Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2024-17 published below, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on October 21, 2024. A public hearing and second reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on November 6, 2024. All persons in any manner interested in the reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard.
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Ordinance No. 2024-17
Ordinance Title: In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 24 Subdivisions of the Weld County Code
Date of Next Reading: November 6, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County, Colorado
Dated: October 24, 2024
Published: October 26, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
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Weld County Code Ordinance 2024-17
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of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that Chapter 24 Subdivisions of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
Chapter 24
Subdivisions
Article I – General Provisions
Amend Sec. 24-1-40. Definitions.
For the purposes of Chapters 24 and 27, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings stated in this Section:
Delete Utilities Coordinating Advisory Committee:
Article III – Subdivision Design Standards
Amend Sec. 24-3-60. Easement standards.
A. Fifteen-foot (15’) minimum drainage and utility easements are required adjacent to public road rights-of-way.
B. Twenty-foot (20’) minimum drainage and utility easements are required along internal lot lines and shall be apportioned equally on abutting properties.
C. Ten-foot (10’) minimum drainage and utility easements are required along exterior lot lines.
D. Easements shall be designed to provide efficient installation of utilities and drainage swales. Public utility installations shall be located to permit multiple installations within the easements to avoid cross connections, minimize trenching and adequately separate incompatible systems.
Add E. For Resubdivision applications, the Director of Planning Services may reduce the required easement widths from those shown in Subsections A through C of this Section, or eliminate the required easements entirely, based on existing easements in the Subdivision or Historic Townsite and referral comments from utility companies.
Amend Sec. 24-3-180. Underground utility requirements.
All electric and communication utility lines and services and all street lighting circuits shall be installed underground, within easements. The following items are excluded but shall not be located within a sight distance triangle:
A. thru D. – No change.
Delete E.
Article V – Minor Subdivision
Amend Sec. 24-5-70. Final plan procedure.
A. The Minor Subdivision Final Plan application shall be processed according to the following procedure:
1. thru 3. – No change.
Delete 4. and renumber remainder of Section. No other changes.
Article VI – Rural Land Division
Amend Sec. 24-6-60. Final plan procedure.
A. The Rural Land Division Final Plan application shall be processed according to the following procedure:
1. thru 3. – No change.
Delete 4. and renumber remainder of Section. No other changes.
Article IX – Resubdivision
Amend Sec. 24-9-40. Procedure.
A Resubdivision application shall be processed according to the following procedure:
Delete D. and renumber remainder of Section. No other changes.
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.