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<br />W A lTENBERG, COLORADO FLOOD HAZARD MITlGA TlON PLAN <br /> <br />AUGUST 1996 <br /> <br />development application adjacent to an <br />unincorporated community. <br /> <br />Goal 2: Maintain the rural character of <br />these settlements. <br /> <br />Goal 3: Accommodate new development <br />primarily through infill of existing vacant <br />plotted lots. <br /> <br />Goal 4: Maintain urban growth boundary <br />areas that provide an official definition <br />between future urban and agricultural land <br />uses. <br /> <br />Authority to Plan <br /> <br />State legislation has given local <br />governments in Colorado the power to plan <br />their communities and regulate the use of <br />property. This legislation called "State <br />Enabling Legislation" outlines specific <br />powers that a jurisdiction has to form a <br />planning commission, and to adopt plans <br />such as the comprehensive plan and <br />subdivision regulations. The state <br />legislature has also passed two important <br />bills since 1970 that restates the authority of <br />local governments to plan <br /> <br />Colorado House Bill 1034 (HB-1034) <br /> <br />House Bill 1034 clearly states that local <br />governments can: regulate development in <br />hazardous areas, protect land with historic, <br />architectural and archaeological importance <br />from development, regulate roads on public <br />lands, regulate the location of activities and <br />development that may result in significant <br />changes in population density, provide for <br />phased development of services and <br />facilities, regulate the use of land to reduce <br />impacts on the community or surrounding <br />areas to ensure planned and orderly use of <br />land, and to protect the environment. <br /> <br />Colorado House Bill 1041 (HB-1041) <br /> <br />In House Bill 1041, the state acknowledged <br />that planning in local areas has state wide <br />implications. Local governments are <br />encouraged to designate specific areas and <br />activities that affect the whole state and <br />manage them in a way that protects interests <br />of the state. Through this bill funds are <br />made available to local governments to help <br />them carry out planning. <br /> <br />Weld County Zoning Ordinances <br /> <br />The Weld County Zoning Ordinances are <br />written in accordance with the Colorado <br />Revised Statutes and apply to all of the <br />unincorporated territory in Weld County. <br />This Zoning Ordinance "is designed to <br />promote the health, safety, convenience, <br />morals, order, and welfare of the present and <br />future inhabitants of Weld County". <br /> <br />Weld County Zoning Ordinances include a <br />section defining Flood Hazard Overlay <br />Districts. These districts are referred to as <br />Floodway and Floodprone Districts. The <br />Floodway District includes land which is <br />within the high hazard area of an <br />intermediate regional floodplain. This <br />includes the channel of a river or other <br />watercourse and the adjacent land areas <br />required to carry and discharge the largest <br />part of the base flood flow. The Floodprone <br />District includes all the land within the <br />intermediate regional floodplain which is <br />outside of the designated Floodway District. <br />The Floodprone District is a lower hazard <br />area which serves primarily as a storage area <br />for the floodwaters of an intermediate <br />regional flood. These districts were <br />developed using the Flood insurance Study <br />for Weld Count,y revised September 27, <br /> <br />10 <br />