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CODE ORDINANCE 2017-03
e IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS,
CHAPTER 19 COORDINATED PLANNING AGREEMENTS, 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 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and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are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 19
COORDINATED PLANNING AGREEMENTS
ARTICLE VI
Windsor Plan
Add Sec. 19-6-90. Common Development Standards.
Section 19-6-70 indicates that the Town and County shall "attempt to agree to establish
common development standards within designated areas" within one year of the effective
date of the CPA. The following development standards are proposed to mitigate negative
impacts between potentially incompatible land uses and to establish consistency between
development that occurs in unincorporated Weld County in close proximity to development
within the Town of Windsor.
The following development standards are adopted in accordance with the Coordinated
Planning Agreement (CPA) between Weld County (County) and the Town of Windsor
;Town) dated August 10, 2015 and shall apply to the Town of Windsor's Growth
Management Area (GMA) as depicted in Appendix 19-F:
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A. Site Access. Development as defined in Section 19-6-40 shall utilize shared access
points or other mutually approved alternatives to the adjacent county road to avoid multiple
driveways onto future arterial roads as identified in the respective transportation plans of the
County and Town.
B. Screening. Development proposing outdoor storage and/or non-residential uses that
may have negative impacts on neighboring residential properties within 1,000 feet shall be
screened from view by opaque fencing, earth berms, dense landscaping, hardscapinq or any
combination of these methods. For the purposes of this section, opaque fencing shall not
include chain -link fencing with slats.
C. Lighting. All lighting fixtures, including wall pack lighting and other service area and
security lighting, shall be full cutoff fixtures and mounted so that light is directed downward.
Light sources shall be concealed or shielded so as to minimize up -light, spill -light, glare and
unnecessary diffusion on neighboring properties.
D. Signage. Freestanding signs shall meet a minimum setback distance of fifteen (15)
feet from the property line and are encouraged to be mounted on a monument base. Pole -
mounted signs are prohibited. Such signs shall not exceed sixteen ;16) feet in height or
seventy-two (72) square feet per side of sign.
E. Paving of parking lots. All parking lots and driveways which are designed to be used
for employee, visitor or customer parking with direct access to a Town street shall be paved
with asphalt, concrete or other material mutually approved by the County and Town.
Additionally, all parking lots and driveways shall include an approved method of tracking
control to prevent tracking of mud and debris onto Town streets.
Amend APPENDIX 19-F — RESERVEDTOWN OF WINDSOR'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT
AREA 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.
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The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2017-03 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 24th day of May, A.D., 2017.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Julie A. Cozad, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Steve Moreno, Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Sean P. Conway
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mike Freeman
County Attorney
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Date of signature:
First Reading:
Publication:
Second Reading:
Publication:
Final Reading:
Publication:
Effective:
April 10, 2017
April 19, 2017, in the Greeley Tribune
May 1, 2017
May 10, 2017, in the Greeley Tribune
May 24, 2017
May 31, 2017, in the Greeley Tribune
June 5, 2017
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