Weld County, CO Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Weld County Code § 23-3-20(E)
- Zoning status
- Use allowed by right
- Applies in
- A, C-1, C-2, C-3, I-1 districts
- Definition excludes
- Resident/tenant-only home chargers
- Permit needed
- None beyond building/electrical code
Summary
Weld County lists EV charging stations as a use allowed by right, with no zoning permit, site plan review or special hearing required. Section 23-3-20 places them among the by-right uses in the A Agricultural Zone District, and the same by-right listing carries into the C-1, C-2, C-3 and I-1 commercial and industrial districts.
No BUILDING, STRUCTURE, or land shall be used and no BUILDING or STRUCTURE shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained in the A (Agricultural) Zone District on LOTS outside of SUBDIVISIONS and HISTORIC TOWNSITES except for one (1) or more of the following USES. ... E.EV CHARGING STATIONS.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Charter and County Code: Supplement 95).
Full Breakdown
Weld County's code defines an EV Charging Station as "a nonresidential power supply device that supplies electrical power for recharging on-board battery packs of plug-in electric vehicles," expressly excluding chargers used mainly by the residents or tenants of the lot where they sit, so the by-right rule is aimed at public and commercial charging equipment rather than a homeowner's garage outlet. E lists "EV CHARGING STATIONS" alongside farming, County grader sheds and utility service facilities as uses that may be built and operated without a zoning permit, site plan review or use-by-special-review hearing, the same tier of approval as police and fire stations.
The Department of Planning Services carried that by-right status into the commercial and industrial districts as the county updated its zone-district use tables: the Uses Allowed by Right list in the C-1, C-2 and C-3 Commercial Zone Districts, and the I-1 Light Industrial Zone District, each opens with EV Charging Stations as item one, ahead of noncommercial towers, telecommunication antenna towers and utility service facilities. A station still has to sit on a Legal Lot and meet the underlying zone district's ordinary bulk and setback standards, along with any building and electrical permit requirements under Chapter 29, but no discretionary land-use approval or neighbor notice is required just to install one.
Violations & Fines
Because EV charging stations are a by-right use, there is no zoning-permit violation for installing one within the allowed districts; enforcement instead runs through the county's ordinary building and electrical permit process under Chapter 29 for the equipment itself, and through the underlying zone district's setback and bulk standards if the station or its canopy structure is sited too close to a property line.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a zoning permit to install an EV charging station in unincorporated Weld County?
Are EV chargers allowed in Weld County's commercial and industrial zones too?
Does a home charger in my own garage count as an EV Charging Station under the code?
Sources & Official References
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