HomeMy WebLinkAbout20190404.tiffWELD COUNTY RIGHT TO FARM STATEMENT
WELD COUNTY is ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCfiIE AGRICUL1uRAL 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 tNTRUSIONS 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 or NUISANCE WILDLIFE. ANO 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 DR 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 FOUR THOUSAND (4.000) SOUARE MILES IN SIZE
(TWICE THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE) WITH MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
(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 OK 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 (WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE 2002-6; WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE
2008-13)
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