3-310.1-1 (Light Industrial) Zone District.
A. and B. — No change.
C. Uses allowed subject to Site Plan Review. The following USES shall be allowed in the I-1
Zone District following approval and recording of a Site Plan in accordance with Article II,
Division 3, of this Chapter. Any USE conducted outside of an ENCLOSED BUILDING shall
be SCREENED from adjacent PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY and ADJACENT LOTS in any
Zone District other than 1-3.
1 through 16 — No change.
Insert new 17, and renumber remainder of C.
17. LICENSED PREMISES PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO NATURAL MEDICINE
CODE, subject to the limitations in Chapter 23, Article IV, Division 19.
Remainder of Section — No change.
Amend Sec. 23-3-320. 1-2 (Medium Industrial) Zone District.
A. and B. — No change.
C. Uses allowed subject to Site Plan Review. The following USES shall be allowed in the 1-2
Zone District following approval and recording of a Site Plan in accordance with Article II,
Division 3, of this Chapter. Any USE conducted outside of an ENCLOSED BUILDING shall
be SCREENED from adjacent PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY and ADJACENT LOTS in any
Zone District other than 1-3.
1 through 14 — No change.
Insert new 15, and renumber remainder of C.
15. LICENSED PREMISES PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO NATURAL MEDICINE
CODE, subject to the limitations in Chapter 23, Article IV, Division 19.
Remainder of Section — No change.
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Amend Sec. 23-3-330.1-3 (Heavy Industrial) Zone District.
A. and B. — No change.
C. Uses allowed subject to Site Plan Review. The following USES shall be allowed in the 1-3
Zone District following approval and recording of a Site Plan in accordance with Article II,
Division 3, of this Chapter.
1 through 17 — No change.
Insert new 18, and renumber remainder of C.
18. LICENSED PREMISES PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO NATURAL MEDICINE
CODE, subject to the limitations in Chapter 23, Article IV, Division 19.
Remainder of Section — No change.
ARTICLE IV — Supplementary District Regulations and Zoning Permits
Add Division 19 - Licensed Premises Pursuant to the Colorado Natural Medicine Code
Sec. 23-4-1400. Licensed Premises Pursuant to the Colorado Natural Medicine Code.
All LICENSED PREMISES PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO NATURAL MEDICINE
CODE shall comply with all of the following provisions:
A. No LICENSED PREMISES PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO NATURAL MEDICINE
CODE shall operate within the unincorporated area of Weld County without a valid natural
medicine license from the State of Colorado Department of Revenue.
No LICENSED PREMISES PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO NATURAL MEDICINE
CODE shall be established within one thousand (1,000) feet of a state -licensed CHILD
CARE CENTER; a state -licensed preschool; a public, independent, or parochial school
which satisfies the compulsory school attendance requirements appearing in the School
Attendance Law of 1963, Title 22, Article 33, C.R.S.; or a state -licensed FAMILY CHILD
CARE HOME. Such distance shall be measured from the nearest property line of the land
used for a school or facility to the nearest portion of the BUILDING in which natural
medicine services are provided, using a route of direct pedestrian access.
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
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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 2024-18 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 22nd day of January, A D , 2025
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
Publication
December 16, 2024
December 21, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading January 6, 2025
Publication January 11, 2025, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading January 22, 2025
Publication January 25, 2025, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective January 29, 2025
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