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Home My WebLink About20251780.tiffWELD COUNTY GOVERNMENT Department of Planning Services `''1/41 .ate A 1 COUNTY, CO 1 Vicinity Map 0, Camfield Historic Townsite WCRI L WELD COUNTY GOVERNMENT Department of Planning Services A6HiejSer._ COUNTY, CO WELD COUNTY GOVERNMENT Department of Planning Services COUNTY, CO USRs Within 1 Mile i USR18-0077 NON -1041 -MAJOR,FACI ITY-PIPE WCR132-1--- I�SUP-215AM RECREATION FAC. 17/ USR-1512 AG SERVICE I - ESTABLISHMENT t� F. 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Shed/Garage Farm Building Oil & Natural Gas Well Mendiola Juan Pablo Gomez 73.87 Array Setback Buildings Point of Interconnection Township/Range Boundary Section Line Parcel Boundary USA Soils Map Units Alfisols Aridisols Mollisols f/, Applicant: RDC CO Weld County Rd 49 LLC Nameplate Generating Capacity: 4.95 MW Contact: (708) 667-6614 December 16, 2024 Invenergy DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: 1.A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW PERMIT, USRXXXX, FORA SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY (SEF) OUTSIDE OF SUBDIVISIONS AND HISTORIC TOWNSITES IN THE A (AGRICULTURAL) ZONE DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS STATED HEREON. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 29.THE FACILITY SHALL ADHERE TO THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE NOISE LEVELS ALLOWED IN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE AS DELINEATED IN 25-12-103 C.R.S. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) 30.THE OPERATION SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF STATE AND FEDERAL 2.APPROVAL OF THIS PLAN MAY CREATE A VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-8-10 OF THE WELD AGENCIES AND THE WELD COUNTY CODE. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) COUNTY CODE. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 3.THE USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW PERMIT SHALL BE VALID FOR THREE (3) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL. IF THE SITE IS NOT SELECTED FOR BEING A PARTICIPANT IN ANY COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM THE PERMIT SHALL EXPIRE ON THE ANNIVERSARY DATE OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 4.ANY FUTURE STRUCTURES OR USES ON SITE MUST OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE ZONING AND BUILDING PERMITS. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 5.THE FACILITY IS UNMANNED AND WILL OPERATE YEAR-ROUND. LIMITED MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL MAY VISIT THE SITE ONCE OPERATIONAL. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 6.HEIGHT LIMITATION. GROUND -MOUNTED SOLAR COLLECTORS SHALL NOT EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET IN HEIGHT, MEASURED FROM THE HIGHEST NATURAL GRADE BELOW EACH SOLAR PANEL TO THE HIGHEST EXTENT OF THE SOLAR PANEL ROTATION. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 7.GLARE. THE SEF SHALL BE PLACED SO THAT CONCENTRATED SOLAR GLARE FROM ITS SOLAR COLLECTORS WILL N OT BE DIRECTED TOWARD OR ONTO NEARBY PROPERTIES OR ROADWAYS AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 8.SETBACKS. THE IMPROVED AREA OF THE SEF SHALL CONFORM TO THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OF THE U NDERLYING ZONE. ADDITIONALLY, THE IMPROVED AREA MUST BEAT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED (500) FEET FROM EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND RESIDENTIAL LOTS OF A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. THE RESIDENTIAL SETBACK REQUIREMENT MAY BE REDUCED IF APPROPRIATE SCREENING THROUGH LANDSCAPE OR AN OPAQUE FENCE IS INSTALLED, OR UPON SUBMITTAL TO WELD COUNTY OF A WAIVER OR INFORMED CONSENT SIGNED BY THE RESIDENCE OWNER AGREEING TO THE LESSER SETBACK. IF LANDSCAPING OR OPAQUE FENCING IS SUBSTITUTED F OR SETBACK, A LANDSCAPING PLAN OR FENCING PLAN SHALL FIRST BE SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES PER SECTION 23 -4-1030.C.3 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 9.DUST MITIGATION. THE OPERATORS OF THE SEF SHALL CONTINUOUSLY EMPLOY THE PRACTICES FOR CONTROL OF FUGITIVE DUST DETAILED IN THEIR ACCEPTED DUST MITIGATION PLAN PER SECTION 23-4-1030.C.4 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 10.UNDERGROUND CABLES. ALL ELECTRICAL CABLES ON THE IMPROVED AREA SHALL BE BURIED, EXCEPT FOR DIRECT CURRENT STRING WIRES THAT CONNECT BETWEEN SOLAR COLLECTORS, DIRECT CURRENT COLLECTION CIRCUITS BETWEEN ROWS OF SOLAR ARRAYS THAT ARE NO MORE THAN FOUR (4) FEET ABOVE GRADE CROSSINGS, SUBSTATIONS, SWITCHYARDS, AND CIRCUIT VOLTAGES GREATER THAN 34.5 KILOVOLTS (WHERE N ECESSARY). (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 11.FENCING. THE SEF SHALL BE ENCLOSED WITH A SECURITY FENCE AS ACCEPTED PURSUANT TO THE FENCING PLAN AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION MATERIALS. APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE SHALL BE PLACED UPON SUCH FENCING THAT WARNS THE PUBLIC OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE THEREIN. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. THE OPERATOR OF THE SEF SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED FINAL DRAINAGE REPORT AND THE REQUIRED STORM DRAINAGE CRITERIA PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE XI OF THIS CODE. GROUND- MOUNTED SOLAR COLLECTOR SYSTEMS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CALCULATIONS IF THE SOIL UNDER THE COLLECTORS IS DESIGNATED HYDROLOGIC A OR B SOIL GROUPS BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS). (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 12.ACCESS PERMIT. PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEF, THE APPLICANT SHALL APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN AN APPROVED ACCESS PERMIT FROM THE WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE XIV OF CHAPTER 8 OF THIS CODE PER SECTION 23-4-1030.C.8 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 13.EXISTING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. THE NATURE AND LOCATION OR EXPANSION OF THE SEF MUST NOT U NREASONABLY INTERFERE WITH ANY IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON OR ADJACENT TO THE SOLAR FACILITY PER SECTION 23-4-1030.C.9 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 14.DECOMMISSIONING. THE SITE SHALL ADHERE TO THE ACCEPTED DECOMMISSIONING AND RECLAMATION PLAN WELD COUNTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DRAW UPON THE IRREVOCABLE STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT, OR OTHER FORM OF FINANCIAL SECURITY, TO PAY FOR DECOMMISSIONING IN THE EVENT THAT THE HOLDER HAS N OT COMMENCED DECOMMISSIONING AND RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' ORDER OR RESOLUTION DIRECTING DECOMMISSIONING AND RECLAMATION. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 15.THE SITE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPTED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PLAN (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 16.ALL SIGNS SHALL ADHERE TO CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE IV, AND DIVISION 2 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 17.LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY THE OWNER/TENANT OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING LANDSCAPED AREAS WITHIN THE ADJACENT RIGHT-OF-WAY. MAINTENANCE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, IRRIGATING, MOWING, PRUNING, REMOVAL OF TRASH AND WEEDS, AND REPLACEMENT OF ANY REQUIRED PLANTINGS THAT BECOME DISEASED INFESTED OR OTHERWISE UNHEALTHY SHALL BE REPLACED WITHIN THE GROWING SEASON OR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR WHICHEVER OCCURS SOONER. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 18.THE PROPERTY OWNER OR OPERATOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTROLLING NOXIOUS WEEDS ON THE SITE, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE I AND II, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE. (DEVELOPMENT REVIEW) 19.THE ACCESS TO THE SITE SHALL BE MAINTAINED TO MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS TO THE PUBLIC ROAD, INCLUDING DAMAGES AND/OR OFF -SITE TRACKING. (DEVELOPMENT REVIEW) 20.ANY WORK THAT MAY OCCUPY AND OR ENCROACH UPON ANY COUNTY RIGHTS -OF-WAY OR EASEMENT SHALL ACQUIRE AN APPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY USE PERMIT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT. (DEVELOPMENT REVIEW) 21.THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN THE EXECUTED ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. (DEVELOPMENT REVIEW) 31.LIGHTING SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED LIGHTING PLAN (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 32.SOURCES OF LIGHT SHALL BE SHIELDED SO THAT LIGHT RAYS WILL NOT SHINE DIRECTLY ONTO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. SOURCES OF LIGHT SHOULD NOT CAUSE A NUISANCE OR INTERFERE WITH THE USE ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAP. NEITHER THE DIRECT, NOR REFLECTED, LIGHT FROM ANY LIGHT SOURCE MAY CREATE A TRAFFIC HAZARD TO OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREETS. NO COLORED LIGHTS MAY BE USED WHICH MAY BE CONFUSED WITH, OR CONSTRUED AS, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 33.BUILDING PERMITS MAY BE REQUIRED, FOR ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, SET UP OF MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES, OR CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS PER SECTION 29-3-10 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE. BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VARIOUS CODES ADOPTED AT THE TIME OF PERMIT APPLICATION. CURRENTLY THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY WELD COUNTY: 2018 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES, 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CODE, 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, AND CHAPTER 29 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE. A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED AND TWO (2) COMPLETE SETS OF ENGINEERED PLANS BEARING THE WET STAMP OF A COLORADO REGISTERED ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW. A GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING REPORT, PERFORMED BY A COLORADO REGISTERED ENGINEER, SHALL BE REQUIRED OR AN OPEN HOLE INSPECTION. A BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE ISSUED P PRIOR TO THE START OF CONSTRUCTION. (DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION) 34.BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED ON THE PROPOSED LOTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE FEE STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTY FACILITY FEE, COUNTY -WIDE ROAD IMPACT FEE, AND DRAINAGE IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS. 35.THE PROPERTY OWNER OR OPERATOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH THE DESIGN AND OPERATION STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 23 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 36.ALL BUILDINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE SETBACK FROM OIL AND GAS WELLS PER SECTION 23-4-700, AS AMENDED. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 37.NECESSARY PERSONNEL FROM THE WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF PLANNING SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SHALL BE GRANTED ACCESS ONTO THE PROPERTY AT ANY REASONABLE TIME IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT ON THE PROPERTY COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS STATED HEREIN AND ALL APPLICABLE WELD COUNTY REGULATIONS. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 38.THE USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW AREA SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PLANS SHOWN HEREON AND GOVERNED BY THE FOREGOING STANDARDS AND ALL APPLICABLE WELD COUNTY REGULATIONS. SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES FROM THE PLANS OR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AS SHOWN OR STATED, SHALL REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT OF THE PERMIT BY THE WELD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BEFORE SUCH CHANGES FROM THE PLANS OR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE PERMITTED. ANY OTHER CHANGES SHALL BE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 39.THE PROPERTY OWNER OR OPERATOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THE FOREGOING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MAY BE REASON FOR REVOCATION OF THE PERMIT BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES) 40.CONSTRUCTION OR USE PURSUANT TO APPROVAL OF A USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW PERMIT SHALL BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE (3) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SIGNED RESOLUTION, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHEN ISSUING THE ORIGINAL PERMIT, OR THE PERMIT SHALL BE VACATED. THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SERVICES MAY GRANT AN EXTENSION OF TIME, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, UPON A WRITTEN REQUEST BY THE LANDOWNER. 41.A USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW SHALL TERMINATE WHEN THE USE IS DISCONTINUED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) CONSECUTIVE YEARS, THE USE OF THE LAND CHANGES OR THE TIME PERIOD ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS EXPIRES. THE LANDOWNER MAY NOTIFY THE . DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES OF A TERMINATION OF THE USE, OR PLANNING SERVICES STAFF MAY OBSERVE THAT THE USE HAS BEEN TERMINATED. WHEN EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES IS N OTIFIED BY THE LANDOWNER, OR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES OBSERVES THAT THE USE MAY HAVE BEEN TERMINATED, THE PLANNER SHALL SEND CERTIFIED WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE LANDOWNER ASKING THAT THE LANDOWNER REQUEST TO VACATE THE USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW PERMIT. 22.THE HISTORICAL F LOW PATTERNS AND RUNOFF AMOUNTS ON THE SITE WILL BE MAINTAINED. (DEVELOPMENT REVIEW) 23.DURING CONSTRUCTION, ALL LIQUID AND SOLID WASTES (AS DEFINED IN THE SOLID WASTES DISPOSAL SITES AND FACILITIES ACT, 30-20-100.5, C.R.S.) SHALL BE STORED AND REMOVED FOR FINAL DISPOSAL IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS AGAINST SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) 24.DURING CONSTRUCTION, NO PERMANENT DISPOSAL OF WASTES SHALL BE PERMITTED AT THIS SITE. THIS IS N OT MEANT TO INCLUDE THOSE WASTES SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF A SOLID WASTE IN THE SOLID WASTES DISPOSAL SITES AND FACILITIES ACT, 30-20-100.5, C.R.S. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) 25.DURING CONSTRUCTION, WASTE MATERIALS SHALL BE HANDLED, STORED, AND DISPOSED IN A MANNER THAT CONTROLS FUGITIVE DUST, FUGITIVE PARTICULATE EMISSIONS, BLOWING DEBRIS, AND OTHER POTENTIAL N UISANCE CONDITIONS. THE FACILITY SHALL OPERATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 1 OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) 26.FUGITIVE DUST AND FUGITIVE PARTICULATE EMISSIONS SHALL BE CONTROLLED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE FACILITY. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) 27.DURING CONSTRUCTION, ADEQUATE TOILET FACILITIES AND HANDWASHING UNITS SHALL BE PROVIDED. PORTABLE TOILETS SHALL BE SERVICED BY A CLEANER LICENSED IN WELD COUNTY, CONTAIN HAND SANITIZERS, BE SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, AND REMOVED WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) 28.THE FACILITY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE AIR POLLUTION EMISSION NO TICE (A.P.E.N.) PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AS STIPULATED BY THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, AS APPLICABLE. (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) 42.RIGHT TO EXTRACT MINERAL RESOURCES STATEMENT: WELD COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE MOST ABUNDANT MINERAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SAND AND GRAVEL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, AND COAL. UNDER TITLE 34 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, MINERALS ARE VITAL RESOURCES BECAUSE (A) THE STATE'S COMMERCIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE STATE'S ECONOMY; (B) THE POPULOUS COUNTIES OF THE STATE FACE A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF SUCH DEPOSITS; AND (C) SUCH DEPOSITS SHOULD BE EXTRACTED ACCORDING TO A RATIONAL PLAN, CALCULATED TO AVOID WASTE OF SUCH DEPOSITS AND CAUSE THE LEAST PRACTICABLE DISRUPTION OF THE ECOLOGY AND QUALITY OF LIFE E OF THE CITIZENS OF THE POPULOUS COUNTIES OF THE STATE. MINERAL RESOURCE LOCATIONS ARE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND PEOPLE MOVING INTO THESE AREAS MUST RECOGNIZE THE VARIOUS IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. OFTEN TIMES, MINERAL RESOURCE SITES ARE F FIXED TO THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL LOCATIONS. MOREOVER, THESE RESOURCES ARE PROTECTED PROPERTY RIGHTS AND MINERAL OWNERS SHOULD BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTRACT THE MINERAL RESOURCE. 43.WELD COUNTY'S RIGHT TO FARM STATEMENT: WELD COUNTY IS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES, TYPICALLY RANKING IN THE TOP TEN COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY IN TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD. THE RURAL AREAS OF WELD COUNTY MAY BE OPEN AND SPACIOUS, BUT THEY ARE INTENSIVELY USED FOR AGRICULTURE. PERSONS MOVING INTO A RURAL AREA MUST RECOGNIZE AND ACCEPT THERE ARE DRAWBACKS, INCLUDING CONFLICTS WITH LONG -STANDING AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND A LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICES THAN IN TOWN. ALONG WITH THE DRAWBACKS COME THE INCENTIVES WHICH ATTRACT URBAN DWELLERS TO RELOCATE TO RURAL AREAS: OPEN ✓ IEWS, SPACIOUSNESS, WILDLIFE, LACK OF CITY NOISE AND CONGESTION, AND THE RURAL ATMOSPHERE AND WAY OF LIFE. WITHOUT NEIGHBORING FARMS, THOSE FEATURES WHICH ATTRACT URBAN DWELLERS TO RURAL WELD COUNTY WOULD QUICKLY BE GONE FOREVER. AGRICULTURAL USERS OF THE LAND SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO CHANGE THEIR LONG -ESTABLISHED AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES TO ACCOMMODATE THE INTRUSIONS OF URBAN USERS INTO A RURAL AREA. WELL -RUN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES WILL GENERATE OFF -SITE IMPACTS, INCLUDING NOISE FROM TRACTORS AND EQUIPMENT; SLOW -MOVING FARM VEHICLES ON RURAL ROADS; DUST FROM ANIMAL PENS, FIELD WORK, HARVEST AND GRAVEL ROADS; ODOR FROM ANIMAL CONFINEMENT, SILAGE AND MANURE; SMOKE FROM DITCH BURNING; FLIES AND MOSQUITOES; HUNTING AND TRAPPING ACTIVITIES; SHOOTING SPORTS, LEGAL HAZING OF NUISANCE WILDLIFE; AND THE USE OF PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS IN THE FIELDS, INCLUDING THE USE OF AERIAL SPRAYING. IT IS COMMON PRACTICE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS TO UTILIZE AN ACCUMULATION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES TO ASSIST IN THEIR AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. A CONCENTRATION OF MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS OFTEN PRODUCES A VISUAL DISPARITY BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF THE COUNTY. SECTION 35-3.5-102, C.R.S., PROVIDES THAT AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION SHALL NOT BE FOUND TO BE A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NUISANCE IF THE AGRICULTURAL OPERATION ALLEGED TO BE A NUISANCE EMPLOYS METHODS OR PRACTICES THAT ARE COMMONLY OR REASONABLY ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. WATER HAS BEEN, AND CONTINUES TO BE, THE LIFELINE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. IT IS UNREALISTIC TO ASSUME THAT DITCHES AND RESERVOIRS MAY SIMPLY BE MOVED "OUT OF THE WAY" OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. WHEN MOVING TO THE COUNTY, PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS MUST REALIZE THEY CANNOT TAKE WATER FROM IRRIGATION DITCHES, LAKES, OR OTHER STRUCTURES, UNLESS THEY HAVE AN ADJUDICATED RIGHT TO THE WATER. WELD COUNTY COVERS A LAND AREA OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR THOUSAND (4,000) SQUARE MILES IN SIZE (TWICE THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE) WITH MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED (3,700) MILES OF STATE AND COUNTY ROADS OUTSIDE OF MUNICIPALITIES. THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF THE AREA TO BE SERVED STRETCHES AVAILABLE RESOURCES. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS BASED ON RESPONSES TO COMPLAINTS MORE THAN ON PATROLS OF THE COUNTY, AND THE DISTANCES WHICH MUST BE TRAVELED MAY DELAY ALL EMERGENCY RESPONSES, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT, AMBULANCE, AND F IRE. FIRE PROTECTION IS U SUALLY PROVIDED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO MUST LEAVE THEIR JOBS AND FAMILIES TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. COUNTY GRAVEL ROADS, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN THEY ARE BLADED, WILL NOT PROVIDE THE SAME KIND OF SURFACE EXPECTED FROM A PAVED ROAD. SNOW REMOVAL PRIORITIES MEAN THAT ROADS FROM SUBDIVISIONS TO ARTERIALS MAY NOT BE CLEARED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER A MAJOR SNOWSTORM. SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS, IN MANY CASES, WILL NOT BE EQUIVALENT TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES. RURAL DWELLERS MUST, BY NECESSITY, BE MORE SELF -SUFFICIENT THAN URBAN DWELLERS. PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT HAZARDS IN THE COUNTY THAN IN AN URBAN OR SUBURBAN SETTING. FARM EQUIPMENT AND OILFIELD EQUIPMENT, PONDS AND IRRIGATION DITCHES, ELECTRICAL POWER FOR PUMPS AND CENTER PIVOT OPERATIONS, HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, SANDBURS, PUNCTURE VINES, TERRITORIAL FARM DOGS AND LIVESTOCK, AND OPEN BURNING PRESENT REAL THREATS. CONTROLLING CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES IS IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR SAFETY, BUT ALSO FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE FARMER'S LIVELIHOOD. RDC CO Weld County Rd 49 Development Standards BARBED WIRE DOU BLE 7.5' SOL AR P ANE L STRUCTURAL PILE TO BE fDESIGNED DURING FINAL ENGINEERING 15.0' SOLAR PANEL ROTATES TO - FOLLOW THE SUN UP TO 60° PAST HORIZONTAL Nc 60.0°' z x Q III iii HIMWWII III I III III IIIIIIIII III TRACKER ELEVATION VIEW TYPICAL SOLAR PANEL SPACING N.T.S. 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SIGN BACKING TO BE REFLECTIVE SHEETING, ASTM TYPE I REFLECTIVE SHEETING ALSO KNOWN AS ENGINEER GRADE SCOTCHLITE OR BETTER. 3. MINIMUM TEXT HEIGHT TO BE 1". GATE SIGNAGE N.T.S. NOTES: 1. THE FIRST TWO LINES OF THE LABEL SHALL BE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS WITH A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF 3/8" (10MM) IN BLACK ON A YELLOW BACKGROUND. 2. THE REMAINING CHARACTERS SHALL BE UPPERCASE WITH A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF 3/16" (5MM) IN BLACK ON A WHITE BACKGROUND. 3. THE RAPID SHUTDOWN LABEL SHALL BE LOCATED NOT GREATER THAN 3 -FT (914 MM) FROM THE SERVICE DISCONNECTING MEANS TO WHICH THE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS ARE CONNECTED. TYPICAL RAPID SHUTDOWN LABEL N.T.S. RAPID SHUTDOWN SWITCH FOR SOLAR PV SYSTEM J NOTES: 1. A RAPID SHUTDOWN SWITCH SHALL HAVE A LABEL LOCATED NOT GREATER THAN 3 -FT (914 MM) FROM THE SWITCH THAT STATES THE ABOVE TYPICAL RAPID SHUTDOWN SWITCH LABEL N.T.S. CDANGER No Trespassing NOTES: �ANGE� High Voltage Within Keep Out 1. SIGN SHALL CONFORM TO THE 2013 OSHA AND ANSI REQUIREMENTS. 2. SIGNS SHALL BE 20" WIDE BY 14" HIGH. 3. SIGNS SHALL HAVE A MOUNTING HEIGHT OF BETWEEN 45 TO 66 INCHES. 4. SIGN PANELS SHALL BE 10 GAUGE ALUMINUM WITH HIGH VISIBILITY REFLECTIVE SHEETING. 5. SIGNS SHALL BE PLACED EVERY 100' AROUND PERIMETER OR AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. TYPICAL DANGER SIGNS N.T.S. niSTANDARD FENCE DETAIL N.T.S. Hello