Westminster, CO Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

Section 11-4-4, the Allowed Uses table in Westminster's zoning title, sorts every land use into a permitted ('P'), conditional ('C'), or special ('S') category across thirteen zoning districts: RE, R1, RA, R2, R3, R4, R5, T1, B1, C1, C2, M1 and O1. Under the table's Open and Agricultural Uses heading, 'Crop Production, Dairy Farming, Pasture & Raising of Livestock, but Excluding Feedlots' carries a 'P' only in the O1 column, with every other district left blank, meaning the use is not permitted, conditional, or subject to a special use permit anywhere else in the City.

Section 11-4-4(B) states that listing a use in one district excludes it from every other district unless separately allowed there, so a Westminster property owner outside the O1 district has no by-right, conditional, or discretionary path to farm crops or raise livestock on residential, commercial, or industrial land. The same Open and Agricultural Uses row extends the O1-only pattern to gravel, mineral and sand extraction (permitted only with a permit under the Code) and to riding stables, academies, and water reservoirs. Nurseries get broader treatment, permitted in T1, M1 and O1.

Private country clubs and golf courses are the only agriculture-adjacent uses allowed across all thirteen districts. Because the O1 district covers a small share of Westminster's land, this table functions as a near-citywide restriction on active farming and livestock uses rather than a right-to-farm protection.