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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 Weld County, 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repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.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 Ill — 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.
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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.
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.
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B. 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
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.
First Reading: December 16, 2024
Publication: 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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