Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs allows up to four dogs and four cats over four months of age per property under City Code Subsection 6.7.106.F, and all dogs and cats must be vaccinated and licensed…

Colorado Springs has no breed-specific dog ban; Colorado state law C.R.S. 18-9-204.5(5)(a) prohibits municipalities from regulating dangerous dogs in a manner specific to breed, so…

Pet Services, the UDC's category for grooming, retail sales, and small-animal training, must be located entirely within a completely enclosed building under § 7.3.303.A.1.c. The…

Colorado Springs requires every cat over four months old to carry a City license under City Code § 6.8.103, obtained within 30 days of the cat turning four months and renewed every one…

Colorado Springs is the only place in this code that mandates spay or neuter surgery for a specific pet: City Code § 6.7.110.D.5 requires every potbellied pig kept in the city to be…

City Code § 6.7.107 requires every dog or hoofed-animal owner or keeper to restrain the animal by confinement, collar and leash, or bridle to stop it running at large in any park or…

Colorado Springs regulates livestock kept on premises through City Code §§ 6.9.101–6.9.103: hoofed animals must be kept in sanitary, non-nuisance conditions subject to City or County…

Colorado Springs bars anyone from owning a wild, predatory or non-North-American animal inside city limits unless they first obtain an exotic animal permit under City Code § 6.7.111…

Colorado Springs zoning splits veterinary care into Small Animal and Large Animal Veterinary Services, and City Code § 7.3.303A.1.b requires all veterinary activity to happen inside a…

Feeding wildlife anywhere in Colorado Springs without authorization is a noncriminal civil infraction under City Code § 6.7.121, but the City must issue a written warning first: no one…

Colorado Springs allows accessory beehives on any residential lot, but the number you may keep, and how far each hive must sit from property lines, scales with lot size under UDC Table…

Colorado Springs City Code section 9.8.201 declares noise from vehicles under 10,000 lbs in excess of 80 dB(A), and from vehicles over 10,000 lbs in excess of 88 dB(A), excessive and…

Colorado Springs City Code section 9.8.102 makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle sound amplification system that creates excessive or unusually loud noise audible without a…

Aircraft in-flight and takeoff noise is federally preempted, so Colorado Springs does not set decibel limits on aircraft. Instead, City Code section 7.2.601 establishes an Airport…

Colorado Springs City Code section 9.8.107 subjects construction projects to the maximum permissible noise levels specified for industrial zones (80 dB(A) day / 75 dB(A) night) during…

Colorado Springs City Code section 6.7.115 makes it unlawful to own or keep any pet or hoofed animal whose unreasonably loud and persistent barking, howling, baying, yelping, crowing…

Colorado Springs City Code section 9.8.104 sets enforceable decibel limits by zone and time of day. In residential zones the cap is 55 dB(A) from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. and a stricter…

Unincorporated El Paso County caps outdoor sound under LDC Table 6-7: 55 dBA daytime and 50 dBA at night in residential and commercial areas, with a higher 80/75 dBA allowance for…

Colorado Springs caps maximum overnight occupancy of a short-term rental at two occupants per bedroom plus two additional occupants per dwelling unit, with an absolute ceiling of…

Colorado Springs requires every Short Term Rental to have an owner or designated local contact reachable the entire time a guest is staying, with a duty to respond to complaints about…

An owner classified as a repeat or chronic repeat offender under City Code § 7.5.907, or whose Short Term Rental Permit was revoked in the last two years, cannot hold an STR permit…

Colorado Springs requires every Short Term Rental owner to carry at least $500,000 in property liability insurance under City Code § 7.3.301.C.3.e, or to show that a hosting platform…

Colorado Springs taxes short-term rental income two ways: a 2% lodgers tax under City Code § 2.9.105 on any lodging purchased for under 30 consecutive days, plus the City's standard…

Short Term Rental guests in Colorado Springs must park in the private driveway first, with overflow only on the street where street parking is permitted. City Code § 7.3.301.C.5.b bans…

Every short-term rental in Colorado Springs must hold a valid short-term rental permit issued by the City before any property, or rooms within it, may be leased to guests, under City…

Short-term tenants in Colorado Springs must follow all City noise ordinances, and City Code § 7.3.301.C.5.d flatly prohibits using a Short Term Rental for any commercial or large…

A building permit from the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department is required before installing any in-ground or permanent above-ground pool, spa, or water feature in Colorado…

Outdoor residential pools and spas in Colorado Springs must be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high with self-closing, self-latching, outward-opening gates, under the 2021…

Colorado Springs requires a Home Occupation Permit under City Code Section 7.5.507 only when the business has customers visiting the property, generates excessive traffic, or needs a…

A Colorado Springs home occupation permit for massage therapy comes with its own scheduling rule: UDC Subsection 7.3.304I.3.l requires the therapist to be licensed through the City…

Colorado Springs permits in-home adult or child day care as an accessory use in any dwelling under UDC § 7.3.304.H, provided the operator holds a valid state license. Capacity is…

Colorado Springs allows a home occupation only one sign - identifying the home occupation, no larger than two (2) square feet in area, attached to the dwelling, and with no…

El Paso County follows the Colorado Cottage Foods Act (C.R.S. §25-4-1614). Non-potentially hazardous homemade foods may be sold directly to consumers up to $10,000 per product per…

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…

Front-yard carports are allowed in Colorado Springs only with a Front Yard Carport Permit: City Code § 7.3.304C caps them at 500 square feet, sets a 5-foot setback from the sidewalk…

Before the City will accept an application to build or convert an Accessory Dwelling Unit, UDC Subsection 7.3.304E requires the property owner to demonstrate they reside on the…

Colorado Springs charges ADU applicants a fee set by City Council rather than a fixed amount in the Code itself, but UDC Subsection 7.3.304E.3 lets the Manager waive or reduce it for…

Colorado Springs does not let a freestanding tiny home sit on an ordinary residential lot as an accessory structure. Instead, UDC § 7.3.301D creates a dedicated Tiny House Community…

Colorado Springs bars any property with an Accessory Dwelling Unit from also operating as a short-term rental. Under UDC Subsection 7.3.304A.4.d, once an ADU is built, the principal…

Colorado Springs allows one accessory dwelling unit (ADU), plus up to two detached ADUs per lot, wherever single-family detached dwellings are permitted, with administrative approval…

Colorado Springs expressly allows an existing detached garage to be converted into an accessory dwelling unit; the converted garage must meet the ADU setbacks of UDC Subsection…

Colorado Springs' amended Fire Code requires existing Group I-1 (institutional care) and Group R (residential) occupancies to carry single-station smoke alarms under IFC § 907.2.11…

Colorado Springs' amended Fire Code requires an operational permit before storing or using LP-gas once a single container tops 125 gallons water capacity or the combined capacity of…

In Colorado Springs' wildland urban interface risk areas, the Wildfire Resiliency Requirements (Fire Code Appendix K, reordained by Ordinance 26-18) ban new plantings and require…

A backyard recreational fire (any outdoor fire or campfire not contained in a portable or fixed appliance) is allowed without a permit but must have 25 feet of clearance from…

Large portions of western and northern Colorado Springs fall in Very High and Extreme wildfire hazard zones under the Colorado Springs Wildfire Hazard Identification Mapping. Mountain…

Fireworks are illegal in Colorado Springs. All types of fireworks with a fuse and/or requiring a flame for ignition are unlawful; only novelty items such as snappers and poppers are…

Open burning is never allowed by non-governmental entities within the Colorado Springs city limits. Burning trash, rubbish, yard clippings, or construction materials is prohibited at…

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.25.102(A)(11) makes it unlawful to park any commercial vehicle rated 10,001 pounds gross vehicle weight or heavier on a street, alley, roadway or public…

Nonresidential buildings of 25,000 square feet or more must provide off-street loading spaces under UDC § 7.4.1009. The first required space must be at least 12 by 40 feet, loading…

Colorado Springs defines abandoned vehicles under City Code Chapter 10 Article 8 as any motor vehicle left unattended on public property for more than 48 hours or on private property…

City Code § 9.6.504 bars most outdoor vehicle storage on residential property unless it fits a listed exception, and requires that any vehicle kept in the front yard, other than a…

City Code makes it illegal parking to leave a vehicle in the same place (or within 100 feet of it) on a street, highway, or alley for more than 72 continuous hours, or more than 24…

Colorado Springs has no blanket overnight on-street parking ban for ordinary cars, but several overnight rules apply: trucks may not sit in residential areas more than 30 minutes…

Colorado Springs encourages EV charging through zoning incentives in City Code Chapter 7, with Level 2 chargers considered accessory uses in all zoning districts. New commercial and…

City Code prohibits parking a recreational vehicle on any public right-of-way (street, alley, or roadway) longer than the time needed to load or unload, citywide; violators face…

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.12.101.Q bars stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle adjacent to any curb painted yellow or marked "Reserved," regardless of whether a sign is posted…

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…

Colorado Springs allows fences atop retaining walls so long as the fence material alone (excluding the wall) stays within the permitted fence height, and opaque walls and fences…

Colorado Springs permits masonry, solid wood, and chain-link with permahedge inserts or opaque slats, but prohibits tarps, plastic sheeting, and polypropylene when visible off-site…

A fence under 7 feet that meets UDC standards needs no permit in Colorado Springs. Fences 7 feet or taller are accessory structures requiring a building permit through Pikes Peak…

Beyond the height and material standards in UDC § 7.4.910, Colorado Springs UDC § 7.4.904.G makes every fence, wall and barrier the owner's ongoing responsibility to keep in good…

No Colorado Springs ordinance requires neighbors to share boundary-fence costs; the UDC only governs placement, height, and materials. Colorado's statutory partition-fence cost-sharing…

Colorado Springs encourages native-plant landscaping through Colorado Springs Utilities Water Wise rebates, typically 1 to 2 dollars per square foot of turf converted to xeriscape with…

Colorado Springs permits artificial turf as a residential landscaping option under general zoning and does not require a permit for installation. HOAs may impose restrictions under…

Colorado Springs City Code Part 3 (Weeds) controls weed growth that becomes a fire hazard, a traffic and pedestrian hazard, that clogs drainageways, or that is a designated noxious…

Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.4.104(D)-(E) protects backyard composting as a right, but bans compost piles that become a nuisance. Strong odors or an infestation of mice, rats…

City Code requires trees to be kept trimmed to at least 14 feet of clearance over streets and 8 feet of clearance over sidewalks. Property owners are responsible for pruning the street…

Colorado Springs has permanent year-round watering rules: sprinkler irrigation is limited to any three days per week of the customer's choosing, and from May 1 to October 15 sprinklers…

It is unlawful to plant, prune, remove, destroy or otherwise injure a City tree without a City Forester's permit. Ordinance 26-30, effective August 10, 2026, moved this rule into a new…

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…

The flat roof snow load in Colorado Springs is 30 psf below 7,000 feet and 40 psf at or above it, published as a uniform value rather than left to be calculated.

Colorado Springs has no single ground snow load: it splits at 7,000 feet, with 43 psf below and 57 psf at or above, under the regional building code the city adopts.

In Colorado Springs' wildland urban interface risk areas, Appendix K to the fire code splits every parcel into a 0-5 foot Immediate Zone requiring non-combustible surfaces and no new…

Colorado Springs bans any non-stormwater discharge into the City's municipal storm sewer system (MS4) under its Stormwater Quality Management and Discharge Control Code. The City…

Colorado Springs applies Regional Building Code Section 313's floodplain rules through UDC § 7.4.802, requiring every subdivision plat to show FEMA-approved base flood elevation data…

Colorado Springs participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and regulates development in all FEMA-designated floodplains and floodways. Fountain Creek and Monument Creek…

Private grading that disturbs one acre or more, is part of a larger project disturbing an acre or more, touches an open drainage channel, or builds or modifies a permanent control…

City Code Sec. 2.5.704 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol on any street, alley, avenue, park, vacant lot, public stairway, hall, or other public place in Colorado Springs, except at…

Colorado Springs City Code § 9.7.207 makes it unlawful to consume marijuana on any street, alley, avenue, or park, or upon any public stairway, hall, or other public place within the…

Colorado Springs City Code § 9.2.111 does not ban panhandling itself but makes it a crime to solicit money aggressively in any public place. Aggressive soliciting covers unwanted…

Colorado Springs makes it unlawful to loiter, stand idly, linger or tarry in a public place, so as to warrant alarm for the safety of people or property, and separately bans loitering…

City Code § 10.18.103 requires a pedestrian crossing outside a crosswalk to take a route at right angles to the curb, the shortest line to the opposite curb, and § 10.18.104.A then…

Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.6.203 makes it unlawful to smoke, light, or carry any lighted smoking instrument on any City park property, unless the spot is a designated smoking…

City Code § 10.19.107 lets Colorado Springs post signs banning skateboards, roller skates, bicycles, scooters and similar devices from specific sidewalks. Where no sign is erected…

City Code § 9.6.105 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place or anywhere within public view, unless it's in a toilet facility provided for that purpose. The rule…

In Colorado Springs, the owner or occupant of property abutting a public sidewalk must keep it clean and hazard-free, and the City Engineer can order the sidewalk removed, replaced, or…

Colorado Springs bans placing any encumbrance on a sidewalk, street, alley, other public way, or natural watercourse, earth fill, building materials, fences, platforms, stairs…

Colorado Springs requires a revocable permit before anyone builds in, on, or over public property: sidewalks, streets, alleys, or the space below or above them. The Mayor (or the…

Colorado Springs parks open at 5:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m. from November through April and at 10:00 p.m. the rest of the year. Being in a park outside those hours without an…

Colorado Springs' curfew lives inside its loitering ordinance: anyone under 18 may not loiter or aimlessly drive about from 10 p.m. on weeknights and midnight at weekends, until 6 a.m.

Any parade, procession or organized assembly of 100 or more people that travels on a Colorado Springs street outside normal traffic rules is a 'special event' requiring a Mayor-issued…

Any gathering of 100 or more people at a Colorado Springs public park needs a special event permit from the Mayor before it happens. City Code § 3.2.404 makes an unpermitted special…

Restaurants placing tables in the public right-of-way in Colorado Springs need a Revocable Permit under UDC Subsection 7.3.304L, and must keep a five-foot clear pedestrian path around…

City Code § 9.6.202 makes it unlawful to litter, dump, drop, throw or deposit trash, waste, debris or 'any foreign substance', on any public or private property or waterway in the…

Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.4.103 makes every property owner responsible for removing waste and yard rubbish weekly at the point of collection. The City does not run its own…

Colorado Springs City Code defines yard rubbish, branches, grass, weed and leaf clippings, separately from household waste, and Sec. 6.4.104(B) caps any piece placed for pickup at…

Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.4.104(F) lets dumpsters sit in the front or side yard only when the rear yard is too small or inaccessible, and any dumpster kept on a property…

Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.4.104 requires every household to place waste in an approved waste container before collection. Scattering trash on the ground, using anything but a…

Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.4.104(F) confines trash and recycling carts to the rear or side yard, or inside a secured structure, between collection days. Rolling a container to…

Colorado Springs offers voluntary curbside recycling through its recycling program, but residential recycling is not mandatory. The city encourages recycling through education and…

City Code § 9.6.110 bans camping, defined broadly as using a public area for human habitation, including presence of waste, urination or defecation as evidence, anywhere on public…

City Code § 9.2.112 makes it unlawful to sit, kneel, recline or lie down on the public right of way in the Central Commercial District or Old Colorado City Commercial District between…

Colorado Springs' sign code has no digital-billboard track: Section 7.4.1308.C bans any sign whose digital message changes "except those permitted by this part," and the only…

Colorado Springs treats inflatable displays as temporary signage, not decoration. Under City Code § 7.4.1307.E.3, a non-residential business can run an inflatable display up to 14 days…

Window signs in Colorado Springs can't cover more than 25% of the window area they're displayed in, under Table 7.4.13-D of the Sign Code. No permit is required for a compliant window…

Colorado Springs treats a garage-sale sign as a "Short Term Sign" under Table 7.4.13-E: no permit needed, but it must sit on private property, stay under the table's…

Colorado state law prohibits homeowner associations from banning political signs on member property during election periods, preempting any conflicting HOA covenants statewide.

City Council can designate a structure or area as a Historic Preservation Overlay (HP-O) district under UDC § 7.2.608 if it has either historical or architectural importance. Once…

Colorado Springs keeps marijuana retailers a quarter-mile from where kids gather: City Code §§ 7.3.303F.4 and F.5 require every Medical Marijuana Store and Retail Marijuana Facility to…

Colorado Springs zoning keeps marijuana businesses out of residential territory: City Code § 7.3.303F.2.a bars Medical Marijuana (MMJ) Facilities from any residential zone district or…

Colorado Springs City Code Section 9.7.211 permits home cultivation of marijuana in compliance with state law. Adults 21 and older may grow up to 6 plants per person (maximum 12 per…

New Colorado Springs landscapes can't put more than 25 percent of the total green space into High Water Use Turfgrass under UDC § 7.4.904.D.2. The turf must be hydrozoned on its own…

Plumbing installation, alteration, or repair in Colorado Springs falls under the Pikes Peak Regional Building Code, adopted by reference at City Code § 7.4.1404. Under § 7.5.503, it is…

Colorado Springs does not mandate LEED or green construction citywide, but UDC § 7.4.202.A lets developers in Mixed-Use or Industrial zone districts earn extra building height and…

The Unified Development Code requires a monitored smoke alarm system or a sprinkler system for new homes on lots more than 600 feet from a cul-de-sac entrance, or reachable only by a…

Colorado Springs requires a building permit before any work covered by Section RBC105.1 of the Pikes Peak Regional Building Code begins; doing the work first is unlawful under City…

City Code Subsection 6.12.305.G requires owners to remove, repair or repaint deteriorated dwelling surfaces, peeling, flaking or chipping paint, and specifically requires reporting any…

Colorado Springs requires a building permit before any electrical work covered by the Regional Building Code, and Council has formally adopted the Pikes Peak Regional Building Code…

El Paso County bars most new family care homes, child care centers, and group homes from sitting within 500 feet of another such facility along the same road, unless the facility…

Colorado Springs requires every rental dwelling to stay structurally habitable under City Code § 6.12.305: foundations, walls, roofs, windows and doors must be weathertight…

Colorado Springs does not have a just-cause eviction ordinance. Landlords may terminate tenancies for any lawful reason with proper notice as provided under Colorado landlord-tenant…

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…

Colorado Springs City Code bars drivers from stopping, standing or parking within a bicycle lane under § 10.12.101(S), one of nineteen listed no-parking locations citywide. Vehicles…

City Code defines three classes of electrical assisted bicycle by motor behavior and top assisted speed. Class 1 e-bikes count as nonmotorized use citywide, while Class 2 and Class 3…

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…

City Code § 10.1.113 requires the person in charge of any towing service to immediately report to the Police Department whenever a vehicle is towed at the request of someone other than…

Since September 1, 2022, operating a massage business in Colorado Springs without a City-issued massage business license is unlawful for every premises where massage is offered. The…

Anyone doing business as a pawnbroker in Colorado Springs, including buying secondhand goods outright for resale, must hold a City license under § 2.3.803, post a $2,000 bond, and keep…

City Code § 2.4.104 makes it unlawful to operate any sexually oriented business in Colorado Springs without a license from the City Clerk's Office. Applicants must submit a scaled…

El Paso County flatly excludes auto repair garages, auto detailing and auto body or paint shops from qualifying as a residential home occupation under LDC § 5.2.29(A)(3).

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.

Colorado Springs' Unified Development Code applies to every property in the city regardless of private covenants, but Sec. 7.1.108 lets homeowners' association rules impose stricter…

Under the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316, an association has a statutory lien for unpaid assessments. After HB22-1137 (2022) it may foreclose only once…

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…

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…

Colorado Springs requires floodlights, spotlights and other exterior fixtures on covered development to be fully shielded so the lamp isn't visible from any property line, with…

New construction, major expansions, and lighting retrofits in Colorado Springs must meet the dark-sky shielding standards in UDC Part 7.4.12. Fixtures other than motion-detector lights…

Electronic message billboards in unincorporated El Paso County must auto-dim to no more than 500 NIT at night, cutting brightness 5-25% depending on sign resolution under the Land…

Planting a tree in a Colorado Springs right-of-way or parkway requires a City Forester's permit, and the species must be on the City's approved street tree list and compatible with the…

Installing or modifying a solar photovoltaic system in Colorado Springs requires a construction permit under the city's amended fire code, issued through the Fire Prevention Bureau…

Colorado state law C.R.S. 38-30-168 (the Colorado Solar Rights Act) prohibits homeowner associations and restrictive covenants from unreasonably restricting the installation of solar…

Fire Code Section 308.1.4 bars charcoal and solid-fuel burners and other open-flame cooking devices from combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction, but…

Colorado Springs' Undesirable Plant Management Ordinance, City Code § 9.6.314, names five species, leafy spurge, diffuse knapweed, Russian knapweed, spotted knapweed and Canada…

Colorado Springs gives residential property owners 24 hours after snowfall stops to clear sidewalk snow and ice, and commercial property owners until 5:00 PM the next business day…

Colorado Springs aggressively enforces property blight and nuisance conditions through the Neighborhood Services Division. Common violations include accumulation of junk, debris, and…

Vacant lots in Colorado Springs must be maintained to prevent nuisance conditions. Owners must keep weeds and grass below 10 inches, prevent accumulation of trash and debris, and…

A mobile vending truck is a permitted temporary use citywide under the Unified Development Code, but a single stop is capped at three consecutive days. A truck that instead sets up in…

Mobile food vendors operating on Colorado Springs sidewalks and rights-of-way cannot block pedestrian or vehicle travel, stop within 20 feet of an intersection, or sell to anyone…

Any person selling food from a truck, cart, wagon or mobile stand on Colorado Springs streets or sidewalks must hold a City mobile food vendor license before operating. City Code §…

Colorado Springs collects a City Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax of 2% on the purchase price of lodging and campground space rentals lasting under 30 consecutive days, plus 1% on…

Colorado Springs classifies every business selling liquor at retail into nine separately taxed occupation categories under City Code Sec. 2.5.302, with annual Occupation Tax amounts…

Colorado Springs sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks district-by-district in the Unified Development Code's Part 7.2 dimensional-standards tables. In the R-1 6…

Colorado Springs caps single-family and two-family home height at 35 feet in most residential zone districts, rising to 40 feet in R-4 and 50 feet in R-5 under the Unified Development…

Colorado Springs caps how much of a residential lot can be covered by buildings, decks, and patio covers, with the maximum set district-by-district in the UDC Part 7.2 dimensional…

City Code Section 6.12.404 requires every dwelling owner in Colorado Springs to keep the premises free of insects, rodents, vermin and other pests, bars conditions that shelter rats…

Colorado Springs protects agricultural land through its A: Agricultural zone district under UDC Section 7.2.201, reserved for large-lot residential and farming uses at the city's edge…

El Paso County's Land Development Code recognizes Colorado's right-to-farm law, limiting when agricultural operations in the unincorporated county can be treated as a nuisance.

Colorado Springs' Unified Development Code allows a temporary garage sale in any residential zone district up to two times per calendar year, with each sale capped at two consecutive…

Colorado Springs treats a data center as a Light Industrial accessory office use rather than giving it its own zoning category. City Code § 7.3.303D.6.a requires Buffer 2 landscaping…

Commercial drone operations in Colorado are governed almost entirely by FAA Part 107, with limited state additions covering wildlife, critical infrastructure, and privacy that apply…

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.

A posted no-soliciting sign alone generally is not enough for criminal trespass in Colorado. Under C.R.S. 18-4-503, second-degree criminal trespass of residential premises requires…

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…