Weld County zones livestock by "animal units." In the Agricultural zone, cattle and horses each count as one unit; smaller stock count fractionally. Colorado is a fence-out state: a landowner must maintain a lawful fence to recover for livestock trespass.
Weld County Zoning Code Sec. 23-1-90 sets animal-unit equivalents for the A (Agricultural) Zone District (Table 23.1A): cattle, bison, horse, mule, camel and similar large stock equal one animal unit; swine equal 0.2; sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas equal 0.1. Allowed numbers per acre scale with lot size, and stock in excess of the limits requires a Use by Special Review for a livestock confinement operation. Weld County Code Sec. 14-4-10 defines livestock as bovine animals, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats, fowl and swine. Colorado follows open-range (fence-out) rules: under C.R.S. 35-46-102 a landowner recovers for livestock trespass only where a lawful fence was maintained in good repair.
Exceeding animal-unit density or keeping a livestock operation without required special review is a zoning violation enforced by Weld County Planning Services; livestock allowed to run at large on fenced-off roads is a civil infraction under C.R.S. 35-46-105.
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