Commerce City, CO

Commerce City treats cats as regulated animals under Chapter 4 of the Revised Municipal Code: every cat six months or older must carry current rabies and distemper vaccinations with a…

Commerce City makes it unlawful to molest or injure the nest, eggs or young of any birds or fowl within city limits. Sec. 4-2000(c) of the Revised Municipal Code folds this protection…

Anyone grooming animals for a fee in Commerce City meets the Revised Municipal Code's definition of a "commercial kennel" and must hold an annual city license under Sec. 4-3004. The…

In Commerce City zones where keeping farm animals is not otherwise allowed, a resident needs a backyard chicken permit from the Community Development Department before keeping chickens…

Commerce City caps most households at four dogs, cats or a combination of the two over six months old, per Sec. 4-2003 of the Revised Municipal Code. A resident who wants more must get…

Commerce City requires every animal to stay on the owner's property unless it is under active physical control, per Sec. 4-2005. Off the property, a dog must be on a leash, cord or…

Commerce City bans owning, possessing, harboring, selling or trafficking in any animal that is not a "domestic animal," with an exception only for livestock, under Sec. 4-2008(c). That…

Commerce City has no blanket microchip law for pets. Sec. 4-2011(b)(1) of the Animal Code instead lets the municipal court order microchip implantation, at the owner's expense, as one…

Commerce City's Animal Code lets a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig live on a single residential parcel only if it meets four conditions: no more than one pig per parcel, the pig is…

Commerce City repealed its breed-specific pit bull ban in 2021 and now regulates dogs and other animals by behavior. Once the municipal court designates an animal dangerous under Sec…

Commerce City requires a backyard beekeeping permit from the Community Development Department in zones where bees are not otherwise allowed. Sec. 4-5004 then caps most properties at…

Since December 31, 2023, Commerce City has barred pet stores and other establishments from selling, delivering, bartering, or otherwise transferring dogs or cats under Sec. 4-6001…

Intentionally feeding, or trying to feed, any wildlife in an Adams County park, trail or open space area is unlawful without the county's written permission under Resolution 2022-649's…

Commerce City bans letting an animal disturb the peace with barking, howling, yelping, whining or squawking that is plainly audible off the property, persistent for more than ten…

Commerce City treats sound amplification equipment as a factor in deciding whether noise is unreasonable and unlawful, under Municipal Code Section 6-2011(a). City agents can find a…

Commerce City exempts construction equipment operating between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. from its unreasonable-noise rule, under Municipal Code Section 6-2011(c)(2). Run a job site…

Commerce City has no fixed nighttime curfew hours for noise; instead Municipal Code Section 6-2011(b) bans unreasonable noise at any hour, on any premises or in any vehicle. Section…

Commerce City's Land Development Code blocks new residential development inside high aircraft-noise areas. Section 21-5259 flatly bars any new residential use on property that lies…

Colorado fixes industrial noise ceilings at 80 decibels daytime and 75 decibels nighttime statewide under the Noise Abatement Act, with stricter local rules permitted but state…

Commerce City exempts most residential fences from a building permit only up to a set height under Sec. 5-8(d) of the Building Code: seventy-two inches in Groups R-3, R-4, and R-5, or…

Commerce City caps residential fences at 42 inches in the front yard and 6 feet along rear and side lines under the Land Development Code's fence table, with taller allowances for…

Barbed wire and razor wire fencing are banned in Commerce City residential zones under the Land Development Code, with narrow exceptions only for industrial security fences…

Commerce City limits freestanding retaining walls to 4 feet and walls attached to a home that compensate for a grade change to 6 feet under the Land Development Code. Taller drops…

Adams County does not set a separate 'shared fence' cost-sharing rule; fences on the property line are a civil matter between neighbors. The county does prohibit any fence that…

Commerce City exempts ornamental grasses, wetlands, and native grasses or other native plant materials on the city's approved plant list from its eight-inch weed and grass height duty…

Commerce City caps weeds and grass at eight inches on any developed lot and on any parcel of one acre or less, under Revised Municipal Code § 6-2012(b)(1)a. The limit covers the whole…

Commerce City requires property owners to keep tree branches trimmed to at least ten feet above any public sidewalk and fifteen feet above the travel lanes of any street or alley…

Commerce City's Land Development Code flatly bans artificial turf: under § 21-7515(4), any partial or entirely synthetic material meant to simulate living turf grass is prohibited…

Commerce City limits community gardens to one compost enclosure on lots of an acre or less and two on larger lots, and every enclosure must sit at least 10 feet from property lines and…

Commerce City doesn't set fixed watering days, but every landscape plan the city approves must build in water conservation under LDC Sec. 21-7511, and Sec. 21-7512 requires permanent…

Any existing tree over eight inches in caliper counts as a significant tree under Commerce City's Land Development Code, and Sec. 21-7514(4)(a) requires a developer who removes one to…

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…

Commerce City will not license a short-term rental without proof of liability coverage. Section 9-3902(c)(4) requires every application to include proof of liability insurance for the…

Commerce City makes it unlawful for a booking service provider, such as an online listing platform, to receive payment, directly or indirectly, from an unlicensed short-term rental in…

Commerce City requires a short-term rental unit license before anyone offers, provides or operates a short-term rental, defined as lodging in a single-family home for compensation for…

Commerce City requires short-term rental operators to pay all licensing fees in full before an application is processed, with fee amounts set by city council resolution and application…

Commerce City requires every licensed short-term rental to post the city's unreasonable-noise ordinance, Sec. 6-2011, inside the unit so guests see it. That ordinance bans sound that…

Commerce City does not run a numbered strike-and-revoke system for short-term rentals, but Sec. 9-3907(b) of the Revised Municipal Code lets the city manager escalate enforcement…

Commerce City caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two more under Land Development Code section 21-5263(9). A city short-term rental license is required…

Commerce City requires short-term rental parking to stay on the same lot as the rental under Land Development Code section 21-5263(10). No additional off-street spaces beyond what…

Commerce City requires a short-term rental to remain a secondary use of an occupied home, not the property's sole purpose. Land Development Code section 21-5263(2) mandates the…

Commerce City bars parking a vehicle on public streets to grease, paint, or repair it, or to display advertising, and semitrailers can't sit in the right-of-way unconnected from a…

In Commerce City, a vehicle can't sit immediately in front of a home that isn't the driver's own residence for more than five hours. The rule, added to the Model Traffic Code as…

Commerce City bans parking, keeping, or storing any vehicle over one ton of carrying capacity on private property in a residentially zoned district, or next to residentially used…

Commerce City bars parking a large vehicle, recreational vehicle, boat, or utility trailer on any public street in a residentially zoned area, or on a street next to a residential lot…

An unattended vehicle in Commerce City counts as abandoned if it sits on private property without the owner's consent, lacks current plates or is too damaged to drive, or stays in the…

Commerce City doesn't require electric vehicle charging stations, but LDC Sec. 21-7237(9) makes sure adding them never counts against a development's parking cap: any space dedicated…

Any Commerce City building of 10,000 square feet or more used for manufacturing, warehousing, retail, wholesale, a hotel, hospital, mortuary or similar goods-handling use must provide…

In residential zone districts of unincorporated Adams County, all storage of vehicles must sit on an approved hard surface of asphalt or concrete, and no parking is allowed in the back…

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…

Building, enlarging, altering, repairing, moving or demolishing a pool or spa in Commerce City requires a permit from the code official under ISPSC Section 105.1 of the city's adopted…

Unincorporated Adams County requires a barrier restricting entry to any pool or spa area under Section 305.1 of the county's Swimming Pool and Spa Code. A pool or spa with a powered or…

Commerce City bans the possession, manufacture, storage, handling, sale and use of fireworks under Section 5601.1.3 of its adopted 2021 International Fire Code, enforced by the South…

Commerce City's Land Development Code caps above-ground propane and other flammable gas storage at 10,000 cubic feet per property before a conditional use permit is required. Liquid…

Open fires, including campfires, are unlawful across every Adams County park, trail and open space area under Resolution 2022-649. Charcoal fires are allowed only in provided picnic…

Small backyard recreational fires are allowed when kept under 3 ft by 2 ft and 25 feet from anything flammable, but are completely prohibited during Sheriff-ordered fire restrictions…

Adams County adopted the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code by Ordinance No. 14, effective May 15, 2026, declaring wildland-urban interface hazard areas across the unincorporated…

Commerce City's Land Development Code treats a family child care home, caring for 12 or fewer unrelated children under 18, as an accessory use to a principal residence. The Land Use…

Commerce City caps home-based businesses at eight patron visits a day, all between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and limits deliveries to no more than four small parcels daily. LDC § 21-5240 sets…

Every home-based business in Commerce City needs a city business license and must stay entirely inside the dwelling, invisible from the street and run only by household residents. LDC…

Commerce City bars any off-site sign pointing toward a home occupation and routes on-premises signage through the Sign Schedule in LDC § 21-8300. LDC § 21-5240 sets the rule as part of…

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…

Commerce City's Land Development Code defines an accessory dwelling unit as a second, fully independent living space added to or built with a single-family home, but where an ADU is…

Storage sheds are allowed by right in every zone district in Commerce City, but the Land Development Code caps them at 200 square feet total, 120 square feet for townhouses, 15 feet…

A single manufactured or tiny dwelling may serve as a single-family home on an individual lot in any residential zone that allows single-family homes, but it must be no more than 5…

Commerce City makes it unlawful for anyone with possessory control of a property, owner, tenant, or occupant, to host a party that becomes a public nuisance, intentionally or…

Commerce City bans possessing an open container of alcohol on any street, sidewalk, alley, in a vehicle, or in a city park or recreation area, unless the location is licensed for…

Commerce City bans depositing human excrement, vomit, spittle, or other bodily waste on public or private property unless it goes into a toilet, urinal, or other receptacle meant for…

Commerce City bans openly and publicly displaying, consuming, or using marijuana in any amount up to two ounces, regardless of the user's age, under section 12-6008(c). The same…

Commerce City bans smoking on all park property under Revised Municipal Code § 7-1014, with two narrow exceptions: the Buffalo Run Golf Course and areas of park property designed and…

Commerce City doesn't ban loitering outright: § 12-5003 only makes it unlawful to loiter while unlawfully gambling with cards or dice, loiter with others to sell or possess a…

Adams County does not ban skateboarding on its park and trail system, but Rule 14(c) of the POSCA regulations makes it unlawful to operate a skateboard, bicycle, scooter, or other…

Commerce City requires development inside the Derby sub-area to satisfy the Derby design guidelines, enforced by the five-member Derby review board created under Sec. 2-3003 of the…

Commerce City requires anyone who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish a building, or install regulated electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing systems, to…

Commerce City requires the permit holder to supply any ladder, scaffolding or test equipment the building official needs to conduct a requested inspection, and work cannot proceed past…

Commerce City's amended residential code does not force sprinklers into every new home; instead Section R313.1 and R313.2 require builders to offer an automatic sprinkler system as an…

Commerce City doesn't set its own carbon monoxide alarm standard. Section R315.1 of the amended residential code and Section 705.1 of the property maintenance code both replace the…

Commerce City has adopted the 2021 International Plumbing Code as the City of Commerce City Plumbing Code, and anyone installing, altering or replacing a plumbing system must first…

Commerce City has adopted the 2023 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code as the City of Commerce City Electrical Code, and anyone installing, altering or replacing electrical systems must…

Commerce City adopted the 2021 International Green Construction Code by Sec. 5-41300 of the Revised Municipal Code, but Section 101.3 of the local amendment makes the entire code…

Commerce City requires every child care facility to hold a valid state and federal license before opening, and its Land Development Code adds one local building requirement: an…

Commerce City's adopted property maintenance code requires every landlord to heat rented dwelling and sleeping units to at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit from September 15 through May 15…

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 HB23-1171 created a statewide for-cause eviction standard requiring landlords to cite specific statutory grounds, such as nonpayment or lease violations, before terminating…

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…

Commerce City's amended residential plumbing code lets builders install graywater collection and reuse systems for toilet flushing and subsurface irrigation, but only under specific…

In Commerce City, soliciting door to door for sales, donations, votes, or any cause is illegal wherever a posted "No Solicitation" or "No Trespassing" sign guards the entrance, unless…

Commerce City has no ordinance that names sitting or lying on a sidewalk, but section 12-6001 bans intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly obstructing a sidewalk, street, building…

Commerce City bans camping on public property, and on private property without the owner's written consent, unless the city has expressly authorized the site. Before anyone can be…

Commerce City has no separate tattoo-parlor licensing chapter; instead, a tattoo studio operates under the city's general business license required of every business under section…

Anyone operating a pawnshop in Commerce City needs a pawnbroker license under Revised Municipal Code § 9-3202, on top of full compliance with Colorado's pawnbroker statute, C.R.S. tit…

Commerce City requires a separate sexually oriented business license for every adult arcade, bookstore, cabaret, motel or theater under Municipal Code section 9-3602, on top of a Land…

Commerce City requires every massage facility to hold a massage facility license under Municipal Code section 9-3703, and operating one without both the required state massage…

Tow truck operators in Commerce City need a Colorado Public Utilities Commission permit before towing any vehicle, and they can't solicit business by driving to or stopping near an…

Commerce City's Land Development Code bars motor vehicle repair from qualifying as a home occupation. Section 21-5240 requires a city business license for any home-based business, caps…

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.

Commerce City bars minors from loitering, wandering, or playing on any public street, sidewalk, park, playground, schoolyard, or public building between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. under…

Commerce City closes its parks to the public overnight, from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., under Revised Municipal Code § 7-1004(b). The curfew covers streets, parking areas and roadways…

Undeveloped land in Commerce City larger than one acre must be kept under sixteen inches of weeds and grass, with an eight-inch limit on any adjacent right-of-way, under Revised…

A structure that endangers the health, safety or welfare of Commerce City residents is a declared public health nuisance under Municipal Code Section 6-2010(a)(8). Once a structure is…

Colorado's Premises Liability Act sets statewide landowner duties regarding snow and ice. Specific clearing timelines remain a local ordinance matter under home rule across Colorado.

Commerce City bars property owners from letting cut brush sit on their land for more than fourteen days, under Revised Municipal Code § 6-2012(b)(4). "Brush" covers fallen branches…

Commerce City requires residential trash containers to stay out of sight between collections: Sec. 6-2003(b) of the nuisance chapter says they must sit behind a privacy fence, inside a…

Commerce City bans dumping garbage, trash or waste of any kind on someone else's property, including in, on, under or around another person's trash container, under Municipal Code…

Commerce City does not run a single city-wide pickup day; instead Sec. 6-2003(a) puts the removal duty on the property owner or occupant, who must arrange trash, garbage and waste…

Commerce City requires trash removal at intervals no longer than thirty days, under Municipal Code Section 6-2003(a). Between pickups, waste must sit in watertight, corrosion-resistant…

Commerce City's Land Development Code regulates where recycling drop-off and material-recovery facilities can operate rather than mandating curbside recycling. Small collection areas…

Adams County requires every licensed Solid Waste Hauler serving unincorporated residents, multi-family buildings and businesses to offer curbside recycling of at least the county's…

Commerce City requires every mobile food vendor, from a taco truck to a sidewalk hot dog cart, to hold an outdoor vendor license under Municipal Code Chapter 9 before making a single…

Commerce City lets a licensed outdoor vendor work a public sidewalk, but section 9-3303(b) draws a hard line around where the cart, cooler or truck can sit. No structure or display…

Commerce City fences mobile food vending away from homes, competing restaurants and schools by distance, not just by zoning district. Section 9-3303(a) keeps any outdoor vendor at…

Commerce City bans discharging anything other than stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system or any watercourse, to comply with its Colorado Discharge Permit System…

Where a nonresidential structure is allowed in Commerce City's floodplain, Land Development Code Sec. 21-4400(7) requires its lowest floor, including any basement, to sit at least one…

In Commerce City, no one may grade or disturb land without a grading permit from the city engineer, who will only approve it once an erosion and sediment control plan is submitted and…

Commerce City's Floodplain Overlay District (FP), created under Land Development Code Sec. 21-4400, adopts FEMA's Flood Insurance Study and maps for Adams County, bars new residential…

Adams County's wildfire code requires a noncombustible ring of hard-surface materials, such as rock, gravel, sand, concrete, bare earth or pavers, in the Immediate Zone around any new…

Commerce City's Model Traffic Code amendment requires golf carts and low-speed electric vehicles to drive in a bike lane or paved shoulder when a faster vehicle overtakes them, rather…

Commerce City runs a red-light camera program authorized under Sec. 11-1202(b), which amends the Model Traffic Code to adopt Colorado's automated vehicle identification system statute…

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…

Every short-term rental license application in Commerce City, initial or renewal, requires the owner to complete a city-approved self-inspection checklist confirming the unit's safety…

Commerce City requires a permit before any private construction, excavation, or encroachment work in a public right-of-way, sidewalk areas included. Sec. 10-1200 of the Revised…

Commerce City requires the owner or occupant of any building, property or lot to keep the sidewalk adjacent to their property, including the part in the public right-of-way, in a clean…

Commerce City prohibits depositing or leaving any hazard or obstruction, including tree limbs, trash, debris, containers and sports equipment, on a public sidewalk or right-of-way…

Commerce City treats conditions that breed mosquitoes, flies or other vermin as a public health nuisance under Municipal Code Section 6-2010. Stagnant pools of water and accumulations…

Before a Commerce City homeowners association can sue a builder over a construction defect, Sec. 5-19010 of the Revised Municipal Code requires the board to give sixty days' written…

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…

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…

In Commerce City, any existing tree over eight inches in caliper on a development site counts as a "significant tree" under Land Development Code § 21-7514 and must be preserved to the…

Commerce City's tree lawns, the planting strip between sidewalk and street, are governed by Land Development Code § 21-7550: canopy shade trees go in at 30- to 40-foot intervals down…

Commerce City levies a 4 percent excise tax on hotel and motel room and accommodation charges under Municipal Code section 20-242, on top of the city's regular sales and use tax. The…

Commerce City's R-1 zone district requires a 10-foot front yard setback, with garages set back at least 20 feet, a 5-foot interior side setback, 10 feet on a corner side yard, 25 feet…

Homes and other principal structures in Commerce City's R-1 single-family district are capped at 35 feet under Land Development Code Table IV-3, with a 10-foot minimum, and Sec…

Commerce City's Land Development Code sets no citywide maximum building lot coverage percentage; instead it limits how much of a residential front yard can be paved. Driveways and…

Commercial and multi-family buildings in Commerce City must screen rooftop, wall and ground mounted HVAC equipment on all sides under Land Development Code § 21-7602(2). Any rooftop…

Holiday decorative lighting in Commerce City escapes the city's general outdoor-lighting standards, but only if it stays temporary and lit no more than 90 nights within any consecutive…

Commerce City's Land Development Code bans off-premise signs outright in every zoning district, meaning billboards advertising goods or services not located on the same property cannot…

Commerce City's Land Development Code splits window signage into permanent and temporary categories, each with its own coverage cap: permanent window signs cannot exceed 25 percent of…

Commerce City has no separate political-sign ordinance; campaign and election signs fall under the content-neutral yard sign category, which needs no permit and has no time limit…

Garage-sale signs fall under Adams County's content-neutral temporary sign rule: up to 32 sq ft, on private property, for no more than 14 consecutive days (twice per year per lot)…

Outdoor lighting in Commerce City must be fully shielded under Land Development Code § 21-7702(1), so the light source itself is never visible from inside a neighboring dwelling. Under…

Commerce City requires outdoor lighting outside existing single-family homes to be fully shielded so no source is visible from a neighboring residence. The Land Development Code…

Organized events proposed for any Commerce City public park need a temporary use permit reviewed by the parks director, who can approve, condition, or deny it against a checklist…

In Commerce City, a carnival, fair, flea market or similar organized event expected to draw more than 50 people needs a temporary use permit under LDC Sec. 21-5360. The director sets…

Commerce City's performance standards ordinarily bar odors that harm public health or unreasonably bother neighbors, but Land Development Code Sec. 21-5120(4)(b) exempts agricultural…

Commerce City's AG Agricultural District, under Land Development Code Sec. 21-4360, exists to allow large-lot single-family homes alongside limited crop and livestock production, with…

Commerce City permits retail and medical marijuana stores but confines them with a 2,000-foot buffer from residential, mixed-use-residential, and agricultural zoning, a 2,000-foot…

Commerce City bars every marijuana business from locating within 1,000 feet of a school, licensed child-care facility, drug or alcohol rehab center, group home, halfway house…

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…

Commerce City's Land Development Code bars any plant species named as prohibited in the city's approved plant list and landscaping specifications, and separately labels species like…

Adams County requires a POSCA Department Director permit before anyone can take off or land a drone on county park, trail, or open-space land under Rule 20(a), since the FAA otherwise…

The one drone launch site Adams County allows without a permit, the Riverdale Regional Park drop-in gravel lot, shuts down whenever that ground hosts a permitted special event, a…

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…

Adams County's fire code bars gas or charcoal grills and other open-flame cooking devices from balconies, under overhangs, or within 10 feet of any structure, unless the building is…

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.

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…

Colorado caps solar permit fees and prohibits restrictions on solar access easements. The law preempts local efforts to block residential solar installations across all Colorado.

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…