Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2026-13 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. 2026-13

Ordinance Title: In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 8 Public Works 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 2026-13

In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 8 Public Works 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Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that Chapter 8 of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.

Chapter 8

Public Works

Amend Appendix 8-P Right-of-Way Use Permit, to read as follows:

The intent of the Right-of-Way Use Permit is to regulate and permit the use of Weld County's public right-of-way by private companies, municipalities and/or special districts constructing and burying lines either crossing or running parallel within Weld County right‑of-way. Crossings are allowed for all lines. Parallel installations are allowed for lines of "public utilities" that are defined in CRS 40-1-103 and are "domestic or foreign electric light power, gas, or pipeline companies"; for water lines of municipalities, water districts, and water and sewer districts; for transmission lines or pipelines used solely for agricultural purposes; for fresh water above-ground transfer pipelines; for lines in non-maintained right-of-way if approved by Weld County based upon locational factors, such as, surrounding population density, topography, or if the right‑of‑way provides access to a recorded exemption lot, and with Permittee's agreement to move the line at its sole expense if Weld County or an annexing municipality intends to improve the right-of-way; or if authorized by the Board of County Commissioners in an appeal of the denial of a Right-of-Way Permit application, pursuant to Weld County Code Section 8-13-110. Public right-of-way subject to regulation by the Right-of-Way Use Permit includes Weld County's maintained and non-maintained, and all public drainage easements. A Right-of-Way Use Permit grants the Permittee and its Contractors permission to occupy designated County right-of-way. The Permit authorizes excavation, surveying, and/or construction of facilities within the County right-of-way and provides for their subsequent restoration upon completion of the Project. The Permit is issued solely for the Permittee's and its Contractor's construction of the Project. Permittee is prohibited from changing the use of the Project in any way without first obtaining a new permit.

Submittal Requirements – No change.

General Provisions – No change.

Construction Provisions – No change.

Amend Pipeline Provisions, to read as follows:

An Emergency Action Plan shall be submitted for all pipelines installed within or crossing Weld County right-of-way for the purpose of transporting hydrocarbons.  This includes, but is not limited to, natural gas, crude oil, and produced water pipelines.

1. through 4. – No change.

Remainder of Appendix – 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.