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RE: EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR USE OF PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS IN NEW
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN WELD COUNTY AND SETTING OF
CODE ORDINANCE READING SCHEDULE TO AMEND WELD COUNTY CODE
SECTION 29-2-60
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, propane has been listed as a clean fuel by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act, and
WHEREAS, propane is actually the cleanest burning of all the fossil fuels, and
WHEREAS, propane is nontoxic and, therefore, is safe for soil and groundwater, and
WHEREAS, propane and natural gas are some of the most cost-effective fuel sources,
burning more efficiently than any other available heating alternative, and
WHEREAS, limiting consumer choice on natural gas fuels and propane costs will increase
the average utility bill and will hurt our neighbors who need affordable energy, and
WHEREAS, limiting consumer choice on natural gas and propane fuels will hurt
businesses and restaurants who will have to pass along higher fuel costs to the consumer, and
WHEREAS, limiting or prohibiting the installation in new residential or commercial building
any system or appliance that uses natural gas or propane for cooking, hot water, space heating
or electrical gas generation will increase the load to the electric grid, potentially making it unstable
and causing increased electric costs, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board desires to express its support for use of propane and
natural gas in new residential and commercial building in Weld County and wishes to set a
schedule to amend Weld County Code Section 29-2-60 by adding to the 2018 International Fuel
Gas Code the following language as a new Section 301.16:
"Weld County will not limit or prohibit the installation in new
residential or commercial building any system or appliance that
uses natural gas or propane for cooking, hot water, space heating
or electrical gas generation or otherwise limit a building owner's
ability to use or install a system or appliance that runs on natural
gas or propane."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, that the Board hereby expresses its support for use of propane and natural
gas in new residential and commercial building in Weld County.
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2021-0437
PL0073
EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR USE OF PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS IN NEW
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN WELD COUNTY AND SETTING OF CODE
ORDINANCE READING SCHEDULE TO AMEND WELD COUNTY CODE SECTION 29-2-60
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the following hearing schedule for three
Readings of the proposed language set forth above, be, and hereby is established:
First Reading
Second Reading
Third Reading
February 17, 2021
March 10, 2021
March 31, 2021
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 10th day of February, A.D., 2021.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST: dirditet) G. sid.o•gok.
Steveoreno, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
SL• ames, Pro-
BY:
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APP
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torney
Lori S
Date of signature: •x./23
2021-0437
PL0073
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