County (unincorporated) · Colorado

Alamosa County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
19
Districts
102
Extracted rules
297
Standards
1
Chapters read

Zoning districts

19 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

83 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Section 3.2.1.C

Manufactured homes shall be no more than fifteen years prior to the date of application to install the home. ... single-wide manufactured homes to be placed in areas zoned other than those specifically designated for single section manufactured homes shall be subject to a Special Use Review.

Section 3.2.2

No parking space shall be located in a required yard, except for the rear yard. ... No building shall be located closer than 10 feet from any interior street, drive or off-street parking area. ... Maximum number of dwelling units per building shall be limited to six. No building shall exceed 200 feet in length or width.

Section 3.2.4

Minimum Manufactured Home Park Area: 4 acres; Maximum Density: 6 homes and spaces or lots per acre; Minimum Space or Lot Area: 4,500 square feet; Minimum Space or Lot Width: 40 feet; Minimum Building Separation: 15 feet ... Maximum lot coverage shall not exceed 40 percent of the lot area. Maximum impervious cover shall not exceed 50 percent of the lot area. ... The minimum distance or setback from any perimeter lot line or corner of any individual home space to an external boundary line of the park or subdivision shall be 20 feet.

Section 3.2.4.D

Paved streets at least 22 feet in width ... access way at least 15 feet in width. ... Pedestrian walkways at least two feet in width ... Common walkways at least three feet in width ... The minimum distance from any home to a common parking bay or common walk shall be eight feet.

Section 3.2.4.D

Paved streets at least 22 feet in width ... access way at least 15 feet in width. ... Pedestrian walkways at least two feet in width ... Common walkways at least three feet in width ... The minimum distance from any home to a common parking bay or common walk shall be eight feet.

Section 3.2.4.D.4.b

Parking spaces shall be provided at the rate of at least one car space for each mobile home, plus one additional car space for each four home spaces to provide for guest parking and delivery and service vehicles.

Section 3.2.4.J

A minimum of 32 square feet shall be provided for each manufactured home unit. ... Covered storage sheds on individual spaces and lots shall contain a minimum of 48 square feet of floor area for the storage of personal belongings.

Section 3.2.4.N.1

Not less than ten percent of the total land area of the park or subdivision shall be devoted to space for common facilities and uses, such as a laundry, swimming pool or recreation and play areas.

Section 3.2.5.A

Lots in manufactured home subdivisions may allow single-family detached, single-wide or double-wide manufactured homes.

Section 3.2.6

Recreational vehicles and/or tents shall be set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet from each other. ... The Campground/Recreational Vehicle Park shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from an arterial or collector road or twenty-five (25) feet from a local or mountain road. ... The Campground/Recreational Vehicle Park shall set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any side or rear property line. ... A Campground/Recreational Vehicle Park shall contain a minimum of five (5) acres. ... shall not contain more than [8] campsites per acre.

Section 3.2.7

Occupancy of group homes shall be limited to the developmentally disabled, mentally ill, at-risk youth or elderly, and their caregivers. ... No group home shall be located closer than 750 feet to another group home.

Section 3.2.8

Building plans must be stamped by a registered Colorado professional engineer or architect and/or plans are subject to third party review at the cost of applicant.

Section 3.3.1

Power plants or any electrical energy generation facility with a generating capacity of greater than two (2) megawatts or more ... shall be subject to the county’s 1041 regulations.

Section 3.3.2

The minimum setback between telecommunication facilities and all boundaries of the lot on which those facilities are located shall be equal to 20 percent of the height of the tower. ... Telecommunication facilities shall be set back a minimum of 50 feet from any existing right-of-way for any street. ... All telecommunications facilities that exceed a height of 35 feet ... shall be set back at least 100 feet from the boundary of any lot or tract in a residential zoning district. ... Maximum height shall be 160 feet. ... a fence or wall not less than 6 feet in height from finished grade shall be constructed around each telecommunication tower.

Section 3.4.10

All Industrial Hemp cultivation operations must be registered with the Colorado State Department of Agriculture Hemp Registry Program; ... Must provide proof of a well or other legal and adequate water source.

Section 3.4.11

Agritourism businesses are required to register with the state for sales tax purposes, and comply with any other applicable licensing requirements; ... Proof of a well or other legal and adequate water source.

Section 3.4.2

It shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated an adult-oriented business within 1,500 feet of a church, school, child-care or day-care home or facility ... It shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated an adult-oriented business within 1,500 feet of another adult-oriented business. ... Primary signs shall have no more than two display surfaces. Each display surface shall: not exceed 75 square feet in area; and not exceed ten feet in height. Secondary signs shall have only one display surface and shall: not exceed 20 square feet in area, 5 feet in height by 4 feet in width ... It shall be unlawful for an adult-oriented business to be open for business or for a licensee to allow patrons on the premises on hours restricted by their resolution.

Section 3.4.3

A maximum of six guestrooms shall be provided in any one bed and breakfast establishment. ... The operator of the bed and breakfast must be a full-time resident of the dwelling ... No exterior evidence of the bed and breakfast shall be allowed, except for one wall sign no larger than 12 square feet, or one free-standing sign not to exceed four square feet and not to exceed a height of four feet. ... All parking areas on property (except driveways) shall be behind all building lines and must be screened from the view of adjacent residences to a height of six feet by a solid screening fence, or dense shrubs and vegetation.

Section 3.4.5

Fuels shall be transferred from underground storage tanks by means of approved dispensing units located at least 15 feet from all property lines. ... All service station, gas station canopies constructed as an accessory structure to a building or commercial establishment dispensing flammable liquids shall have a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet. Such canopies shall be setback at least 15 feet from all property lines.

Section 3.4.6

Minimum Lot Area: 1 acre; provided that there shall be no minimum lot area in nonresidential districts. ... All structures shall conform to all setback requirements and be setback at least 200 feet from any residential dwelling located on another lot.

Source documents

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