Archuleta County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
14 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
3Agricultural/Estates
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 26
Agricultural/Forestry
- Min lot
- 6,969,600 sq ft (160 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 100 ft
- Permitted uses
- 27
Agricultural/Rural
- Min lot
- 1,524,600 sq ft (35 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 37
Overlay
6Airport Overlay District
- Min lot
- 1,524,600 sq ft (35 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 2
Floodplain Overlay District
Scenic Overlay District
Urban Services Overlay District
Wildlife Habitat Overlay District
Watershed Overlay District
Other
2Residential
2General provisions
66 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
A landscaped buffer shall be provided along the perimeter of the RV Park/Campground
Vacation Rental is a Residential Use of a dwelling unit—in whole or in part—on a short-term rental basis (less than 30 days at a time).
It shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated an adult-oriented business in any location other than a Commercial zone district.
Retail Marijuana and Regulated Natural Medicine cultivation, testing, and processing are expressly prohibited as a Home Occupation and are limited to the Commercial (C) and Industrial (I) zoning districts.
The following chart identifies limitations on the number and type of animals permitted in each zoning district.
All proposed CMRS facilities shall be reviewed pursuant to the following procedures
Event Centers operating on parcels of 100 acres or larger shall complete the Use-By-Right Site Plan Review process per Section 3.2.2, while those on parcels smaller than 100 acres will require a Conditional Use Permit
Home occupations are permitted as accessory uses to any conforming residential dwelling
Junk yards shall be located a minimum of six hundred sixty (660) feet from any residential zoning district.
The minimum lot area for a mobile home park shall be five (5) acres. The minimum lot area for a Tiny Home Village shall be two (2) acres.
A RLUP Subdivision may be used for any land ... at least seventy (70) acres in size ... at least two thirds (2/3) of the total area ... reserved for open space ... not exceed two (2) dwelling units for each thirty-five (35) acre increment
All lots or parcels created by any new subdivision shall have legal access to county or state roads or highways.
The flood hazard areas of Archuleta County, Colorado are subject to periodic inundation...
These Regulations shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard in the unincorporated portions of Archuleta County, as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps and the Flood Insurance Studies adopted pursuant to these Regulations, and areas removed from the floodplain by issuance of a FEMA Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill.
New construction and substantial improvements of any residential structure shall have the lowest inhabited floor, including basement, elevated to one (1) foot above the base flood elevation.
New construction and substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial or other non-residential structure shall either have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to at least one (1) foot above the level of the base flood elevation; or ... flood proofed ...
Require that manufactured and mobile homes ... be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor ... is elevated to one (1) foot above the base flood elevation ...
The lowest floor (including basement), electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air conditioning equipment ... must be elevated to one foot above the Base Flood Elevation that existed prior to the placement of fill.
Elevation of the lowest floor or floodproofing of the structure ... to at least two feet above the Base Flood Elevation.
All encroachments within floodway including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other development are prohibited unless a technical evaluation ... demonstrates that encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.