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Carly Koppes, Clerk and Recorder, Weld County, CO
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CODE ORDINANCE 2017-02
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION, 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and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are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 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE II — General Policies
Amend Sec. 2-2-70. Mineral leasing policy.
A. The County owns mineral rights for approximately forty thousand (40,000) acres. The Board
of County Commissioners adopted the following mineral leasing policy:
1. through 5. — No change.
6. Royalty interest in the production to be paid to the County shall be at least twenty-two
and one-half percent (22.5%). Specific amount of royalty interest shall be set by the
Board of County Commissioners prior to the bidding process.
Remainder of Section — No change.
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.
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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.
The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2017-02 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 17th day of April, A.D., 2017.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST: ditiWXL:J.
Weld County Clerk to the Board
rbara Kirkmeyer
unty Attorney
Date of signature: 51 t 1 / I-1
First Reading:
Publication:
Ju ie A. Cozad, Chair
Steve Moreno, Pro
Sean P. Conway
March 6, 2017
March 15, 2017, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: March 27, 2017
Publication: April 5, 2017, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: April 17, 2017
Publication: April 26, 2017, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: May 1, 2017
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