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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2014-1
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS,
CHAPTER 24 SUBDIVISIONS, 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and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted , with amendments, and the various Chapters are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 24
SUBDIVISIONS
Amend Sec. 24-8-40. Exemption standards.
An exemption application shall comply with all of the following standards:
A through L - No Change
M . After March 1 , 2004, the proposed recorded exemption is eligible for land
exemption if it is not part of:
1 . The largest lot of a recorded exemption which was recorded within the last
five (5) years. This requirement may be waived by the Board of County
Commissioners if the Board finds extenuating circumstances experienced
by the applicant .ustify approval of the recorded exemption and that the
recorded exemption is not for the purpose of evading the requirements and
intent of this Chapter.
2 . The largest lot of a recorded exemption which was done in conjunction with
a subdivision exemption which was recorded within the last five (5) years.
This requirement may be waived by the Board of County Commissioners if
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the Board finds extenuating circumstances experienced by the applicant
justify approval of the recorded exemption and that the recorded exemption
is not for the purpose of evading the requirements and intent of this
Chapter.
N and O - No change
P . After August 3, 2010, the largest lot of any recorded exemption may not be less
than thirty-five (35) acres net. This requirement may be waived by the Board of
County Commissioners if the Board finds extenuating circumstances experienced
by the applicant .ustify approval of the recorded exemption and that the recorded
exemption is not for the purpose of evading the requirements and intent of this
Chapter.
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 2014-1 was , on motion duly made and
seconded , adopted by the following vote on the 3rd day of March , 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
Sean P. Conway
APPROVED AS TO FORM :
Mike Freeman
County Attorney
William F. Garcia
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Publication : December 25, 2014 , in the Greeley Tribune
First Reading : January 22, 2014
Publication : January 30, 2014, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: February 10, 2014
Publication : February 19, 2014, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading : March 3 , 2014
Publication : March 12 , 2014, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: March 17 , 2014
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