Arvada, CO Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)

Section 18-510 of the Arvada City Code amends I.P.M.C. § 305.3, Interior surfaces, to read: all interior surfaces, including windows and doors, must be kept in good, clean, and sanitary condition, and cracked or loose plaster, decayed wood, and other defective surface conditions must be corrected. The lead-specific trigger is narrower than the general upkeep duty: peeling, chipping, flaking, or abraded paint has to be repaired, removed, or covered only 'if paint is demonstrated to be lead based paint,' language the city added when it adopted the current I.P.M.C. amendments under Ordinance No.

4738 in September 2020. That demonstration requirement means the duty to remediate attaches once testing or documentation confirms lead content, distinguishing this section from a blanket paint-condition rule. The section is part of Chapter 18, Article XI, alongside the structural interior-surface rules in § 305.1 (general sanitary condition), § 305.4 (stairs and walking surfaces), and § 305.5 (handrails and guards), all enforced by the same code compliance and building inspection staff who administer the rest of the property maintenance code. Arvada's code does not layer on a separate municipal lead-paint disclosure or abatement licensing program beyond this maintenance-code trigger; remediation obligations for pre-1978 housing otherwise flow from federal EPA and HUD lead-based paint rules, which this local section cross-applies to by referencing a 'demonstrated' lead finding rather than restating federal testing procedures.