Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2026-12 published below, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on September 28, 2026. 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 October 12, 2026. 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. 2026-12

Ordinance Title: In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 14 Health and Animals of the Weld County Code

Date of Next Reading: October 12, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.

Board of County Commissioners

Weld County, Colorado

Dated: September 30, 2026

Published: October 2, 2026, in the Greeley Tribune

Ordinance Language:

Weld County Code Ordinance 2026-12

In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 14 Health and Animals 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Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that Chapter 14 of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.

Chapter 14

Health and Animals

Article III – Cistern Water

Amend Sec. 14-3-80. Criteria for review.

The following shall be considered by the EHS in reviewing an application for a CUP:

A. The lack of availability of another approved source of drinking water such as domestic wells or public water systems. Additional cost to the property owner to obtain drinking water from a domestic well or public water system is not proof of lack of availability.

B. Demonstrated need for individual water supply.

C. Availability of an approved water source for filling the cisterns.

D. Compliance with the performance standards of Section 14-3-130.

E. The cistern shall not be used to provide drinking water to a residence.

Remainder of Section – No change.

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.