Property Maintenance in Adams County, CO (2026)
2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Adams County, Colorado.
Verified from official government sources
Property Blight
Adams County Ordinance No. 3 makes it unlawful to store rubbish, junk, weeds, brush or inoperable vehicles outside on any unincorporated property. Public Works can order removal within 14 days, seek a court warrant to seize and dispose of the blight, and place a lien with escalating costs on repeat offenders.
Property Blight Abatement Rules in Adams County
Significant RestrictionsAdams County Ordinance No. 3, § I.A(1) (Prevention of Environmental Blight)
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or permit to be maintained any of the following causes of blight or blighting factors upon any property in unincorporated Adams County owned, leased, rented or occupied by such person: (1) The outside storage or accumulation of rubbish, junk, trash, garbage, weeds, brush or refuse of any kind. Domestic refuse stored in a closed container in such a...
Vacant Lot Maintenance
There is no separate vacant-lot ordinance in unincorporated Adams County, but the same blight, weed and rubbish rules apply. Owners must keep lots free of trash, junk and overgrown weeds; the county can clean a neglected lot and bill the owner under CRS 30-15-401.
Vacant Lot Maintenance in Unincorporated Adams County
Some RestrictionsCRS 30-15-401(1)(a)(I.5)(A)
To provide for and compel the removal of weeds and brush from lots and tracts of land within the county
Property Maintenance by City in Adams County
2 cities in Adams County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
All Adams County ordinances
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