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CODE ORDINANCE 2015 - 19
dM IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING , WITH AMENDMENTS ,
CHAPTER 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and hereby are , repealed and re-enacted , with amendments , and the various Chapters are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
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Amend Sec . 23 -11 -250 . Basis for establishing SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.
The SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA identified by FEMA in a scientific and engineering report
entitled , "The Flood Insurance Study for Weld County , Colorado , and Incorporated Areas , " dated
January 20 , 2016 , with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps ( FIRM ) "The Flood Insurance
Study for Unincorporated Weld County and Town of Eaton , Colorado, " dated September 22 , 1999 ,
with accompanying FIRM and FBFM and any revisions thereto , are hereby adopted by reference
and declared to be part of this ORDINANCE . These SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS identified
by the FIS and attendant mapping are the minimum area of applicability of this ORDINANCE and
may be supplemented by studies designated and approved by the Board of County
Commissioners , CWCB and FEMA . The FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR shall keep a copy of
the FIS , FIRMs and/or FBFMs on file and available for public inspection .
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be , and hereby is ,
directed to arrange for Colorado Code Publishing to supplement the Weld County Code with the
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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 2015-19 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 9th day of November, A.D., 2015.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Mike Freeman, Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Sean P. Conway
Julie A. Cozad
Steve Moreno
Publication: September 4, 2015
First Reading: September 28, 2015
Publication: October 7, 2015, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: October 19, 2015
Publication: October 28, 2015, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: November 9, 2015
Publication: November 18, 2015, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: January 20, 2016
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