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Subdivision Regulations

The Planning and Zoning Department provides information regarding the Fremont County Subdivision Regulations, which includes:  

  • Major Subdivisions - The creation of four or more lots from an existing parcel of land (includes Sketch Plan, Preliminary Plan and Final Plat applications).
  • Minor Subdivisions - The creation of two or three lots from an existing parcel of land that has not been previously subdivided.
  • Lot Line Adjustments - Minor adjustment of lot lines between two or more adjoining platted lots.
  • Boundary Line Adjustments - Minor adjustment of property lines between two adjoining metes and bounds legally described properties.
  • Vacation of Interior Lot Lines - The elimination of one or more platted lot lines.
  • Vacation of Public Rights-of-Way and/or Platted Easements - The elimination of platted roadways and or easements that are not in use and determined to now be detrimental to a neighborhood.
  • Correction Plat - Technical correction to a subdivision plat that has been recorded.
  • Variance to the Fremont County Subdivision Regulations
  • Planned Unit Development - Subdivision portion.
  • Site Specific Development Plan - Vested property right in conjunction with a subdivision.
  • Street Design Criteria - The entire spectrum of designing and building roads in Fremont County.

Zoning Resolution

The Department provides information regarding the Fremont County Zoning Resolution, which includes:

  1. The zoning classification of properties
    • Land uses allowable in each zone district
    • Development requirement in each zone district (such as setbacks, lot coverages, building heights, etc.)
  2. Zoning related procedures
    • Zone Change Applications
    • Conditional Use Permit Applications
    • Special Review Use Permit Applications
    • Temporary Use Permit Applications
    • Application for Non-conformance
    • Board of Zoning Adjustment Applications
  3. General Zoning Items
    • Off-street parking
    • Non-conformance
    • Home Occupations
    • Buffering and Landscaping
    • The department provides code enforcement for violations of the Zoning Resolution that can be filled out and mailed, faxed or delivered to the department.

Other

  • The department has various maps of the county for sale.
  • The department provides information regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Fremont County.
  • The department provides information regarding the Colorado Geological Survey Mine Subsidence Maps for Fremont County.