Long-Range Planning

Ordinance 2025-05 – Ag Land Leveling and Ag Reservoir Dredging Permit Policy

The Board of County Commissioners has adopted an ordinance to make changes to Chapter 8, Public Works, in relation to an intergovernmental agreement between the County and the state Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. This ordinance will establish a new permit to eliminate the need for a mining permit from the state for certain activities relating to leveling of farmland, including the export of topsoil, and the dredging of agricultural reservoirs.

A pdf of the final reading of the ordinance is available with this link: Ordinance 2025-05(PDF, 140KB)

Ordinance 2025-07 – Updating Chapter 21, Areas and Activities of State Interest

The Board of County Commissioners has adopted an ordinance to make changes to Chapter 12, mostly to Articles I and II, which relate to designating areas and activities as matters of state interest (“1041s”) and permitting development that have been designated as 1041s. This ordinance will also repeal Article IV of Chapter 21, which relates to 1041 permits for transportation-related development, such as highways, interchanges, mass transit stations, and areas around those facilities. This ordinance also moves certain application requirements from Articles III and VII to Article II and contains a minor technical change to Chapter 2, Administration.

A pdf of the final reading of the ordinance is available with this link: Ordinance 2025-07(PDF, 230KB)

Ordinance 2025-08 – Miscellaneous revisions to Chapter 23, Zoning, and Chapter 24, Subdivisions

Weld County is currently considering an ordinance to make changes to Chapters 23 and 24, to update several definitions, delete three unused definitions, update references, make some minor changes to requirements for Change of Zone and Use by Special Review maps, and make other minor changes of a technical nature. The only change to Chapter 24 is to the definition of “subdivision or subdivided land” relating to situations where the County acquires road right-of-way through a property, splitting the property into two separate, legal lots.

Second and third readings of the ordinance will be on June 30 and July 14 at the Board’s regular 9:00 a.m. meetings. Public testimony will be taken at each hearing. Comments for the Board of County Commissioners may also be submitted to the Clerk to the Board at ctb@weld.gov.

A pdf of the first reading of the ordinance is available with this link: Ordinance 2025-08(PDF, 2MB)

If you have any questions about any of these ordinances, please contact Jim Flesher, Long Range Planner, at jflesher@weld.gov or (970) 400-3552. You can also Submit your Question and we will be happy to answer your questions.