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CODE ORDINANCE 2016-11
l IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS,
c,MAPTER 23 ZONING, 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and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are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 23
ZONING
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Amend Sec. 23-1-90. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Chapter, certain terms or words u:sed herein shall be interpreted as
defined in this Section. The Following specific words and pl'xrases, when appearing in this Chapter
in uppercase letters, shall have the meanings stated in this Section:
MAJOR FACILITIES OF A PUBLIC UTILITY OR PUBLIC AGENCIES: Public Utilities or
Public Agencies operating or constructing a mine, ELECTRIC tPAM' UJS-.SJf► L E JMFS, domestic
water storage facilities, POWER PLANTS, SUBSTATIONS of electrical utilities, wastewater
treatment facilities, water treatment facilities, including extensions, expansions or enlargements
thereof; STORAGE AREAS of utilities providing electricity, water, and wastewater including
extension, expansions or enlargements thereof.
UTILITY SERVICE FACILITY: Public utility mains, lines, SUBSTATIONS, cas regulator
stations, PUBLIC lift or pumping stations for domestic water and. sanitary sewer service, and
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accessory STRUCTURES where no PUBLIC office, repair or storage facilities are operated or
maintained.
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.
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 2016-11 was, on motion duty made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 9th day of November, A.D., 2016.
ATTEST:
Weld County Clerk to the Board
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Cuulity Attorney
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
Mike Freeman, Chair
Sean P. Conway, Pro-Tem
Julie A. Cozad
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Steve Moreno
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Publication:
First Reading:
Publication:
Second Reading:
Publication:
Final Reading:
Publication:
Effective:
August 24, 2016
September 19, 2016
September 28, 2016, in the Greeley Tribune
October 10, 2016
October 19, 2016, in the Greeley Tribune
October 31, 2016
November 9, 2016, in the Greeley Tribune
November 14, 2016
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