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Applicant: International Farms LL c/o Jorge Borrego
Case Number: COZ22-0004
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Tommy DeHerrea — SPO with concerns
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Weld County Planning Services
1555 N 17th Ave
Greeley, Colorado 80631
April 29, 2022
Re: Case # COZ22-0004
Planner Maxwell Nader
Name: International Farms, LLC
Jorge Borrego - Owner
Location: 11402 County Road 6, Fort Lupton, CO 80621
South of and adjacent to CR 6, West of and adjacent to Leona Street
Proposed Project:
Change Zone from A (Agricultural) Zone District to the C-3 (Business) Commercial
ZoneDistrict
Hearing Dates: PC - May 3, 2022 and BOCC May 25, 2022
Dear Mr. Nader, Weld County Planning commission and Board of county Commissioners,
i, Tommy DeHerrea, on behalf of myself and the Community of Wattenberg, respectively submit this letter of
concern and ob'ectioobjection regarding
the international Farms, LLC re -zoning request from Agriculture Zoning to
-3 Business.
According to the Planning Questionnaire the change of zoning has been submitted to allow International'
Farms to establish a commercial business at this property. They stated they are in the business . i of buying
and reselling alfalfa and they. use semi -trucks to haul the hay.. They have also indicated that they haul
general freight and aggregate products. They stated that they do not store these products on this property
but they will keep the trucks used for hauling on the property. They also stated that they would like to grow
alpha on this land.
Concern: International Farms is already using the property for their Commercial Business of Gravel Hauling.
On any given day 10 to 12 semi trucks and trailers are parked overnight and then dispatched during the
day. These trucks begin their days5:00 , � - • g
g y between 4:00 and am. In International ,Farms is operating
seven days a week as even on Sunday they are on site repairing, servicing and running the trucks from early
morning to dark. The noise and diesel idling long �r
fumes from the trucks for periods of time and the seven
day a week operation adversely impacts the Wattenberg residential community which is directly East of the
International Farm property.
Ad d itionaiiy, International Farms has stated that under the C-3 Zoning they intend to 'store' more trucks on
the property implying that the Alfalfa buying, reselling and growing is a secondary businesses to the
company's primary business of hauling aggregate materials.
Mr Borrego, the owner of international Farms, is also the owner of three other Trucking business:
Borrego Brothers Trucking a .,. � . Henderson,
��� Yosemite, Colorado
Road Trucking, Inc. 4699 Hwy 85, Ft. Lupton, Colorado
JI Rentals - 9868 F 113th Ave., Henderson, Colorado
Concern: Because this property is over 16 acres in size it has the potential to become a giant truck facility
and random outside storage yard. Since Mr. Borrego has additional businesses that utilize Tractor -Trailer
trucks any zoning change needs to limit the number of both active and storage trucks that can be on the
property. A portion of this p ro perty is in the Flood plain and it is concerning that large numbers of non -
movable trucks and equipment could be parked in the floodplain zone.
page two - COZ22-0004 -0004 - Tommy De Herrera Objection Letter
The zoning application implies that since there are other commercial zone properties in the area that re-
zoning this property to C-3 would not have an adverse impact on the residents of the Wattenberg
community. Three commercial zoned properties are identified:
Our Lady of Grace Church which is a mission church serving the residents of Wattenberg having a weekly
attendance of approximately 30 worshippers,
Midwest Auto Body which employs 4 people, all work is done inside of the building and they are open 8 to 4
Monday through Friday.
Aggregrate Industries Ready Mix which is 1.2 miles to the East of the International Farms location
None of these commercial zoned entities present a potential for adversely impacting the Wattenberg
community in the manner of which International Farms operations do.
Concern - changing the zoning status of the international Farm property is not advantageous to the
residents of Wattenberg. Our home values will not be increased because we live next to a Trucking Parking
and dispatch operation.
I as both a homeowner and rental property owner in the Wattenberg Community 1 hereby request that you
deny the C-3 Zoning request submitted by International Farms, LLC.
If it is determined that the request to re -zone the International Farms property will be approved, the
Wattenberg Community requests that the following requirements be included in the re -zoning approval:
Hours of operation - 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
Trucks may not park and idle for more than 15 minutes at the start of the day
The number of semi -trucks and trailers be limited to no more than 15
Semi -trucks can never be parked along or within 50 feet of the East Property line / chain link fence
Property can not be used for inoperable truck storage or trailer storage
At no point in time can any truck exit the property in any other way than directly onto CR 6
A engineered sound barrier fence be installed along the East side of the International Farm property that is
high enough to sufficiently muffle the noise level for the residents of Wattenberg.
Thank you,
a /4 -a -
Tommy DeHerrea
1736 Mary Ave
Wattenberg, CO 80621
303-659-9766
deherrerasl @netzero.com
Case #: COZ22-0004
Name: International Farms, LLC
Proposed Project Change of Zone from the A
(Agricultural) Zone District to the C-3 (Business
Commercial Zone District.
Location: South of and adjacent to CR 6; west
of and adjacent to Leona Street.
Planner Max Nader
PC Hearing Date: May 3, 2022 at 12:30 pm
80CC Hearing Date: May 25, 2022 at 10 arm
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TOMMY DEHERRERA
1736 MARY AVE
WATTENBURG Co 80621
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