Regulations
Current Regulations
Additional Zoning Regulation Documents
- Old Regulations / Fees
- Old Zoning Regulations Part I
- Old Zoning Regulations Part II
- Zoning Categories
Old Regulations / Fees
- Amendment 64 Prohibitions (PDF)
- Elbert County Subdivision Regulations (Prior to February 1, 2019) (PDF)
- Elbert County Subdivision Regulations: Minor Subdivisions (7 Lots or Fewer/Lot Size Smaller Than 35 Acres) (PDF)
- Floodplain Development Permit Application (PDF)
- Floodplain Development: National Flood Insurance Program - Flood Damage Prevention (PDF)
- Land Use Fee Schedule (Prior to December 20, 2018) (PDF)
- Marijuana Prohibition: Medical Marijuana (PDF)
- Resolution 17-19 Section XVII. Administrative Parcel Consolidation (PDF)
- Special District Service Plan Regulations (PDF)
- Water is regulated by the State of Colorado; to learn more visit the Colorado Division of Water Resources website
Elbert County Zoning Regulations (ECZR), Prior to February 1, 2019: Part I
- Section 1: Title and Authority (PDF)
- Section 2: Planning Commission (PDF)
- Section 3: Board of Adjustment (PDF)
- Section 4: Amendments to the ECZR (PDF)
- Section 5: Non-Conforming Uses (PDF)
- Section 6: Rezoning Procedures and Requirements (Revised March 28, 2018, Resolution 18-15) (PDF)
- Section 7 and 7.1: Enforcement of the Zoning Regulations (Revised March 28, 2018, Resolution 18-16) (PDF)
- Section 8: Fee Structure for Land Use Applications (PDF) / Fee Schedule (Resolution 17-35) (PDF)
- Section 9: Referral Process for Land Use Applications (Resolution 17-36) and Section 10: Public Notice Requirements for Land Use Applications (PDF)
Elbert County Zoning Regulations (ECZR), Prior to February 1, 2019: Part II
- All of Part II (PDF) (this download does not include the resolutions; for complete regulations download them as well)
- Resolution 18-15: Changes to Part I, Section 6 and Creating Part II, Section 28 (PDF)
- Resolution 17-34: Changes to Part II, Sections 25 and 17: Repeal Resolution 14-14 (Part II, Section 27) Oil and Gas Review (PDF)
- Resolution 12-38: Changes to Sections: 12 through 16 and Section 26/Criteria for Site Plan Approval (PDF)
- Resolution 12-14 and 12-15: Flood Damage Prevention/Flood Plain Regulations (PDF)
- Resolution 11-13: Second Residence Criteria: Affects All Residential/Agricultural Lands Smaller Than 20 Acres (PDF)
- Resolution 09-57: Minor Changes to: All Residential and Agricultural Zoning, Related to Temporary Housing and Planned Unit Development (PDF)
- Section 1: General Requirements and Exceptions (PDF) (applies generally to all zoning categories)
Zoning Categories
The documents in this section from the zoning regulations describe (among other things) things such as:
- Minimum acreage required
- Setbacks
- Special use potential
- Uses by right
Category Documents
- Section 2: A: Agriculture (35 or more Acres) (PDF)
- Section 3: A-2: Agriculture (20-34.9999 Acres) (PDF)
- Section 4: AR: Agriculture Residential (10 to 19.9999 Acres) (PDF)
- Section 5: RA: Residential Agriculture (10 to 34.9999 Acres - No New) (PDF)
- Section 6: RA-1: Residential Agriculture 1 (5 to 9.9999 Acres) (PDF)
- Section 7: RA-2: Residential Agriculture 2 (2.5 to 4.9999 Acres) (PDF)
- Section 8: R-1: Residential 1 (1 to 2.4999 Acres) (PDF)
- Section 9: R-2: Residential 2 (Less Than 1 Acre) (PDF)
- Section 10: MF: Multifamily (PDF)
- Section 11: MH: Mobile Home Subdivision (PDF)
- Section 12: B: Business (PDF)
- Section 13: C: Commercial (PDF)
- Section 14: LI: Light Industrial (PDF)
- Section 15: GI: General Industrial (PDF)
- Section 16: PUD: Planned Unit Development (PDF)
- Section 17: SUR: Uses Permitted by Special Review (PDF)
- Section 18: Uses Not Itemized (PDF)
- Section 19: Sign Regulations (PDF)
- Section 20: Off Street Parking (PDF)
- Section 21: Temporary Structures (PDF)
- Section 22: Home Occupations (PDF)
- Section 23: Non-Commercial Household Pets, Domestic Hoofed Livestock, Poultry, Fowl and Livestock (PDF)
- Section 24: Temporary Use Permits (PDF)
- Section 25: Definitions (PDF)
- Section 26: Special Districts (PDF)
- Section 27: (Repealed) (PDF)
- Section 28: Economic Overlay Zone (EDZ) Overlay (PDF)