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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2014-2
e= 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 repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are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
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 6 - No change
7 . Royalty interest in the production to be paid to the County shall be twenty-five
percent (25%) eighteen and one-half percent ( 18. 5%)when bidding is waived on
small parcels under five (5) acres, with a minimum of a sixtwelve-hundred-dollar
($5001 , 200.00) royalty bonus per acre.
Remainder of Section - No change
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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
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 2014-2 was , on motion duly made and
seconded , adopted by the following vote on the 16th day of June, A. D. , 2014.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Douglas Rademacher, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Barbara Kirkmeyer, Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
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Sean P. Conway
APPROVED AS TO FORM :
Mike Freeman
County Attorney
William F. Garcia
First Reading : May 7 , 2014
Publication : May 14 , 2014 , in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading : May 28. 2014
Publication : June 4 . 2014, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading : June 16, 2014
Publication : June 25. 2014 , in the Greeley Tribune
Effective : June 30, 2014
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