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CODE ORDINANCE 2023-06
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 23
ZONING AND CHAPTER 29 BUILDING REGULATIONS, 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 certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be,
and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are
revised to read as follows.
CHAPTER 23
ZONING
ARTICLE I — General Provisions
Amend Sec. 23-1-90. Definitions.
All changes made and accepted at First Reading are to be reversed to no changes to the
current Code.
ARTICLE III — Zone Districts
Division I — A (Agricultural) Zone District
All changes made and accepted at First Reading are to be reversed to no changes to the
current Code.
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ARTICLE IV - Supplementary District Regulations and Zoning Permits
Division 16 — Cargo containers
Amend Sec. 23-4-1100. Cargo containers used for storage, an office, a dwelling or any
habitable use.
A CARGO CONTAINER shall comply with all applicable provisions of this Code, including,
but not limited to, Chapter 29 and Article XI of this Chapter. The following conditions shall apply:
A. CARGO CONTAINERS designed and retrofitted for habitation may be connected to wet
and dry utilities such as water, sewer and electricity upon issuance of applicable required
permits. CARGO CONTAINERS without building permits shall be used solely for storage
and shall not be connected to water or sewer or any other utility except electricity.
Electrical permits are required for connections to electricity service.
B. A CARGO CONTAINER shall not be allowed to fall into a state of disrepair. Such disrepair
may include a CARGO CONTAINER that is partially or totally damaged by fire,
earthquake, wind or other natural causes, or is in a state of general dilapidation,
deterioration or decay resulting from a lack of maintenance, vandalism or infestation with
vermin or rodents. Any such CARGO CONTAINER shall be restored to, and maintained
in, the original condition it was in at the time it was placed on the site, or it shall be removed
from the site.
C. CARGO CONTAINERS outside of Industrial (1-2 and 1-3) zone districts shall not be
stacked on top of each other unless incorporated into a STRUCTURE with a building
permit in conformance with Chapter 29 of this Code. CARGO CONTAINERS in Industrial
(1-2 and 1-3) zone districts shall not be stacked more than three (3) containers high.
Remainder of Section — No change.
CHAPTER 29
BUILDING REGULATIONS
ARTICLE I — General Provisions
Amend Sec. 29-1-20. Definitions.
As used in this Building Code, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
definitions shall apply:
Amend the following definition:
Agricultural building means buildings or structures on property in the A (Agricultural) Zone
District for the sole purpose of providing shelter for agricultural implements, farm products,
livestock, or poultry.
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Add the following definition in alphabetic order:
Cargo container has the same meaning as in Chapter 23, Article I.
ARTICLE III — Building Permits
Amend Sec. 29-3-20. Exemptions.
A. — No change.
B. A building permit shall not be required for:
1. thru 12 — No change.
13. Agricultural buildings. A certificate of compliance issued by the Department of
Planning Services for an agricultural building with a floor area exceeding two
hundred (200) square feet is required even though a building permit is not in order
to verify the building meets required setbacks, offsets, and flood hazard
requirements.
Delete a.
14. thru 19. — No change.
Add 20. Cargo containers, as long as they are not modified from the original construction
and are not used for any purpose other than storage.
Remainder of Section — No change.
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 number ng 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 sectior, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective
of the fact that any cne 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 2023-06 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 31st day of July, A.D., 2023.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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Weld County Clerk to the Board
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Date of signature:
Publication:
April 21, 2023
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First Reading: May 22, 2023
Publication: May 26, 2023, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: June 5, 2023
Con't to: July 10, 2023
Publication: July 16, 2023, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: July 31, 2023
Publication: August 6, 2023, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: August 11, 2023
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