10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Weld County, Colorado.
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In unincorporated Weld County, RVs, boats and trailers may generally be stored on your own residential or agricultural lot under Weld County Code Chapter 23 (Zoning); the county's large rural lots make this common. Inside Greeley, storage is confined to the garage, driveway or approved surface, not the front yard
Weld County sets no countywide driveway-parking rule for private homes. In Greeley, required off-street parking must be on an approved surface (garage, driveway or paved area), and vehicles may not block sidewalks or a public or private driveway approach.
In unincorporated Weld County, parking a commercial vehicle (semi-tractor, dump truck, box truck, construction equipment) at a residence requires a zoning permit and the lot must be a legal lot of at least one acre. Uses allowed by right in the Agricultural zone are exempt.
Weld County Code §23-4-950
The property upon which the commercial vehicle is located is a legal lot of at least one acre.
Weld County does not police residential street parking on private subdivisions the way a city does; the incorporated cities do. In Greeley, Municipal Code Title 16, Chapter 2 governs on-street parking, and any vehicle creating a hazard or traffic obstruction may be removed, towed or impounded.
Neither Weld County nor Greeley bans routine overnight street parking, but Greeley Municipal Code §16-684 makes it unlawful to leave any vehicle unattended in a street or right-of-way for 72 hours or more. After that, the vehicle is treated as abandoned and can be tagged and towed.
Neither Weld County nor Greeley bans home EV charger installation; a home charger needs an electrical permit and inspection. Colorado law (C.R.S. §38-33.3-106.8) bars HOAs from prohibiting EV charging stations, and the state's adopted building codes require new construction to be EV-ready.
Colorado law (C.R.S. §42-4-1802) treats a vehicle left on public property outside city limits for 48 hours or more as abandoned; in Greeley the threshold on city streets is 72 hours, and 24 hours on private property without consent (§16-669). Abandoned vehicles are tagged and towed.
C.R.S. §42-4-1802(1)(a)
"Abandoned motor vehicle" means: (a) Any motor vehicle left unattended on public property, including any portion of a highway right-of-way, outside the limits of any incorporated town or city for a period of forty-eight hours or longer.
Residents may not paint curbs to reserve parking. Curb markings (red, yellow, no-parking) are official traffic-control devices installed only by the city; unauthorized curb painting or imitating a traffic-control device is prohibited under Greeley Municipal Code and Colorado state traffic law.
Loading zones are a city matter, not a Weld County one. Greeley designates loading zones and off-street loading requirements in its Development Code (Title 24, Chapter 10, Off-Street Parking and Loading Standards); stopping in a posted loading zone beyond permitted activity is a parking infraction.
Greeley Municipal Code §16-685 lets the city remove, tow or impound vehicles that are commercial or oversized when parked in an area zoned residential, after notice to the owner. Weld County limits oversized commercial vehicles at homes through its Chapter 23 zoning permit rules.
1 cities in Weld County have their own parking rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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