Other than taking time to compliment those behind the efforts, Weld County commissioners didn’t hesitate to move forward on code changes they believe will speed up bringing in the roughly 60,000 more dairy cattle needed in the area to meet the demand of the new Leprino Foods plant.
The commission unanimously approved a first reading of various ordinances Monday morning, highlighted by the implementation of a new agriculture land zoning classification. The classufucation would give more marketability and flexibility to rural property owners — a zoning called “A-1” — and a change to the county’s “use by right” ordinance. The ordinance would allow property owners with larger sections of land to keep more animals on their ground.
Those ordinance changes — unanimously approved by the Weld County Planning Commission earlier this month — could speed up the process of bringing more dairy cattle and supporting operations to the area by six to nine months, county and agriculture officials said.
“It represents exactly what government should be; proactive instead of reactive,” Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway said. “Because we’re being proactive, we’ll eliminate problems on the other side.”
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