Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2025-16 published below, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on November 24, 2025. 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 December 8, 2025. 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. 2025-16
Ordinance Title: In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 23 Zoning of the Weld County Code
Date of Next Reading: December 8, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County, Colorado
Dated: November 24, 2025
Published: November 26, 2025, in the Greeley Tribune
Ordinance Language:
Weld County Code Ordinance 2025-16
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 Weld County, 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Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that Chapter 23 of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
Chapter 23
Zoning
ARTICLE I - General Provisions
Amend Sec. 23-1-90. - Definitions.
The following specific words and phrases, when appearing in this Chapter in uppercase letters, shall have the meanings stated in this Section:
Insert between ENCLOSED and EVENT FACILITY:
EV CHARGING STATION: A nonresidential power supply device that supplies electrical power for recharging on-board battery packs of plug-in electric vehicles. This definition excludes devices primarily used by the residents or tenants of the LOT on which it is located.
All other definitions remain unchanged.
ARTICLE III - Zone Districts
Division 1 - A (Agricultural) Zone District
Amend Sec. 23-3-20. - Uses allowed by right outside of subdivisions and historic townsites.
No BUILDING, STRUCTURE, or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained in the A (Agricultural) Zone District on LOTS outside of SUBDIVISIONS and HISTORIC TOWNSITES except for one (1) or more of the following USES.
A. through D., no change.
Insert E. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Reletter as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Amend Sec. 23-3-45. - Uses allowed by right in subdivisions and historic townsites.
No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used, and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the A (Agricultural) Zone District in SUBDIVISIONS or HISTORIC TOWNSITES except for one (1) or more of the following USES:
A. through C. - No change.
Insert D. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Reletter as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Division 3 - Commercial Zone Districts
Amend Sec. 23-3-210. - C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) Zone District.
A. - No change.
B. Uses Allowed by Right. No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the C-1 Zone District except for one (1) or more of the USES listed in this section. No OUTDOOR STORAGE is allowed in the C-1 Zone District.
Insert 1. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Renumber as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Amend Sec. 23-3-220. - C-2 (General Commercial) Zone District.
A. - No change.
B. Uses Allowed by Right. No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the C-2 Zone District except for one (1) or more of the USES listed in this section. No OUTDOOR STORAGE is allowed in the C-2 Zone District.
Insert 1. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Renumber as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Amend Sec. 23-3-230. - C-3 (Business Commercial) Zone District.
A. - No change.
B. Uses Allowed by Right. No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the C-3 Zone District except for one (1) or more of the USES listed in this section.
Insert 1. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Renumber as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Amend Sec. 23-3-240. - C-4 (Highway Commercial) Zone District.
A. - No change.
B. Uses Allowed by Right. No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the C-4 Zone District except for one (1) or more of the USES listed in this section.
Insert 1. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Renumber as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Division 4 - Industrial Zone Districts
Amend Sec. 23-3-310. - I-1 (Light Industrial) Zone District.
A. - No change.
B. Uses Allowed by Right. No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the I-1 Zone District except for one (1) or more of the USES listed in this section.
1. and 2. - No change.
Insert 3. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Renumber as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Amend Sec. 23-3-320. - I-2 (Medium Industrial) Zone District.
A. - No change.
B. Uses Allowed by Right. No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the I-2 Zone District except for one (1) or more of the USES in this section.
1. and 2. - No change.
Insert 3. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Renumber as appropriate. No other changes to section.
Amend Sec. 23-3-330. - I-3 (Heavy Industrial) Zone District.
A. - No change.
B. Uses Allowed by Right. No BUILDING, STRUCTURE or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained in the I-3 Zone District, except for one (1) or more of the USES listed in this section.
1. and 2. - No change.
Insert 3. EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Renumber as appropriate. No other changes to section.
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.