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Home My WebLink About20202995.tiffNOTICE OF FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-13 was introduced on first reading on September 30, 2020, and a public hearing and second reading was held on October 19, 2020. A public hearing and final reading was completed on November 9, 2020, with changes being made as listed below, and on motion duly made and seconded, was adopted. Effective date of said Ordinance is listed below. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.weldgov.com). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e- mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov.com. ORDINANCE NO: 2020-13 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE EFFECTIVE DATE: November 23, 2020 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: November 13, 2020 PUBLISHED: November 18, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune ******* CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE 2020-13 ON FINAL READING: Amend Sec. 22-2-30. — Land Use Goals and Objectives, to read as follows: A. Commit to the economic future of agriculture. 1. Land use changes should not inhibit agricultural production nor operations. Remainder of Section — No change. Amend Sec. 22-4-10. — Comprehensive Plan Map, to read as follows: A. — No change. B. Weld County Opportunity Zones. If in compliance with the other provisions in this section, zone changes to C (Commercial), I (Industrial), and Planned Unit Development (PUD) containing C and I uses are preferred in the following locations: B.1. thru B.5.d. — No change. C. Development requiring rezoning is generally discouraged in the following locations: 1. — No change. 2. Beyond three miles from a municipality, unless all or a portion of the property is located in a Weld County Opportunity Zone on the Comprehensive Plan Map and the rezoning is to Commercial or Industrial. NOTICE OF FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-13 was Introduced on first reading on September 30, 2020, and a public hearing and second reading was held on October 19, 2020. A public hearing and final reading was com- pleted on November 9, 2020, with changes being made as listed below, and on motion duly made and seconded, was adopted. Effective date of said Ordinance Is listed below. Any backup ma- terial, exhibits or information previously submittedtothe Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be exam- ined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commis- sioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County ,Web Page (www.weldgov.com). E-mail mes- sages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure Inclusion of your e-mail correspond- ence Into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov. coin. ORDINANCE NO: 2020-13 ORDINANCE TITLE IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHEN- SIVE PLAN, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE EFFECTIVE DATE November 23, 2020 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: November 13.2020 PUBLISHED: November 18, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune - 1754939 CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE 2020.13 ON FINAL READING: Amend Sec. 22.2-30. - Land Use Goals and Objectives, to read as follows: A. Commit to the economic future of agriculture. 1. Land use changes should not inhibit agricultural production nor operations. Remainder of Section - No change. Amend Sec. 22-4-10. - Comprehensive Plan Map, to read as follows: A. - No change. B. Weld County Opportunity Zones. If in compliance with the other provisions in this section, zone changes to C (Commercial), t (Industrial), and Planned Unit Development (PUD) containing C and I uses are preferred in the following locations: 0.1. thru B.5.d. - No change. C. Development requiring rezoning is generally discouraged in the following locations: I. - No change. 2. Beyond three miles from a municipality, unless all or a portion of the property is located In a Weld County Opportunity Zone on the Comprehensive Plan Map and the rezoning is to Commercial or Industrial. Prairie Mountain Media, LLC PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT County of Weld State of Colorado The undersigned, Melissa Naiera , being first duly sworn under oath, states and affirms as follows: 1. He/she is the legal Advertising Reviewer of Prairie Mountain Media LLC, publisher of the Greeley Tribune. 2. The Greeley Tribune is a newspaper of general circulation that has been published continuously and without interruption for at least fifty-two weeks in Weld County and meets the legal requisites for a legal newspaper under Colo. Rev. Stat. 24-70-103. 3. The notice that is attached hereto is a true copy, published in the Greeley Tribune in Weld County on the following date(s): Nov 18. 2020 Subscribed and sworn to me before me this Notary Public (SEAL) SHAYLA NAJERA NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20174031985 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JULY 31. 2021 Account: Ad Number: Fee: 1099690 1754939 $22.04 1.4 NOTICE OF SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-13 was introduced on first reading on September 30, 2020, and a public hearing and second reading was held on October 19, 2020, with a change being made as listed below. A public hearing and third reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on November 9, 2020. All persons in any manner interested in the next reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's Office at phone (970) 400-4225, or fax (970) 336-7233, prior to the day of the hearing if, as a result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.weldgov.com). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e- mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov.com. ORDINANCE NO. 2020-13 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: November 9, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: October 23, 2020 PUBLISHED: October 28, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE #2020-13 ON SECOND READING: ADD APPENDIX 22-D — Revised Comprehensive Plan Map Cheryl Hoffman cj -4, I cs5 2 I- Frttm: Sent: Cc: Subject: Esther Gesick Monday, January 18, 2021 4:10 PM Shayla Najera; Melissa Najera Jill Stravolemos; Al Manzi; Cheryl Hoffman; Esther Gesick; Chloe Rempel RE: Affidavit for ORD 2020-13 second reading So to close this loop, this is now the third Commissioner Ordinance notice that has had issues with missed or erroneous publication in the past six months, discovered through County tracking and record keeping. Unfortunately, in this case with the backlog of Invoices, it was discovered too late and the Final Reading has already taken place and there is no opportunity to correct the notice deficiency. We will simply scan the document trail showing evidence of timely submittal, acknowledgement of the newspaper override, and close out the record. I am cautiously optimistic that with reconciling the last of the 2020 notices/affidavits/invoices we will be able to mutually move forward with timely submittals, accurate publications, and timely delivery of affidavits and monthly invoices. Sincerely, Esther E. Grsick Clerk to the Board 1150 O Street/ P.O. Box 758/ Greeley, CO 80632 tel: (970) 400-4226 Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. Frm: Shayla Najera<snajera@prairiemountainmedia.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021 1:39 PM To: Cheryl Hoffman <choffman@weldgov.com> Cc: Melissa Najera <mnajera@prairiemountainmedia.com>; Jill Stravolemos <jstravolemos@prairiemountainmedia.com>; Esther Gesick <egesick@weldgov.com>; Al Manzi <amanzi@prairiemountainmedia.com> Subject: Re: Affidavit for ORD 2020-13 second reading Caution: This email originated from outside of Weld County Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. So it looks like it was overridden on 10/26/2020 with 2020-74 so it doesn't look like 2020-13 second reading ran. On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 1:26 PM Cheryl Hoffman <choffman@weldgov.com>wrote: Shayla/Melissa/Jill, 1 If you click on the 3rd email I attached, it shows the actual publications supposed to be published on 10/28/20. The first word doc No20-13.2ndNEWS sent to be published is not the same document that was published under #1748296. So, No20-13.2nd was not published? Cheryl L. Hoffman Deputy Clerk to the Board 1 750 O Street/P.O. Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Tel: (970) 400.4227 choffman@weldgov.com From: Shayla Najera<snajera@prairiemountainmedia.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021 12:59 PM To: Cheryl Hoffman <choffman@weldgov.com> Cc: Melissa Najera <mnajera@prairiemountainmedia.com>; Jill Stravolemos <*stravolemos@prairiemountainmedia.com>; Esther Gesick <egesick@weldgov.com>; Al Manzi <amanzi@prairiemountainmedia.com> Subject: Re: Affidavit for ORD 2020-13 second reading Caution: This email originated from outside of Weld County Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I'm not sure what happened with that ad number but the affidavit that I sent you was the one that was published under that ad number. There were 3 notices that ran on the 28th which were 2020-17, 2020-18 and 2020-74. On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Cheryl Hoffman <choffman@weldgov.com>wrote: Shayla, This is the affidavit for a Show Cause Hearing. I noticed on the statement that #1748296 was named "Ord2020-13 Second Reading", but this is not the right affidavit. It would have been published the same day as this one. See above emails. Hopefully this one was published? 2 f i {c i i I I i CherylL Hoffman Deputy Clerk to the Board 1150 O Street/P.O. Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Tel: (970) 400.4227 choffman@weldgov.com From: Shayla Najera <sna era@prairiemountainmedia.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021 12:23 PM To: Cheryl Hoffman <choffman@weldgov.com> Cc: Jill Stravolemos<istravolemos@prairiemountainmedia.com> Subject: Affidavit for ORD 2020-13 second reading This email originated from outside of Weld County Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Cheryl, Attached is a copy of the affidavit for ORD 2020-13 second reading. Please let me know if you also need me to mail out the original as well. Thanks Shayla Najera Prairie Mountain Media 303-473-1402 3 Shayla Najera Prairie Mountain Media 303-473-1402 Shayla Najera Prairie Mountain Media 303-473-1402 4 Cheryl Hoffman Fr Sent: e To: Cc: Subject: Thank you! Chloe Rempel Friday, October 23, 2020 8:23 AM Classifieds Main Esther Gesick; Cheryl Hoffman RE: PUBLISH NO20-13.2ND, NO20-17.2ND, AND NO20-18.1 ST CFI:y r .;. A`ft, ' a p& r. AI is 5r_ 2 �} I` Deputy Clerk to the Board Supervis Clerk to the Board's Office Weld County 1150 0 Street Greeley, CO 80631 Tel: (970) 400-4213 Email: crempel a@weldgov.com • r Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended o nly for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential o r otherwise protected from disclosure. if you have received this communication in error, please immediately n otify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. From: mnajera@prairiemountainmedia.corm<mnajera@prairiemountainmedia.com> On Behalf f Classifieds Main Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:28 PM To: Chloe Rempel <crempel@weldgov.com> Cc: Esther Gesick <egesick@weldgov.com>; Cheryl Hoffman <choffman@weldgov.com> Subject: Re: PUBLISH NO20-13.2ND, NO20-17.2ND, AND NO20-18.1ST This email originated from outside of Weld County Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Chloe - These notices are scheduled in the Tribune on 10/28/20. NO20-13.2nd - Ad #1748296 - Cost $15.20 NO20-17.2nd - Ad #1748301 - Cost $15.20 IVO20-18.1st - Ad #1748304 - Cost $67.64 Melissa On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 2:22 PM Chloe Rempel <crempel@weldgov.com>wrote: Good afternoon, I 3 3 Please confirm that you received the following for publication on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, and bill to the address below: * NO20-13.2nd * NO20-17.2nd * NO20-18.1st Thank you, Chloe A. Rempel Deputy Clerk to the Board Supervisor Clerk to the Board's Office Weld County 1150 O Street Greeley, CO 80631 Tel: (970) 400-4213 Email: crempel@weldgov.com Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. 2 rairde Mountain Publishing - Boulder Daily Camera.. roomtield Enterprise Longmont limes -Call.. Colorado Hometown 'Weekly _oveland Reporter -Herald. .Colorado Daily...,Sterling Steriin Journal Advocate Fort Morgan Times.... Brush ribune.... Lama; Ledger Greeley Tribune.... Estes Park Trail Gazette.... phone 303.466.3636 or 970 635-3650.. Fax 303,442,1508 2500 55th Street Boulder, CO 80301 classifiedsfrontrangeclassifieds. com _ r Cheryl H Fro Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ff an mnajera@prairiemountainmedia.com on behalf of Classifieds Main <classifieds@prairiemountainmedia.com> Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:28 PM Chloe Rempel Esther Gesick; Cheryl Hoffman Re: PUBLISH NO20-13.2ND, N©20-17.2ND, AND NO20-18.1 ST EJ Cautions This email originated from outside of Weld County Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Z M' 'Jl{• g•st, .A: tit. 4:14 rht xttiJ:lYI'Fi xR�az'J� �A. M R,r�'`+�rT,. �rx Chloe - These notices are scheduled in the Tribune on 10/28/20. NO20-13.2nd - Ad #1748296 - Cost $15.20 NO20-17.2nd - Ad #1748301 - Cost $15.20 No20-18.1st - Ad #1748304 - Cost $67.64 Melissa On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 2:22 PM Chloe Rempel <crempel@weldgov.com>wrote: Good afternoon, Please confirm that you received the following for publication on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, and bill to the address below: *NO20-13 d *NO20-17.2nd *NO20-18.1st Thank you, Chloe A. empe! Deputy Clerk to the Board Supervisor Clerk to the Board's Office 1 Weld County 1150 O Street Greeley, CO 80631 Tel: (970) 400-4213 Email: crempel(a)weldgov. corn Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. 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Fax 303.442.1508 2500 55th Street I Boulder, CO 80301 classifieds@frontrangeclassifieds.com 2 Cheryl Hoffman From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Good afternoon, Chloe Rempel Thursday, October 22, 2020 2:22 PM Greeley Tribune Legals Chloe Rempel; Esther Gesick; Cheryl Hoffman PUBLISH NO20-13.2ND, NO20-17.2ND, AND NO20-18.1ST NO20-13.2ndNEWS.docx; NO20-17.2ndNEWS.docx; NO20-18.1stNEWS.docx Please confirm that you received the following for publication on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, and bill to the address below: *NO20-13.2nd *NO20-17.2nd *NO20-18.1 st Thank you, Chloe A. Rempel Deputy Clerk to the Board Supervisor Clerk to the Board's Office Weld County 1150 O Street Greeley, CO 80631 Tel: (970) 400-4213 Email: crempel@weldgov.com Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. 1 NOTICE OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-13 published below, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on September 30, 2020. A public hearing and second reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on October 19, 2020. All persons in any manner interested in the reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's office at phone (970) 400-4225, or fax (970) 336-7233, prior to the day of the hearing if, as the result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.weldgov.com). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e- mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov.com. ORDINANCE NO. 2020-13 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: October 19, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: October 2, 2020 PUBLISHED: October 7, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE 2020-13 IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 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 c2o02& -�9I 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 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Repeal and Reenact Chapter 22 in its entirety. ARTICLE I — General Provisions Division 1 - Preface Sec. 22-1-10. - Introduction. The Comprehensive Plan includes all unincorporated geographic areas of the County and establishes policy guidelines for land use decisions. The Plan serves as the foundation of all land use and development regulations. The Comprehensive Plan is adopted by the Board of County Commissioners as an ordinance and codified under Chapter 22 of the Weld County Code, which makes it regulatory rather than just advisory. The Comprehensive Plan should be an actively used document to assist in reaching our goals. The Comprehensive Plan was originally created in 1973 and has since been updated in 1987, 1995, 2002, and 2008. Sec. 22-1-20. - Overview of Weld County. Weld County is located in the northern Front Range of Colorado between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, approximately 40 miles east of the Continental Divide. Spanning an area from northern metropolitan Denver to the Wyoming state line, the County is approximately 4,000 square miles in size — over twice the size of Delaware. Weld County is the most productive county in the state, and one of the most productive counties in the nation, for both agriculture and oil and gas. The County seat is located in the City of Greeley. Thirty-two incorporated municipalities lie within the County's borders. Additional background information about Weld County is contained in the Weld County Population and Development Report, which is updated annually by the Weld County Department of Planning Services and is made available to the public on the Planning Services webpage. Also available on the County's website are maps, including zoning, uses by special review, subdivisions and exemptions, geologic and floodplain hazard areas, and other geographic information. Weld County history and other information are also available on the Weld County website. The Population and Development Report is an administrative supplement to the Comprehensive Plan that describes the physical characteristics of the County along with most recent demographic data available from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Demography Office. In addition, it contains data from the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture Census of Agriculture and economic indicators from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Other data presented include statistics on housing, real estate, and foreclosures, land use cases processed, and lots created, building permits issued, and various other information. Refer also to the Weld County Transportation Plan adopted by reference in Chapter 8 of the Weld County Code for more information on the existing conditions in Weld County. Division 2 - General Provisions Sec. 22-1-100. - Definition and purpose of Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan, contained in this Chapter, is the document intended to fulfill the master plan requirement pursuant to state law (Section 30-28-106(1), C.R.S.) and the mineral extraction master plan requirement pursuant to state law (Section 34-1-304, C.R.S.) and, in part, to set land use policy pursuant to the Home Rule Charter. The Comprehensive Plan is intended to be used for the general purpose of guiding development of the unincorporated County. Sec. 22-1-110. - Relationship to planning documents. A. The Comprehensive Plan identifies Guiding Principles, Goals, and Objectives to provide direction for land use decisions. The documents used by the County to carry out the Goals and Objectives of the Comprehensive Plan are contained in Chapters 19, 21, 23, 24, and 27 of this Code. Article III of Chapter 2, Administration, contains regulations relating to planning and zoning as well. In the event of any conflict between the Comprehensive Plan and any land use regulations set forth in this Code, the land use regulations, including, but not limited to, those for zoning and subdivision, take priority. B. Chapter 19 contains Coordinated Planning Agreements between the County and various municipalities. C. Chapter 21 regulates areas and activities of state interest in unincorporated Weld County. D. Chapter 23 contains the Zoning Ordinance, which defines land use application procedures and responsibilities, standards, and regulations pertaining to zone districts and overlay districts, nonconforming uses, enforcement, vesting of rights, and the Board of Adjustment. E. Chapter 24 contains the Subdivision Ordinance used to regulate subdivision development and contains the procedures for subdividing a parcel of land and design standards for facilities, utilities, and other improvements. F. Chapter 27 provides a site -specific subdivision mechanism, Planned Unit Development, used to provide for creativity and which can be utilized to allow uses from multiple zone districts. G. The Weld County Transportation Plan is adopted in Chapter 8 of the Weld County Code. Sec. 22-1-120. - Reserved. Sec. 22-1-130. - Plan components. Article II contains the Principles, Goals, and Objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. The Goals are desired ambitions and results to be pursued diligently by the County. Each Goal contains one or more Objectives, which are more specific than the Goals and help clarify the Goal's intent. Sec. 22-1-140. - Planning process. The official kickoff for the 2020 Comprehensive Plan update was the Annual Farm Show at Island Grove in Greeley on January 28, 29, and 30, 2020. Not long after that, the novel coronavirus outbreak reached the United States and public meetings were postponed. The Board of County Commissioners met with staff every two weeks to review the old Comprehensive Plan and draft a new Comprehensive Plan. One goal of this update was to reduce the length of the Comprehensive Plan to make it more readable and usable. For this reason, the strategies were eliminated from the body of the Comprehensive Plan. Instead the Planning Department will maintain a separate Strategic Plan for implementing the Comprehensive Plan that will be updated at least annually. The Guiding Principles were consolidated to four and moved from the middle of Article Ito the beginning of Article II. The Goals were simplified to ten overarching aims further clarified by 37 objectives. Sec. 22-1-150. - Comprehensive Plan amendment procedure. A. Adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, as contained in this Chapter 22 of the Weld County Code, is a legislative process of the Board of County Commissioners. Any member of the Board may propose an ordinance to update, amend, or revise this Chapter in accordance with Section 3-14 of the Home Rule Charter. B. Prior to adopting an ordinance on final reading to revise or amend this Chapter, the proposed change shall be considered by the Planning Commission following a public hearing on the matter. The Planning Commission shall vote on a Resolution of Recommendation adopting the amendment and the secretary to the Planning Commission shall forward the resolution, once adopted, to the Board on County Commissioners. C. The Department of Planning Services shall notify any municipality with a Coordinate Planning Agreement in Chapter 19 of the Weld County Code at least ten days prior to the Planning Commission hearing. Notice of the proposed ordinance shall also be posted on the County website and in accordance with notice requirements for ordinances. The Board may direct the Director of Planning Services to issue a press release regarding the proposed change(s). D. The Board of County Commissioners shall consider the Resolution of Recommendation of the Planning Commission, the recommendations of the Department of Planning Services, and any comments received from municipalities and the public prior to adopting an ordinance to amend this chapter. The Board shall take public testimony prior to each of the second and third readings of the ordinance. E. The Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission shall review the entire Comprehensive Plan annually or as changing demographics, conditions, and policies warrant. The Board may direct the Planning Commission, an ad hoc appointed committee, and/or the Department of Planning Services to conduct the review and report its findings to the Board. ARTICLE II - Principles, Goals, and Objectives Sec. 22-2-10. - Guiding Principles. The following Guiding Principles are the foundation for land use policy in the County. All of the Goals and Objectives within the Weld County Comprehensive Plan are adopted with the intent that they are consistent with the Guiding Principles. A. Respecting Our Agricultural Heritage. Weld County has an agricultural heritage built upon the hard work of pioneers and farmers on traditional family farms. Weld County is now one of the most economically productive agricultural counties in the nation. The Weld County Right to Farm Statement and the Goals and Objectives in this Plan support the importance of agriculture in the County. B. Respecting Private Property Rights. One of the basic principles upon which the United States was founded is the right of citizens to own and utilize property so long as that use complies with local regulations and does not interfere with or infringe upon the rights of others. C. Promoting Economic Growth and Stability. Land use policies have a significant impact on economic conditions in the County and should be structured to encourage economic prosperity. To ensure the continued strength of Weld County's economy, land use processes and decisions based on this plan shall be consistent and promote fiscally responsible growth. D. Protecting Health, Safety, and General Welfare. Land use regulations and policies will protect and enhance the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of Weld County. Sec. 22-2-20. - Goals and Objectives. The Goals of this Comprehensive Plan should be continuously pursued and implemented in County regulations and procedure. They are directions for elected and appointed officials and staff to consider when making land use decisions. The Goals are divided into categories of Land Use Goals, Economic Development Goals, Environmental Goals, and Natural Resource Goals. Each Goal is followed by objectives that help define and clarify the intent of the Goal. Sec. 22-2-30. - Land Use Goals and Objectives. A. Commit to the economic future of agriculture. 1. Land use changes shall not inhibit agricultural production nor operations. 2. Limit the density and intensity of development to maintain agricultural areas. 3. Respect agricultural practices regarding water resources. 4. Farming or ranching operations are not considered a nuisance as long as they employ common or reasonable agricultural practices. a. Weld County 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 views, 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 4,000 square miles in size (twice the size of the State of Delaware) with more than 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 fire. Fire protection is usually 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 oil field equipment, ponds and irrigation ditches, electrical power for pumps and center pivot operations, high-speed traffic, sand burs, 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. B. Locate urban development in urban areas. 1. Encourage annexation of urban -scale development. Zone changes and subdivisions within one -quarter mile of municipal limits are strongly discouraged. Property owners who want to rezone or subdivide their property are encouraged to contact the municipality about annexation. 2. Urban -scale development shall only be placed where urban services, including public water, are available. 3. Urban -scale residential development belongs in municipalities, therefore the County shall discourage residential developments with more than nine lots or an overall density of more than one unit per acre in unincorporated areas. 4. Pursue Coordinated Planning Agreements with all municipalities within the County. C. Harmonize development with surrounding land uses. 1. Transition between land use types and intensities with buffers. Uses that are incompatible with existing uses must be able to mitigate conflicts. 2. Establish residential development options based on compatibility, proximity to municipalities, and availability of services that reflect the desired density and character of that location. 3. Encourage development that preserves land for agriculture, rangeland, wetlands, and critical habitats. 4. Require access easements and privately maintained rights -of -way to have recorded maintenance agreements to ensure adequate access. 5. Encourage consolidation of nonconforming lots. 6. Encourage the preservation, restoration, and reuse of historical structures and landmarks. 7. Encourage subarea planning and collaboration to enhance certain areas of the County. D. Collaborate on County -wide transportation and land use plans. 1. When the Comprehensive Plan is updated, the Transportation Plan should be updated as well. 2. Ensure that land use change proposals comply with applicable transportation plans, functional classifications, and access control plans adopted by the County. Sec. 22-2-40. - Economic Development Goals and Objectives. A. Support compatible economic development opportunities. 1. Identify target areas where the County is able to encourage shovel -ready commercial and industrial development. 2. Foster partnerships that increase the predictability or certainty of economic development and limit jurisdictional competition. 3. Plan and invest in a robust transportation system that connects markets and population centers. 4. Innovate, develop, and capitalize on the necessary tools and funding mechanisms to incentivize economic development. 5. Encourage agglomeration economies of synergistic businesses. 6. Promote small business incentive programs to encourage small business owners. Sec. 22-2-50. - Environmental Goals and Objectives. A. Encourage responsible and sustainable water usage. 1. Connection to public water and sewer services shall be taken into consideration for development approval. 2. Promote alternative conservation strategies and tools to minimize water usage, such as recycling and reuse. B. Protect water quality within the County. 1. Support the reduction of stormwater erosion and runoff. 2. Encourage development of master drainage plans and regional detention facilities. 3. Prevent surface and groundwater contamination. C. Minimize flood losses. 1. Identify flood -prone areas of the County that are not already designated on a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). 2. Encourage development to locate outside of flood -prone areas to reduce the loss of life and property. Sec. 22-2-60. - Natural Resource Goals and Objectives. A. Preserve wetlands and critical habitats. 1. Wetlands and critical or unique habitat areas, such as habitats of endangered or unique species, and migration, breeding, and spawning areas, should be identified in application materials as potential limiting site factors. 2. Protect native plants by enforcing noxious weed removal. B. Support responsible energy and mineral development. 1. Ensure that surface development reasonably accommodates mineral extraction. 2. Ensure that infrastructure, such as adequate roads and utilities, exists or can be made available prior to development of energy and mineral resource production facilities. 3. Require that energy and mineral resource development conserve the land and minimize the impact on surrounding land and the existing surrounding land uses. 4. Energy development should be coordinated with seasonal production schedules associated with agricultural activities. 5. Energy development facilities should preserve agricultural areas and enhance the rural landscape. ARTICLE III - Recreation and Tourism Element Sec. 22-3-10. - Recreation and Tourism Element. This section is intended to address the recreation and tourism requirement pursuant to state law (Section 30-28-106(5), C.R.S.). Weld County is home to the Pawnee National Grasslands, the Pawnee Buttes, and Crow Valley Recreation Area, as well as state wildlife areas, lakes, rivers, and streams, and commercial facilities that support recreation and tourism uses. The Pawnee Buttes and other areas offer hiking and bird -watching without the crowds of people found in Rocky Mountain National Park. Other recreational activities in Weld County include horseback -riding, hunting, shooting, biking, cross-country skiing, boating, and fishing. Private facilities offer opportunities for water skiing, shooting, hunting, motocross, and other sports. Additionally, agritourism and agritainment have been growing in popularity over the years. These seasonal events offer fun and education for visitors centered around harvest time and Halloween. Many more opportunities for recreation and tourism can be found within the cities and towns of Weld County, including numerous parks, museums, and historic sites, as well as festivals, parades, and other events. Please visit www.DiscoverWeld.com for more information. ARTICLE IV - Comprehensive Plan Map Sec. 22-4-10. - Comprehensive Plan Map. A. The Department of Planning Services shall maintain a map called the Comprehensive Plan Map based on the criteria in this section. The Comprehensive Plan Map is adopted as Appendix 22-D and shows the County's preference for areas for rezonings and subdivisions. The map has no bearing on uses allowed by right, by permit, or by special review. It is made up of two main components: 1. Areas of opportunity for commercial and industrial development. These are potentially logical areas for rezoning land to C (Commercial), I (Industrial), and Planned Unit Development (PUD) containing C and I uses based on transportation infrastructure of roads and railroads. The map is intended to encourage rezoning in appropriate areas. Such a designation does not guarantee a zone change application will be approved. All applicable criteria in Chapters 23 or 27 of the Weld County Code must be satisfied in order for the Board of County Commissioners to approve a zone change application, including location -specific attributes such as surrounding land uses, topography, and availability of utilities. 2. Areas of urban -scale development, nonurban-scale development, and rural -scale development. These layers are based on municipal boundaries and water district boundaries and will change as those boundaries change. See Section 24-1-40 for definitions of the different types of development. B. Opportunity Zones. If in compliance with the other provisions in this section, zone changes to C (Commercial), I (Industrial), and Planned Unit Development (PUD) containing C and I uses are preferred in the following locations: 1. Within one mile of interstates, 2. Within one-half mile of U.S. highways, 3. Within one-half mile of the County Highway (Weld County Road 49 between 1-76 and State Highway 392), 4. Within one -quarter mile of railroads, 5. Within one-half mile of the following types of intersections: a. Collector/arterial, b. Arterial/arterial, c. Collector/highway, and d. Arterial/highway. C. Development requiring rezoning is generally discouraged in the following locations: 1. Within one -quarter mile of any municipality. 2. Beyond three miles from a municipality, unless all or a portion of the property is located in an Opportunity Zone on the Comprehensive Plan Map and the rezoning is to Commercial or Industrial. APPENDIX 22-A — North Greeley Rail Corridor Subarea Plan for Greeley and Weld County — NO CHANGE. ADD APPENDIX 22-B — Subarea Planning Guide ADD APPENDIX 22-C — Right to Extract Mineral Resources Statement ADD APPENDIX 22-D — Comprehensive Plan Map 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. Affidavit of Publication STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Elizabeth Maes of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, SS. that the same is a three days weekly plus Sunday newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was 7th day of October A.D. 2020 and the last publication thereof in the issue of said newspaper 7th day of October A.D. 2020 has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. ,e Agent Subscribed and sworn to before me this ?--W)day of October, 2020 in the County of Weld, State of Colorado. Account# 1099690 Ad#1742915 Cost $118.44 Notary P'blic SHAYLA NAJERA NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20174031965 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JULY 31, 2021 NOTICE OF FIRST REARING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-13 published below, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on September 30, 2020. A public hearing and second reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 0 Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on October 19, 2020. All parsons in any manner interested in the reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's office at phone (970) 400-4225, or lax (970) 336-7233, prior tote day of the hearing if, as the result eta disability, you require reasonable accommodation; in order to participate in this hearing. Ary backup material, exhibits or information previausy submOted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may herexamined In the Mice of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the W%H Courtly Administration Budding,1150 0 Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours at BOll a.m. and 5:00 p.ea., Monday then Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (vo w.wddguv cam), E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensue inclusion of your e-mail cmeapondence Mtn the case fife, please send a copy to egesiec@weldgoe,com. ORDINANCE NO.2020-13 ORDINANCE 1RIE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, NRTH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: October 19, 2020. et 9:00 am. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO SATED: October 2, 2020 PUBLISHED: October 7, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE 2020-1a IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTIIR, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 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 Cammissionem at the County of Weld, State of Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charters vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Cokado, and WHEREAS, the Ravi of County Commissioners an December 28, 2000, adopted Weld County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Coda tar the County a1 Weld. including the codification of all predousyadopted ordinances cola general and permanent name enacted on or before said date al adoption, and WHEREAS, the Weld County Code is in need at revision and clarification with regard to procedures, terms, and requirements therein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of Be County of Weld, State o1 Colorado, that certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code he, and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are revised to read as fellows. CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Repeal and Reenact Chapter 22 in its entirety. ARTICLE I —General Provisions Didslon 1- Preface See. 22-1.10. - uledeedoe. The Comprehensive Plan includes all unincorpoaled geographic areas of the County and establishes policy guidelines for land use decisions. The Plan serves as the foundation at all land use and development regulations. The Comprehensive Plan is adopted by the Board of County Commissioners as an ordinance and codified under Chapter 22 of the Weld County Code, which makes It regulatory rather than just advisory. The Comprehensive Plan should bean actively used document to assist in reaching our goals.The Compreensive Plan was originally created in 1973 and has since been updated in 1987, 1995, 2002, and 2008. Sec. 22.1.20. -Overview of Weld County. Weld County is located in the northern Front Range of Colorado between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, approdmatey 40 miles east of the Continental Divide. Spanning an area from northern metropolitan Denvarto the Wyoming slate ine, the Camay is apprmdmatety 4,000 square miles in size —over twice the size at Delaware.Weld County is the most productive county in the state, and one of the most productive counts in the nation, ton both agriculture and oil and gas. The County seat is located In the City of Greoley. Thirty-two incorporated municipalities Ile within the County's borders. Additional background information about Weld County is contained in the Weld County Population and Development Report, which is updated annually by the Weld County Department of Planning Services and is made available to the pubic on the Planning Services webpage. Also available on the County's website are maps, including zoning, uses by special review, subdivisions and exemptions, geologic and doodahln hazard areas, and other geographic information. Weld County history and other information are also available on the Weld County websUe. The Population and Development Report is an administrative supplement to the Comprehensive Plan that describes the physical chaadedstics of the Countyalong with mad recent demographic data available from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Demography Shine. In addition, h contains data from the most recent U.S, Department a AgricuRure Census of Agriculture and economic indicators from the U.S. Bureau of Econanic Analysis and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Other data presented include statistics on housing, real estate, and foreclosures, land use cases processed, and lots seated, building permits issued, and various other information. Refer also to the Weld County 'transportation Plan adopted by ralerenca in Chapter a of the Weld County Code for more information on the existing conditions in Weld Couny, Division 2- General Provisions Sec 22.1.100. - Deflation and purpose of Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan, contained in this Chapter, is the document intended to fulfill the master plan requirement pursuant to state law (Section 30-28-te6(1), C.R.S.) and the mineral extraction master plan requirement pursuant to slate law (Section 34-1-404, C.R.S.) and, in part, to set land use policy pursuant to the Home Rule Charter. The Comprehensive Plan is intended to be used for the general purpose of guiding development of the unincorporated County. Sec 22.1-110. - Relaliensbip to phoning documents. A. The Comprehensive Plan idenmis Guiding Principles, Goals, and Objectives to provide direction for land use decisions. The documents used by tire County to carry out the Goats and Objectives d the Comprehensive Plan are contained in Chapters 19, 21, 23, 24, and 27 of this Code. Artiste III of Chapter 2, Administration, contains regulations relating to planning and zoning as well In the event of any centrist between the Comprehensive Plan and arty land use regulations set forth in this Code, the land use regulations, including, but not limited to, those for zoning and subdibsicn, take priority. B. Chapter 19 contains Coordinated Flaunting Agreements between the County and various municipalities. C. Chapter 21 regulates areas and activities al slate interest in unincorporated Wald County. D. Chapter 23 contains the Zoning Ordinance, which defines land use application procedures and responsibilities, standards, and regulations pedaining to zone districts and overlay districts, nonconforming uses, enforcement vesting of rights, and the Beard of Adjustment. E. Chapter 24 contains the Subdivision Ordinance used to regulate subdivision development and contains the procedures for subdividing a parcel of land and design standards for tadlthes,. utilOiee, and other improvements. F. Chapter 27 provides a site -specific subdivision mechanism, Planned Unit Development, used to provide far creativity and which can be utiized to allow uses from mAMpte zone districts. G. The Weld County Transportation Plan is adopted in Chapter 8 of the Weld County Cade. See. 22.1.120. - Reserved. Sec. 22-1-130. - Plan components. Article II contains the Principles, Gab, and Objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. The Goals are desired ambitions and results to be pursued diligently by the County. Each Goal contains one or more Objectives, which are mom specific than the Gals and help clarify the Goal's intent. Sec. 22.1-140. - Planning process. The official kickoff for the 2020 Comprehensive Plan update was the Annual Farah Show at Island Grove in Greeley on January 28, 29, and 30, 2020. Not long after that the novel caronavims outbreak reached the United Sates and public meetings were postponed. The Board of County Commissioners met with staff every lava weeks to review the old Comprehensive Plan and draft a now Comprehensive Plan. One goal Of this update was to reduce the length of the Comprehensive Plan to make it more readable and usable. For this reason, the strategies were eliminated from the body of the Comprehensive Plan. Instead the Planning Department will maintain a separate Strategic Pia tor implementing the Comprehensive Plan that will be updated at least annually. The Guiding Prindples were consolidated to met and moved from the middle of Article I la the beginning of Arnie IL The Goals are simpfilied to ion overarching aims further clarified by 37 objectives. See. 22-1-150. -Comereheestne Plan amendment procedure. A. Adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, as contained in this Chapter 22 of the Weld County Code, is a legislative process of the Board of County Commissioners. Any member of the Board may propose an ordinance to update, amend, or revise ties Chapter in accordance with Section 3-14 of the Hone Rub Charter. B. Prior to adopting an ordinance on Mal reading to revise ar amend this Chapter, the proposed change shall be considered by the Planning Commission fallowing a pubic hearing on the matter, The Planting Commission shag vote ona Resolution of Recommendation adopting the amendment and the secretary to the Planning Commission shall forward the resolution, once adopted, to the Board on County Commissioners. C. The Department of Planning Services shall natty any municipality with a Coordinate Planning Agreement in Chapter 19 of the Weld County Code at least ten days prior to the Planning Commission hearing. Nonce of the proposed ordinance shall also be posted an the County website and in accordance with notice requirements far ordinances. The Board may direct the Director of Planning Services to Issue a press release regarding the proposed change(s). D. The Board of County Commissioners shall consider the Resolution of Recommendation of the Planning Commission, the recommendations of the Department of Penning Services, and any comments received from municipslies and the public prior to adopting an ordinance to amend this chapter. The Board shall take public testimony prior to each at the second and third readings of the ordnance. E. The Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission shall review the entire Comprehensive Plan annually or as changing demographics, conditions, and poises warrant. The Board may direct the Planning Commission, an ad hoc appointed committee, and/or the Department a Planning Services to conduct the review and report its findings to the Board. ARTICLE B - Principles, Goals, and dryecHves See. 22-2-10.-Buidise Pdnddles. The following Grinding Principles are the foundation for land use noisy in the County. A8 of the Gals and Objectives within the Weld County Comprehensive Plan are adopted with the intent that they are consistent with the sundae Principles A. Respecting Our Agricultural Heritage. Weld County has an agricultural heritage built upon the hard work d pioneers and farmers on traditional family farms. Weld County is now one of the most ecoreardcaly productive agricuGurd aaunUes be the nation. The Weld County Right to Farm Statement and the Gals and Objectives is this Plan support the importance of agriculture in the County. B. Respecting Private Property Rights. One o the basic principles upon which the United States was founded is the right of citizens to awn and ultra properly so long as that use complies with pal regulations and does not interfere with or imringe upon the rights of others. C. Promoting Economic Growth and Stability. Land use policies have a significant impact on economic conditions in the County and should he structured to encourage economic prosperity. To ensure the continued strength at Weld County's economy, land use processes and decisions based on this plan shall be consistent and promote fiscally responsible growth. 0. Protecting HeaRh, Safety, and General Welfare, land use regulations and palsies wig protect and enhance the health. safety, and general imitate of the citizens of Weld County. Sec. 22-2-20. -Goals and Ohja tives. The Goals of this Comprehensive Plan shout! be cmdimeousty pursued and implemented in County regulations and procedure. They are difections for elected and appointed officiate and staff to consider when making land use decisions, The Gals are divided into categories at Land Use Gaels, Economic Development Goals, Etrtramnontat Goals, and Natural Resource Goals. Each Goal is followed by objectives that help define and clarify the intent of the Goal. Sec. 22.250. -Lad Use Goals and Obmdtws. A. Commit to the economic future at agriculture. 1. Land use changes shag not inhibit agriculNol production nor operations. 2. line the densely and intensity at development to maintain agricultural areas. 3. Respect agrkultual practices regarding wamr resources. 4. Farming or ranching operations are not considered a nuisance as king as they employ common or reasonable agricultural practices. a. Weld County Rightto-Fann Statement: Weld County k one of the most productive agricultural counties in the United States, typically ranldng in the top ten cauoAs in the country in total market value of agricultural products sold. The rural areas of Weld County may be open and spacious. but they em intensively used tar agriculture. Persons moving into a rural area must recognize and accept there are drawbacks, including contids with brig -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 area opera views, spacioumess, widpte, lack of sty noise and congestion, and the coral atmosphere and way of lle. Without neighboring farms, those features which attract urban dwellers to rural Weld County would quickly It gone tsever. Agricultural users of the land should not be expected to change their long-estabished agricutual practices to accommodate the intrusions of urban users into a rural area. Welhvn agricultural activgkswiggenerate ollsite Impacts, indudeg nesetram tractors and equipment slow -moving lam vehicles en rural roads dust trans animal pens, field walk harvest, and gravel rods; odor from animal conlmement silage, and mama; smoke from ditch burning; ties and msqudoes; 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. R is common practice for agricultural producers to utilize an accumulation of agricultural machinery and supplies to assist In their agricultural operators. A coreentraoen o miscellaneous agricultural materials elan produces a visual disparity between rural and urban areas of the County. Section 35-3.5- 102, C.BS., provides that an agricultural operation Mae not he found to be a pubic or private nuisance if the agricultural Gestalten aleged tit be a nuisance employs methods or practices Mat are commonly or reasonably associated with agdcutural production. Water has been, and continues to be, the lifeline for the agricultural community. It is unreaestic to assume that ditches and reservoirs may simply be moved "out at the way" at residential development. When moving to the County, properly owners and residents must raize 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 4.000 square miles in size (twice the size of the State of Dekuiare)with more than 3,700 miksof sate and Couny roads outside of m mecipakies. The sheer magnitude at the area to be served stretches available resources. Law enforcement is based on responses to complaints more than an patrols of the County, and the dsfancs which must be traveled may delay a0 emergency incenses, including law entorcemem, ambulance, and fire. Fire protection Is usually prodded by volunteers who must leave their jobs and andis to respond toomergencies. Courtly gravel roads, no mate haw alien they are bladed wlN not provide the same kind of surface expected inns a pm! road, Snow removal priorities man that roads hom subdivisions toarterials may net be dared for severah days aver a major snowstorm. Services in rural areas, in many cases, will one be equwalentto munidpal services. Rural dwellers must, by necessity, be more self-sufficient ten urban dwellers. People are exposed to different hazards in the County than in an urban or suburban setting. Faro equipment and oil field equipment. ponds and irrigation ditches, electrical power for pumps and center pivot operations, high-speed traffic, sand burs, puncture vines, tenitoral harm dogs and livestock, and open burning present real Marts. Controlling children'sastivities is important, not only for thin safety, but also for the protection a the farmer's livelihood. B. locate urban development in urban areas. 1. Encourageanreeaafion of urban -scab development Zone changes and subdivisions within one - quarter mile el municipal Innis are stagy discwraged. Property owners who want to rezone or subdivide their properly are encouraged to motacttae municipality about annexation. 2. Urban -scale development shall only be placed where urban services, including public water. are available., 3. Urban -state residential development belongs in municipalities, therefore the County shall discourage residential developments with nmre than nine lots or en overall density of more than one unit per acre in unincorporated areas 4. Pursue Coordinated Planning Agreements with ore municipalities within the County. C. Hamonhe development with surrounding lad uses. 1.Tandtion between land usetyps and intensities with barters. Usestat are incompatible with existing uses must be able to mitigate conOcls. 2. Establish residential development options based en compatibility, proximity to munidpailis, and availably of services that reflect the desired density and character of that location. 3. Encourage development that preserves land for agriculture, rangeland, wetlands. and critical habitats. 4. Require access easements and privately maintained rights-ot-way to have recorded maintenance agreements to ensure adequate access. 5. Encourage consolidation of nonconforming lots. 5. Encourage the preservation, restoration, and reuse of historical structures and landmarks. 7. Encourage subarea planning and collaboration to enhance certain areas of the County. 0. Collaborate on County -wide transportation and land use plans. 1. When the Comprehensive Plan is updated, the Transportation Plan should be updated as well 2. Ensure that land use change proposals comply with amicable transportation plans, functions classifications, and access control plans adapted by the County. Sec. 22-2-40. - Economic Development goats and Ohjedivea. A. Support oaupaktde economic development opportunities. 1. Identity target areas where the County is able to encourage shov0Fready commercial an industrial deeekopmerd. 2. Foster partnerships that increase the predioGbiiy or certainty of economic development an limit jurisdictional competition. 3. Plan and invest in a robust transportation system that connects markets and populatie centers 4. Innovate, develop, and capitalize on the necessary tools and funding mechanisms to inconitvit economic devdapmenl 5. Encourage agglomeration economies at synergistic businesses. 6. Promate.small business incentive programs to encourage small business owners. Sec. 22-2-00. - Environmental Goals ad Objectives. A. Encourage responsible and sustainable water usage. 1. Comedian to public water and sewer services shall be taken into consideration le development approval. 2. Promote alternative conservation strategies and tools to minimize water usage, such a recycling and reuse. B. Protect water quality within the County. 1. Support the reduction of darmwater erosion and runoff. 2. Encourage development of master drainage plans and regional detention lacilities. 3. Prevent surface and groundwater cantaminadan. C. Minimize good losses. /. Identify good -prone areas of the County that are not already designated on a Flood Inseam Rate Map (FIRM). 2. Encourage development to locate outside of flood -prone areas to reduce the loss of life ar property. Sec. 22-2ig. - Natural Resource Goals and ablatives. A. Preserve wetlands and critical habitats. 1. Wetlands and conical or unique habitat areas, such as habitats of endangered or unique specie and migration, breeding, and spawning areas, should be identified in application materials potential limiting site factors. 2. Protect native plants by enforcing noxious weed removal. B. Support resparside energy and mineral development. 1. Ensure that surface development reasonably accommodates mineral extraction. 2. Ensure that infrastructure, such as adequate roads and talkies, exists or can he made availat prior to development of energy and mineral resource production facilities. 3. Require that energy and mineral resource development conserve the land and minimize I impact on surrounding land and the misting surrounding land uses. 4. Energy development should be coordinated with seasonal production schedules assadae with agricultural esthetes. S. Energy development facilities should preserve agricupual areas and enhance the re landscape. ARTICLE ID - Ramatsa and Tourism Element See. 220-1g. - Recreation and Teeidcm Element. This section is intended to address the recreation and tourism requirement pursuant to state I: (Section 30-2&106(5), C.R.S.). Weld County is borne to the Pawnee National Grasslands, t Pawnee Buries, and Crow Valley Recreation Area, as well as sate wildl'e areas, lakes, foe and streams, and commercial IacaNies that supped recreation and tourism uses. The Pawn Buttes and other areas offer hiking and bird -watching without the crowds of people found Rack/ Mountain National Park Other recreational activities in Weld County Include hosehac riding, hunting, shooting. biking, cross-country slating, boating, and fishing. Private theft offer opportunities for water siding, shooting, hording, motocross, and other sports. Additional agritourism and agritainment have been growing in popularity over the years. These season events otter fun and education for visitors centered around harvest time and Halloween. Many more opportunities for recreation and tourism can be bound within the cities and tow of Weld County, including numerous parks. museums, and historic sites, as well as festive parades, and other events. Please visit www.DlscoverWeldcom for more information. ARTICLE IV- Comprehensive Piano Map Sec. 224.10. - Comprehensive Plan Map. A The Department of Planning Services shall maintain a map called the Comprehensive PI Map based on the criteria in this section. The Comprehensive Plan Map is adapted as Appeni 22-D and dhows the County's prearerce tee areas for retellings and subdivisions. The map I no bearing on uses allowed by right, by permit, en by spedal review. It Is made up of two m components: 1. Areas of opportunity for commercial and industrial development. These are potentially iogi areas far rezoning land to C (Commercial), I (Industraft, and Planned Unit Development (PL containing C and I uses based on transportation intrasiruclure of roads and railroads. The n is intended to encourage rezoning in appropriate areas. Such a designation does not guarar a zone change application will be approved. All appicable criteria in Chapters 23 or 27 0' Weld County Code must be satisfied In order far the Board of County Commissioners to apps a zone change application, Including lacatan-spedfio attributes such as surrounding land us topography, and avaitaltty al utilities. 2. Areas of urban -seek development, nonurban-scale development, and eralscale developmr These layers are based on municipal boundaries and water district boundaries and will char as those boundaries change. See Section 24-1-40 for definitions of the different types development. B. Oppoduniy Zones. R in compliance with the other provisions in this section, zone change! C (Commercial), I (Industrial). and Planned Unit Development (PUO) containing C and I uses preferred in the following locations: 1. Within one toile of imerstates, 2. Within one -haft mile of U.S. highways, 3. Within one -halt mile of the County Highway (Weld County Road 49 between I-76 and Si Highway 392), 4. Within one -quarter mile of railroads, 5. Within one -hilt mile of the following types of intersections: a. Collector/arterial, b. ArteriaVartedal, a. Collector/ highway, and d. ArteriaMighway. C. Development requiring rezoning is generally discouraged in the fallowing locations: 1. Within one -quarter mile of any municipality. 2. Beyond three miles from a municipality, unless all or a portion of the property is locate an Opportunity Zone an Ole Comprehensive Plan Map and the rezoning Is to Cammercla Industrial. APPENDIX 22-A— North Greeley Rail Canidr Subarea Plantor Greeley and Weld County — CHANGE. ADD APPENDIX 22-B— Subarea Planning Guide ADD APPENDIX 22-C— Right to Extract Mineral Hammes Statement ADD APPENDIX 22-D— Compedhdule Plan Map BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereto directed to arrange for Municde to supplement the Weld County Code with the amendm contained hedn, to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsection: they currently exist within said Code; and to timbre any inconsistencies regarding capitalizat grammar and numbering or placement of chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsech In said Code. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board, if any section, subsection. paragraph, sente clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any mason held or decided to be unconstitutk such decision shall not affect the validly at the remaining portions hereof. The Board of Cal Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance In each and e section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of the tad any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases migh declared to be unconstitutional or invald. Published Greeley Tribune October 7, 2020-1 74291 5 NOTICE Pursuant to the zoning laws of the State of Colorado and the Weld County Code, a public hearing will be held before the Weld County Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners in the Hearing Room, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, at the times specified below. A Second and Third reading of said Ordinance will be considered on October 19, 2020 and November 9, 2020. The complete case file may be examined by calling the Department of Planning Services at (970) 400-6100 to make arrangements with the case planner, or at the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631. E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file prior to the Planning Commission hearing, please call the Department of Planning Services to obtain the appropriate contact information. For inclusion of any correspondence prior to the Board of Commissioners hearing E-mail egesick@weldgov.com. If a court reporter is desired for either hearing, please advise the Department of Planning Services or the Clerk to the Board's Office, in writing, at least five days prior to the hearing. The cost of engaging a court reporter shall be borne by the requesting party. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if special accommodations are required in order for you to participate in this hearing, please contact the Department of Planning Services at (970) 400-6100, or the Clerk to the Board's Office at (970) 400- 4255, prior to the day of the hearing. All cases scheduled before the Planning Commission or Board of County Commissioners are subject to continuance, due to lack of quorum or otherwise. Contact the Department of Planning Services or the Clerk to the Board's Office at the numbers above, for hearing continuance information. The application may be updated at any time at the request of the applicant, or in response to public input, referral responses, or staff recommendations. During the public hearing process, the Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners reserve the right to amend the findings, conditions of approval, and/or development standards in the proposed resolution. DOCKET #: 2020-49 PLANNING COMMISSION DATE: September 15, 2020 TIME: 12:30 p.m. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: September 30, 2020 TIME: 9:00 a.m. CASE NUMBER: ORDINANCE 2020-13 PRESENTED BY: PLANNING STAFF REQUEST: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE. PLANNING COMMISSION WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: August 20, 2020 PUBLISHED: August 26, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune 2020-2995 NOTICE Pursuant to the zoning laws of the State of Colorado and the Weld County Code, a public hearing will be held before the Weld County Planning Commission and the Board of County Commis- sioners in the Hearing Room. Weld County Administration Build- ing, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado. at the times specified be- low. A Second and Third reading of said Ordinance will be con- sidered on October 19, 2020 and November 9, 2020. The complete case file may be examined by calling the Depart- ment of Planning Services at (970) 400-6100 to make arrange- ments with the case planner, or at the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County Administration Building. 1150 O Street, Greeley Colorado 80631. E -Mail messag- es sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file prior to the Planning Commission hearing. please can the Department of PIanMe6 Services to obtain the appro a contact information. For laduslon of any corre- prior o the Board of Commissioners hearing E-mail Cotrt. I a court reporter is desired for either hearing, please advise the Department of Planning Services or the Clerk to the Board's Of- fice, in writing, at least five days prior to the hearing. The cost of engaging a court reporter shall be borne by the requesting par- ty. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if special accommodations are required in order for you to partici- pate in this hearing, please contact the Department of Planning Services at (970) 400-6100. Or the Clerk to the Board's Office at (970) 400-4255. prior to the day of the hearing. All cases sched- uled before the Planning Commission or Board of County Com- missioners are subject to continuance due to lack of quorum or otherwise. Contact the Department of Planning Services or the Clerk to the Board's Office at the numbers above, for hearing continuance information. The application may be updated at any time at the request of the applicant, or In response to public in- put, referral responses, or staff recommendations. During the public hearing process, the Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners reserve the right to amend the findings. conditions of approval, and/or development standards in the pproppopsed resolution. DOCIIEr #: 2020-49 PLANNING CO&GMSSION DATE: September 15, 2020 TIME 12:30 pm. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE : September 30, 2020 TIUE: 9:00 am. CASE NUMBER ORDINANCE 2020.13 PRESENTED BY: PLANNING STAFF REQUEST: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE PLANNING COMMISSION WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: August 20, 2020 PUBLISHED: Greeley Tribune August 26. 2020-1731086 Prairie Mountain Media, LLC PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT County of Weld State of Colorado The undersigned, Elizabeth Maes , being first duly sworn under oath, states and affirms as follows: 1. He/she is the legal Advertising Reviewer of Prairie Mountain Media LLC, publisher of the Greeley Tribune. 2. The Greeley Tribune is a newspaper of general circulation that has been published continuously and without interruption for at least fifty-two weeks In Weld County and meets the legal requisites for a legal newspaper under Cob. Rev. Stat. 24-70-103. 3. 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