Arvada, CO

Arvada may have wildfire hazard zones requiring defensible space around structures, fire-resistant building materials, and vegetation management.

Arvada lets residents build a recreational fire, including a charcoal grill, barbeque pit, or fire pit, without a permit if the fuel area stays within 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet in…

Arvada caps liquefied petroleum gas storage under Fire Code Section 42-91: the aggregate water capacity of any one LP-gas installation cannot exceed 2,000 gallons within the geographic…

Arvada's Article III fire-restrictions ordinance makes it unlawful to build, maintain, attend, or use a recreational or open fire anywhere in the city once Stage 1 fire restrictions or…

Arvada bans possessing, manufacturing, storing, selling, handling, or using fireworks citywide except as the International Fire Code allows. Arvada City Code § 62-43 also makes…

Jefferson County requires wildfire-defensible space around foothills homes. Zone 1 (0–5 feet) must have no combustible mulch and only mature trees; Zone 2 (5–30 feet) requires removing…

Arvada requires both an STR permit and a city business license under Land Development Code 3-1-5-3 (Ord. 4917, eff. May 1, 2026). Permits issue only to a natural person 18+ with 20% or…

Arvada caps STR occupancy at 240 days per calendar year per permitted property under LDC 3-1-5-3 (Ord. 4917). Stays must be 2 to 29 consecutive nights, and the day-count is verified at…

Jeffco does not require STRs to be a primary residence. It licenses two types: Primary Residence STRs and Investment Property STRs. An owner may hold an interest in only one investment…

Occupancy is limited to two people per bedroom, or fewer if the on-site wastewater system is more restrictive. No STR may exceed ten occupants regardless of bedroom count. An STR in an…

Section 46 requires every STR to provide a minimum of one off-street parking space per bedroom. The application must include a parking plan (site plan) showing how the required spaces…

Yes. Section 46 requires every STR to carry fire, hazard, and liability insurance, either through separate STR liability coverage or a homeowner's policy rider covering STRs, with a…

Jeffco does not require the host to be present during stays. Instead, Section 46 requires a designated Local Representative located no more than 30 minutes from the STR, available 24…

Every STR License application carries a nonrefundable processing fee set by the Board of County Commissioners, due once the license is approved. Jefferson County also levies a lodging…

Section 46 requires every short-term rental to comply with the Jefferson County Noise Abatement Policy. A 24-hour Local Representative must be reachable to respond to problems…

Arvada exempts composting, defined as mixing shredded, decayed organic matter with dirt or earth to fertilize and condition soil, from the city's dumping and nuisance ban, unless the…

Arvada bans wasting water under Sec. 102-106: no runoff from irrigation onto streets or sidewalks, no leaking sprinkler systems left unrepaired, and no watering of driveways or…

Arvada Land Development Code § 4-6-2-2 requires developers to replace, on a caliper-inch basis, any protected tree of 2 inches or greater that is damaged beyond remedy or destroyed…

Arvada may encourage or require native and drought-tolerant landscaping. Some areas restrict traditional grass lawns in favor of water-efficient alternatives.

Arvada caps weeds and dead plant growth at 12 inches on every property under Section 18-492, and bans noxious weeds like Canada thistle and leafy spurge outright. Owners, agents, or…

Arvada Land Development Code § 4-6-7-2 bars artificial turf as permanent ground cover in landscaped areas except in specific cases: backyards and side yards out of public view…

Colorado law universally permits residential rooftop rainwater collection up to two rain barrels totaling 110 gallons, overriding the state's strict prior-appropriation doctrine that…

Arvada designates certain blocks near senior high schools and public parks as restricted parking areas where on-street parking is limited to permit holders. The traffic engineer issues…

Arvada has no blanket overnight parking ban; instead Sec. 54-155(c) makes it unlawful to violate a posted 'no overnight parking' or 'no parking from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.' sign, and…

Arvada restricts front-yard parking to paved driveways for single-family and duplex lots and bans gravel or recycled asphalt as a surface for any required off-street parking space…

Arvada makes it unlawful to stop or stand a vehicle in a posted 'loading,' 'unloading,' or 'passenger pick up/drop off' zone outside the sign's stated purpose under Sec. 54-155(b)…

Arvada's Land Development Code, not just state law, sets where EV chargers can go: inside a garage or carport for single-family, duplex, and multiplex homes, and either in a garage or…

Arvada City Code § 54-174 limits how long a boat, travel trailer, motor home, tent-trailer, or hauling trailer can sit on any city street, highway, or roadway: no more than 72…

Arvada City Code § 54-173 makes it unlawful to park or store a large vehicle, one 8 feet or wider, 25 feet or longer, or over 10,000 pounds GVW, in any residential district. Loading…

Arvada makes it unlawful to abandon a motor vehicle on any street, right-of-way, or public property, or on private property without the owner's consent. City Code Sec. 62-35 lists five…

Arvada does not run an alternate-side or posted snow-emergency parking system; instead, City Code § 26-38(j) lets the city manager, during a declared civil emergency, order police to…

Jefferson County controls curb and roadway markings through official "Traffic Control Devices" placed by the Transportation & Engineering Division. Residents may not paint curbs to…

Jefferson County's Operation and Parking of Vehicles Ordinance bars standing, parking or stopping any vehicle on a county highway, including a bicycle lane, wherever the Board of…

Colorado's Towing Bill of Rights, C.R.S. 40-10.1-405, governs only nonconsensual ("predatory") tows that PUC-permitted towing carriers pull from private property and common parking…

Arvada declares a dog or other animal "dangerous" by conduct, not breed: causing bodily injury, menacing a person, killing another animal off its owner's property, or attacking someone…

Arvada makes it unlawful for the owner or custodian of a dog, or almost any other animal, to let it run, go, or be at large on a street, public place, or another person's property…

Arvada bans owning, having custody of, selling, or trafficking a list of wild and exotic species citywide. City Code Section 14-91 names venomous snakes and snakes over six feet…

Arvada's ban on owning wild and exotic animals does not reach a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, falconer, or scientific collection permit holder. City Code Section 14-91(c) exempts…

Arvada doesn't ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats, but every pet shop, kennel, animal hospital, or shelter must keep facilities sanitary, properly heated and ventilated, and…

Arvada allows residential beekeeping but caps hive box size and colony count by lot size under Section 38-403, from two colonies on a quarter acre up to eight on more than an acre…

Arvada requires every pot-bellied pig to be registered with the animal management office within 14 days of acquisition, with male pigs castrated and female pigs spayed before they…

Arvada lets chickens and turkeys be kept in every zoning district, but outside the RA and RN-32.5 agricultural districts they must stay 35 feet from any neighboring dwelling, out of…

Arvada requires every cat to wear an identification tag on its collar or harness, or to carry a surgically implanted microchip, or a similar form of ID, under City Code Section…

Arvada caps ownership at three dogs, four cats, or four dogs and cats combined per household under City Code section 14-126, with a separate two-pig limit for pot-bellied pigs. On top…

Arvada's running-at-large law does not apply to cats. City Code Section 14-54(a) bans letting a dog or almost any other animal run loose on a street, public place, or someone else's…

Arvada makes it unlawful to feed, provide food to, or help feed wildlife or any wild animal in, from, or upon a city park or golf course, under Code section 14-128. The only carve-out…

Arvada bars construction equipment noise in residential, commercial, and mixed-use zoning districts between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City Code § 38-62(2). During permitted daytime…

Arvada caps stationary noise sources at fixed decibel levels tied to zoning district and time of day under Table I of Section 38-91, from 50 dB(A) at night in residential zones up to…

Arvada requires a permit before anyone uses a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment, fixed, movable, or mounted on a vehicle, on any street, alley, sidewalk, park, or public or…

Arvada bars running a heavy vehicle over 10,000 pounds gross weight, or its auxiliary equipment, for more than ten consecutive minutes while standing in a residential area, and…

Arvada treats a dog that habitually barks, howls, or yelps as a "nuisance animal" under City Code Section 14-53. A citation requires at least two complaining witnesses from separate…

Neither Jefferson County nor Colorado's noise statute regulates aircraft noise. CRS 25-12-103(4) states the article does not apply to aircraft, which are governed by federal (FAA) law…

Jefferson County's Noise Abatement Policy bars any device or activity that exceeds 55 dB(A) between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and 50 dB(A) overnight in residential zones. Violators face…

Jefferson County has no leaf-blower-specific rule. A leaf blower is treated as any non-vehicular residential noise source, so it must not exceed 55 dB(A) (7 a.m.-7 p.m.) or 50 dB(A) (7…

Arvada splits backyard structures into two size classes. Small sheds, playhouses and gazebos under 200 square feet and 12 feet tall qualify as "mini-structures" under Section 5-1-4-3…

Arvada requires the property owner to live in either the principal home or the accessory dwelling unit under Land Development Code Section 5-1-5-2.K. The Director can waive the rule…

Arvada allows one accessory dwelling unit with every single-family detached home in residential, OT and MX zoning districts under Land Development Code Section 5-1-5-2, capped at 40…

Jeffco lets you convert an existing qualifying dwelling area into an ADU. Basements may be converted to an ADU regardless of the size or percentage-of-primary-unit cap. Detached ADUs…

Jeffco allows shipping containers or conex boxes as the building blocks of a home if they meet zone-district setbacks, building height, and full building-code requirements. A permanent…

Arvada allows a home occupation only as an accessory use to an actual residential dwelling, and flatly bans twelve categories of business from operating out of a home regardless of how…

Arvada allows licensed family child care homes and specialized group homes inside any dwelling unit as a home child care use, but the operator must live on the property, keep noise…

Signage for a Jefferson County home occupation must comply with the Sign Section of the county Zoning Resolution. The home occupation must otherwise produce no offensive noise…

Colorado lets you bake, jar and dehydrate for sale out of your own kitchen with no license, no plan review and no routine inspection. C.R.S. § 25-4-1614, the Colorado Cottage Foods…

Colorado has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no exemption that lets you cook meals to order at home for the public. The state food code closes the question from both…

Arvada's Land Development Code bans barbed wire, sharp-pointed security devices and electrically charged fences on residential property, and separately bans chicken wire, sheet metal…

Arvada limits retaining walls to 4 feet in height, or 6 feet if attached to a building to compensate for a grade change, under Land Development Code Section 4-7-2-2. Taller grade…

Arvada caps fences and divisional walls at 3 feet in front and street-side setbacks and 6 feet in rear and interior side yards for most residential districts under Land Development…

Arvada requires a Miscellaneous Structure Permit before anyone erects a fence, wall, shed, deck, or similar accessory structure on a lot. The Chief Building Official reviews…

Jefferson County lets fences over 42 inches run to the property line between neighboring lots where no street access occurs along that boundary. Corner and multi-frontage lots must…

Arvada regulates residential pool and spa construction under its adopted International Swimming Pool and Spa Code. A building permit is required before work begins, permits are subject…

Public and semi-public pools in Colorado must submit construction plans to the state health department at least 30 days before building, be inspected, and be certified as…

Arvada recreational drone use is governed by FAA rules and local ordinances. Drones under 55 lbs must be registered with the FAA. No flying near airports.

Arvada commercial drone operators must hold a Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate from the FAA. Additional local permits may be required for filming or surveying.

City Code § 66-61 requires a $15.00 permit before any group may consume 3.2 fermented malt beverages at one of Arvada's designated park pavilions, limited to the hours of 11:00 a.m. to…

Arvada allows sidewalk cafes only in Olde Town, where outdoor dining can spill onto the public sidewalk or plaza under a revocable right-of-way license the City must approve…

Vendors and entertainers at an authorized Arvada street fair or festival do not need the standalone transient merchant license. The code exempts vending and entertainment tied to a…

Any Arvada public event, including a parade, that might violate the noise chapter needs a permit from the city manager unless it qualifies as a zoning-code 'special event,' in which…

Arvada requires a Temporary Use Special Event Permit for any gathering, including a residential block party, that expects more than 100 attendees at once, uses amplified sound or…

Arvada defines yard waste narrowly under City Code § 90-1 as grass, shrubbery cuttings, clippings and dry leaf rakings free of dirt and rocks, explicitly excluding large branches and…

Every hauler licensed to collect solid waste from Arvada residential customers must also offer curbside recycling to those same customers: City Code § 90-57(a) bars a trash-only…

Arvada runs a mandatory residential collection program: under § 90-33, the city's designated hauler must provide waste and recycling service to every resident not specifically…

Bulky items like furniture and appliances are not part of Arvada's routine cart service: § 90-33(d) requires residents to arrange bulky-item removal directly with the city's collection…

Arvada controls what actually counts as recyclable: under § 90-58, the city manager sets and periodically updates the official list of designated recyclable items after consulting…

Arvada's Land Development Code keeps trash dumpsters off single-family and duplex lots and requires every nonresidential, mixed-use, or multifamily site to set its compactor or…

Arvada requires every property owner, lessee or tenant to remove all waste, trash, rubbish and refuse from the premises at regular intervals and to store it between pickups in covered…

Arvada makes it a prohibited nuisance to dump, throw, or place rubbish, trash, debris, or grass clippings anywhere in the city, public or private, and separately bans burying waste…

Arvada limits when trash and recycling carts can sit at the curb: City Code § 90-31(c) requires containers to stay off the street, curb, sidewalk and other public ways except on the…

Arvada requires any Adult or Child Day Care Center to take vehicle access from an arterial or collector street under Section 3-1-3-6(D), not a residential local street, unless the site…

Arvada enforces the 2018 International Plumbing Code, adopted by Section 18-386 with Appendices B through G, for all plumbing work in the city. A city permit is required before…

Arvada's property maintenance code requires peeling, chipping, or flaking paint on interior surfaces to be repaired, removed, or covered once it is shown to be lead-based. The rule…

Arvada requires a city building permit before any construction, alteration, repair, or demolition work begins on a building or structure, under Section 18-39 of the City Code. The…

Arvada does not require automatic fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes or townhouses: the city deleted both residential sprinkler mandates from the adopted International…

Arvada's residential code sets out staged inspections a permit holder must pass before a home can be occupied, including a building-location inspection before the foundation is poured…

Arvada enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code for all wiring work citywide. Electrical contractors must be registered with the city under a valid state electrical contractor's…

Arvada caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover under Table 2-1-3-3A of the Land Development Code. The tightest limit sits in the largest-lot subdistrict, RN-32.5, at 25…

Arvada requires a 100-foot setback measured from the centerline of any arterial street for single-family detached homes, duplexes, townhomes, multiplex buildings and accessory dwelling…

Arvada caps residential building height by subdistrict under Table 2-1-3-3A: 35 feet for a principal home in RN-32.5, dropping to 28 feet in every smaller-lot RN subdistrict, with…

Arvada's building code declares a structure or premises dangerous, and therefore a public nuisance, if it shows any of twelve listed conditions, from collapse risk and fire damage to…

Arvada gives property owners and occupants 24 hours after any snowfall or ice storm ends to clear sidewalks of snow, ice, and slush. Commercial and multi-family owners bear the duty…

Arvada caps weeds and dead plant growth at 12 inches on every premises, including vacant and unimproved lots, and bans noxious weeds outright. Owners, agents, or residents in charge of…

City Code § 62-72 makes it unlawful to skateboard, in-line skate, or use similar devices on any public or private property that is posted to prohibit the activity, and lets a private…

Arvada makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public view, on public or private property, unless in a room or area designed for that purpose. Arvada City Code § 62-57 has stood…

Arvada bars soliciting money, business, or sales from vehicle occupants on any street, highway, or interstate when doing so forces the solicitor into the travel lanes or happens where…

Arvada bans possessing an open container of alcohol or drinking on any public property citywide, unless the spot is a licensed bar or restaurant or the city manager issues written…

Arvada bans minors 17 and younger from loitering unsupervised in any public place between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weeknights, and between midnight and 6:00 a.m. on weekends. Arvada…

City Code § 62-213(c) makes it unlawful to openly and publicly display, consume, or use marijuana anywhere in Arvada, backed by minimum fines starting at $200 for a first offense and…

Arvada makes it unlawful for a pedestrian to willfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct, or delay vehicle traffic on a roadway, the city's stand-in for a jaywalking law. Arvada City…

Arvada prohibits smoking in any 'public place,' a term defined to include parks, trails, golf courses, and outdoor customer seating areas, along with sports arenas and cigar-tobacco…

Arvada bars adult businesses within 750 feet of a church, school, child care facility, public park, or residential property, and within 1,000 feet of another adult business or massage…

Arvada requires a city license before anyone can operate as a pawnbroker, backed by a $50,000 bond and a $1,000 nonrefundable application fee under City Code §§ 22-202, 22-204, and…

Arvada police, public works parking enforcement, and other chief-of-police designees may impound and tow a vehicle for 15 specific reasons under Sec. 54-213, using a city-designated…

Arvada requires every massage parlor to hold a city license from the massage parlor licensing authority, made up of the sitting city council with the mayor as chair, before opening…

Arvada's Land Development Code flatly bars repairing or painting cars, motorcycles, trailers, or boats as a home occupation, no matter how small the operation. The prohibition sits…

Colorado requires retailers selling cigarettes, vapor products, and other tobacco items to obtain a state retail tobacco license and follow strict point-of-sale rules.

Arvada requires every structure to be kept free of insect and rodent infestation. Once a structure is found infested, the property maintenance code demands prompt extermination using…

Arvada lets homeowners install solar panels on any roof or building facade in every zoning district without a separate land-use permit, but ground-mounted arrays must avoid glare onto…

This is a statewide protection against private restrictions, not a local mandate: Colorado voids any deed, contract, or HOA covenant blocking a renewable energy device wherever one…

Arvada requires anyone doing construction, excavation, or work in a public right-of-way, including private use of the space over a sidewalk or street, to get a permit from the…

Every Arvada property owner must keep the curb, gutter, and sidewalk abutting their land in good repair. The city splits replacement cost 50/50 with the owner, issues a 30-day repair…

Arvada bars anyone from obstructing or encumbering a street, alley or sidewalk, or building on one, without a permit from the city manager: § 94-5 requires prior approval, or a special…

Arvada codifies Colorado's three e-bike classes in Sec. 54-43: Class 1 and 2 cut off at 20 mph, Class 3 cuts off at 28 mph, and Sec. 54-41 restricts where Class 3 e-bikes may ride and…

Arvada bans driving or operating a motorcycle or motor-driven vehicle inside a marked bicycle lane under Sec. 54-37, with narrow carve-outs for emergency, maintenance, and disabled…

Arvada regulates shared e-scooters and bikes through a "mobility as a service permit program" run by the director of public works. Any operator offering shared devices in the public…

Colorado runs two separate regimes. A low-speed electric vehicle is a motor vehicle under C.R.S. § 42-1-102 (58)(a), so it is titled, registered, plated and driven on a licence, and…

Arvada makes it unlawful to load, unload, or handle boxes, crates, or containers, including garbage containers, in a way that creates a noise disturbance between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00…

Arvada requires every air conditioning compressor to be completely screened and any rooftop, wall- or ground-mounted mechanical equipment that generates noise perceptible at the street…

Arvada's alarm ordinance, which charges alarm users an administrative fee for false alarms police respond to, expressly excludes vehicle alarms from its definition of a regulated…

Arvada bars, taverns and nightclubs next to a residential use cannot let exterior noise, including patio speakers and sound leaking from inside the building, exceed 45 dBA at the…

A generator running in your yard counts as a stationary source of noise under Arvada's noise ordinance, which caps sound at the property line at 55 dB(A) by day and 50 dB(A) at night…

Operating a food or retail vending truck in Arvada requires a City business license plus a Food Truck Permit or Retail Vending Truck Permit under Land Development Code Section 3-1-4-5…

Anyone vending food from a cart, table or on foot on an Arvada sidewalk needs a transient merchant license first. The code requires a five-foot sidewalk clearance around every vendor…

Arvada allows food and retail truck vending on private property under a temporary use permit, in parks or public space if the agency that controls the land approves, and in a public…

City Code § 62-152 bars minors 17 and younger from being in any public place unsupervised between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except that on Saturdays and Sundays the curfew does not…

City Code § 66-32 keeps Arvada's public parks open daily from daylight until 11:00 p.m.; anyone other than a city or North Jeffco park employee found inside a park outside those hours…

Any land disturbance of 0.5 acres or more in Arvada needs a site disturbance permit under Section 50-51, backed by an erosion and sediment control (ESC) plan and cash escrow or letter…

New homes and substantial improvements in Arvada's Regulatory Floodplain must set the lowest floor, including the basement and mechanical equipment, at least two feet above the base…

Arvada regulates its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) under Chapter 50, Article II, making it unlawful to discharge or spill anything but naturally occurring stormwater…

Arvada requires a Floodplain Development Permit before any construction, fill, or storage of materials in a Special Flood Hazard Area, and new residential structures must set their…

Arvada bars idling any vehicle over 10,000 pounds gross weight, or its attached auxiliary equipment such as a refrigeration unit, for more than ten consecutive minutes while standing…

Arvada charges a 2 percent lodging tax on every hotel, motel, or short-term stay under City Code Sec. 98-244, on top of the city's regular sales tax. Vendors collect it from guests…

Arvada lets a developer request an optional plat note on multi-family final plats that routes construction-defect claims involving a common interest community association into binding…

When a new Arvada subdivision has open space or common areas maintained by a property owners' association, the developer must record a declaration of covenants before homes are sold…

For subdivisions with association-maintained common areas, Arvada requires the HOA's declaration to make each owner pay a pro-rata share of costs, letting the assessment become a lien…

Colorado law entitles any unit owner in a common interest community to examine and copy the association's records without stating a reason. C.R.S. § 38-33.3-317 bars boards from…

C.R.S. § 38-33.3-302 lets a Colorado association enforce covenants and 'levy reasonable fines' only 'after notice and an opportunity to be heard.' Architectural and landscaping…

Colorado bars homeowners associations from effectively prohibiting six specific energy efficiency devices: a retractable clothesline, evaporative cooler, garage or attic fan…

Colorado law limits how homeowners' associations regulate yard landscaping, but the strongest protections in C.R.S. § 38-33.3-106.5(1)(i.5) apply only to single-family detached homes…

Colorado's flag protection applies only inside common interest communities, HOAs, condos, and co-ops governed by the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, not to every property…

Colorado's Common Interest Ownership Act sets statewide due-process and dollar limits on how condo and homeowner associations fine owners and collect delinquent accounts, with one…

A Colorado association's assessment lien attaches automatically the moment the declaration is recorded, but foreclosing it has become the hardest remedy in the association's toolkit…

Arvada's Residential/Agricultural (RA) zoning district exists specifically to protect semi-rural, large-lot living paired with real farm uses: agriculture, urban agriculture…

Colorado's Right to Farm Act under CRS 35-3.5-102 shields agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they follow generally accepted practices and predate complaints.

Arvada lets mixed-use (MX) district developers build 15 feet taller, up to a 120-foot overall maximum, if a project includes affordable housing units financed with federal low-income…

Arvada regulates downtown building design through a form-based zoning district, not conventional use zoning. Section 2-1-5-1 creates the Olde Town (OT) district specifically to protect…

Arvada Land Development Code § 4-6-6-1 requires new development to plant at least one deciduous street tree for every 40 feet of street frontage, installed between the curb and…

Arvada requires every new or altered exterior light fixture to be a full cutoff, downward-directed fixture with a flat lens under Land Development Code Section 4-8-2-2(A), and bans…

Arvada caps how much light can spill onto a neighbor's property, limiting illumination at the lot line to 0.3 foot candles next to single-family and duplex homes, 0.8 next to…

Arvada caps how much of a storefront window can be covered with signs under Table 6-1-5-1B: up to 25 percent of any window larger than 8 square feet in the Olde Town and…

Arvada exempts holiday decorations from two of its toughest sign rules: the citywide ban on animated lighting and the sign permit requirement. Section 6-1-3-1.C.1 carves "temporary…

Arvada has no separate billboard category: digital displays are regulated as electronic message centers under LDC Section 6-1-4-2.C, allowed only inside the Mixed-Use, Commercial, and…

Jeffco's sign code is content-neutral: political/campaign signs are regulated as "Temporary Ground Signs." Up to six per property are allowed with no permit, each up to 8 sq ft and 42…

Jeffco has no separate garage-sale sign category; they fall under content-neutral "Temporary Ground Signs." Up to six per property need no permit, each up to 8 sq ft and 42 inches tall…

Arvada will not let a data center locate within 300 feet of any residential zoning district boundary. The Land Development Code's utility and communications standards single the use…

Arvada's property maintenance code names a specific set of the most-cited violations, from weeds and inoperable vehicles to vacant structures, graffiti, and rubbish accumulation…

Any person can file a code-violation complaint in Arvada by submitting the causes and basis of the complaint to the Code Enforcement Officer under LDC Section 10-1-3-1. The Officer…

Arvada's Code Enforcement Officer must give written notice of a non-emergency Land Development Code violation and allow 14 days from receipt to fix it before pursuing further action…

Arvada prohibits every kind of marijuana business inside city limits. Sec. 53-42 bans non-medical marijuana establishments (cultivation, manufacturing, testing, retail stores) and Sec…

Colorado constitutionally permits adults to grow marijuana at home but caps the total plants per residential property regardless of how many adults live there, preempting higher local…

Arvada's property maintenance code requires rental dwellings to maintain at least 68°F in every habitable room, bathroom, and toilet room. Landlords must supply heat from September 1…

Arvada follows state landlord-tenant law for evictions. Landlords must follow proper notice procedures but may not need to state cause for non-renewal of month-to-month tenancies in…

Before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent, a Colorado landlord must serve a standard residential tenant with 10 days' written notice to pay or quit under Colo. Rev. Stat. §…

Colorado caps residential late fees at the greater of $50 or 5% of the past-due rent. No late fee may be charged until rent is at least seven days late, and only if disclosed in…

To end a no-fault tenancy, Colorado requires written notice scaled to the tenancy length under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-107: 21 days for a month-to-month tenancy, 28 days for…

Colorado prohibits rent control statewide. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-301 declares rent control a matter of statewide concern and bars any county or municipality from enacting an…

For residential tenancies with no written agreement (including month-to-month), a Colorado landlord must give at least 60 days' written notice before raising rent. Statewide, a…

Colorado caps residential security deposits at two months' rent. Landlords must return the deposit, with an itemized written statement of any deductions, within 30 days of lease…

Colorado's general adverse possession period is 18 years of open, continuous, hostile possession under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-41-101. The period shrinks to 7 successive years where the…

Anyone conducting door-to-door or street-level sales, entertainment, or personal-service vending in Arvada must first obtain a transient merchant license under Land Development Code §…

City Code § 62-61 makes it unlawful to solicit at any Arvada dwelling that conspicuously displays a "NO SOLICITORS" or "NO SOLICITING" sign, and separately bars any solicitor from…

Arvada splits leak repair at the curb stop or meter yoke: the department of utilities fixes leaks on the water-main side, and the property owner must fix everything on their side under…

Arvada's property maintenance code bans noxious weeds outright and caps all other weeds and dead plant growth at 12 inches. The city names seven prohibited species by name, including…

Arvada's fire code bars charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices, including gas grills, from combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction under…

Arvada bars obstructing any public passageway, including placing furniture or personal property on a sidewalk, alley, or stairway, and separately makes it a crime to ignore an…

Colorado allows local governments to adopt minimum wages above the state rate under CRS 8-6-101, with statewide minimums adjusted annually for inflation.

Colorado requires paid sick leave under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and offers paid family medical leave through the FAMLI program funded by payroll premiums.

Colorado requires a concealed handgun permit issued by the county sheriff to carry a concealed firearm in public, with training and background check requirements.

Colorado repealed firearms preemption in 2021, allowing cities and counties to enact local gun regulations stricter than state law in most circumstances.

Colorado generally permits open carry of firearms by adults without a license, though local jurisdictions may impose restrictions in specific areas after the 2021 preemption repeal.

Colorado allows adults legally able to possess a firearm to carry a handgun in a private vehicle for lawful protection without a permit under CRS 18-12-105.5.

Colorado's constitution confines all commercial casino gaming to the historic commercial districts of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek: nowhere else in the state is a casino…

Colorado bars all lotteries and games of chance except licensed bingo and raffles run by charities. The Secretary of State issues bingo-raffle licenses only to religious, charitable…

Colorado's criminal code doesn't reach purely social gambling. C.R.S. section 18-10-102(2)(d) carves any game, wager, or transaction incidental to a bona fide social relationship out…

Colorado legalized sports betting statewide in 2020 under C.R.S. section 44-30-1505, but the state issues a "master license" only to holders of an existing retail gaming license -- the…

Colorado never passed a law creating sobriety checkpoints. The word "roadblock" does not appear anywhere in the Colorado Revised Statutes, and "checkpoint" appears in the statutory…

Colorado is one of the few states that put the right to film officers into its own sentence of statute. C.R.S. § 16-3-311(1) says a person "has the right to lawfully record any…

Colorado writes the demand into statute and then declines to punish the refusal. C.R.S. § 16-3-103 lets a peace officer who reasonably suspects you of a crime stop you and require your…

Colorado is one of a small group of states that requires the advisement out loud. Under C.R.S. § 16-3-310, before a peace officer may conduct a consensual search of a vehicle, of a…

Colorado banned single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers statewide under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, fully effective in 2024.

Colorado prohibits retail food establishments from using expanded polystyrene foam containers for ready-to-eat food and beverages under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act.

Colorado prohibits the sale and furnishing of cigarettes, tobacco, and nicotine vapor products to anyone under age 21 statewide under CRS 18-13-121.

Colorado permits four categories of extra forward lighting and caps each at two lamps: spot lamps, fog lamps, auxiliary passing lamps and auxiliary driving lamps, under C.R.S. §…

Colorado has no statute naming dash cameras and no list of permitted windshield attachments, so two general rules decide where one may go. Section 42-4-201 (4) requires the driver’s…

Riding between lanes of traffic is illegal in Colorado. C.R.S. § 42-4-1503 (3)(a) forbids driving a motorcycle or autocycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Colorado writes its plate-cover ban around machine readability. C.R.S. § 42-3-202 (2)(b) makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with an affixed device or substance that causes…

A passenger-car driver in Colorado may use a radar detector. Nothing in title 42 regulates one: the word "detector" does not appear anywhere in the Vehicles and Traffic title. What…

Colorado puts no calendar on studded tires. C.R.S. § 42-4-228 (3) lets single-tired passenger vehicles, and other single-tired vehicles rated up to and including three-fourths of a…

Colorado sets a single light transmittance figure for every window except the windshield. Under C.R.S. § 42-4-227 (1)(a)(I) no window other than the windshield may allow less than…