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CODE ORDINANCE 2018-02
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 29
BUILDING REGULATIONS, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF
WELD, STATE OF COLORADO:
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with
the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on December 28, 2000, adopted Weld
County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Code for the County of Weld,
including the codification of all previously adopted ordinances of a general and permanent nature
enacted on or 5efore 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and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are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 29
BUILDING REGULATIONS
Amend Sec. 29-2-70. National Electrical Code.
The publication of the National Fire Protection Association, known as the National Electrical
Code, 2017 Edition, NFPA No. 70 2017, is incorporated by this reference as a part of this Building
Code for the purpose of establishing standards for the inspection of electrical installations and
issuance of electrical permits in the County, with the following amendments:
A. — No change.
B. Add Section 210.52(J) to read as follows:
210.52(J) Sump Pit Receptacle Outlets. A 125 -volt, single-phase, 15- or 20 -ampere
receptacle outlet shall be installed adjacent to and within 18" of the sump pit. This receptacle
outlet shall be on a dedicated branch circuit and shall be GFCI protected.
C. Add Section 300.5(L):
"All electrical underground wiring located outside a building or structure shall be separated by
a minimum of twelve (12) inches from all other underground utilities, including telephone and
cable television. Such separation may be horizontal or vertical."
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D. Add the following sentence to Section 511.3(B):
"The areas described in Sections 511.3(A) and (B) shall also apply to private garages as
defined by the IBC and IRC."
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 th2t any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or
phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2018-02 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 2nd day of April, A.D., 2018.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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Date of signature: H-9-18
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Mike Freeman
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Publication: January 24, 2018
First Reading: February 21, 2018
Publication: February 28, 2018, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: March 12, 2018
Publication: March 21, 2018, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: March 26, 2018
Con't to: April 2, 2018
Publication: April 4, 2018, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: April 9, 2018
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