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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2023 -21
PLA IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING , WITH AMENDMENTS ,
CHAPTER 14 HEALTH AND ANIMALS , 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 14 Health and Animals of the Weld County Code
be , and hereby is , repealed and re-enacted , with amendments , to read as follows .
CHAPTER 14
HEALTH AND ANIMALS
ARTICLE IV — Animals
Amend Sec . 14-4-30 . Huma NOCO HUMANE .
NOCO Humane shall have the responsibility , under
this Article and in accordance with a contract which shall be entered into between the Board of
County Commissioners and NOCO Humanethe Humane Society , for impounding dogs whose
owners are in violation of this Article .
Amend Sec . 14-4-40 . Impoundment of dogs .
A . Upon the execution of a contract between the County and the Humane Society -of-Weld
CountyNOCO Humane , it shall be the duty of the Humane SocietyNOCO Humane to
impound any dogs found running at large or off the premises of the owner, whether or not
he or she is accused of any other violations set forth in Subsection 14-4 -20 . A , B , C or D .
Remainder of Section — No change .
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Amend Sec . 14-4-70 . Nonliability .
The Sheriff, the Board of County Commissioners , their assistants and employees , the
NOCO Humane and staff thereof, and any person enforcing the
provisions of this Article shall not be held responsible for any accident or subsequent disease that
may occur in connection with the administration of this Article .
Amend Sec . 14-4- 110 . County dog control officers .
A . The Sheriff, undersheriff or any deputy sheriff and any officer, agent or employee of the
Humane Society of Weld CountyNOCO Humane , if the Humane SocietyNOCO Humane
is under contract with the County , shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this
Article and , within the meaning of Section 30- 15- 102 ( 3) , C . R . S . , shall be considered
County dog control officers .
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 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 .
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The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2023-21 was,on motion duly made and
seconded,adopted by the following vote on the 6th day of December,A D,2023
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY,COLORADO
ATTEST
Mike Freeman,Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Perry L Buck,Pro-Tem
BY
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Scott K James
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Kevin D Ross
County Attorney EXCUSED
Lori Saine
Date of signature
First Reading November 8,2023
Publication November 12,2023,in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading November 22,2023
Publication November 26,2023,in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading December 6,2023
Publication December 10,2023,in the Greeley Tribune
Effective December 15,2023
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