Denver, CO

Denver caps amplified sound crossing into a home at 55 dB(A) from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 dB(A) overnight, measured at the property line by the health department and police under DRMC…

Denver bans excessive vehicle exhaust noise, requires working mufflers, prohibits Jake Brakes citywide, and caps car stereo volume at plainly audible from 25 feet without a permit.

Denver's noise ordinance exempts helicopters landing or taking off at a city-licensed helipad from the citywide Table A decibel limits, provided the helicopter doesn't violate any…

Denver bars construction equipment and activities that are plainly audible on nearby homes outside set hours: 7 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends, enforced under the…

Denver limits noise crossing property lines from an industrial premises to 80 dB(A) daytime and 75 dB(A) nighttime at an industrial receptor, dropping to 55 dB(A) day and 50 dB(A)…

Denver's noise code sets lower allowable sound levels overnight: noise crossing onto a residential property is capped at 50 dB(A) from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., versus 55 dB(A) during the…

Denver bans letting a dog disturb a person or neighborhood with loud, persistent barking, howling, or yelping, and dogs that keep it up after a citation can be impounded as a chronic…

Denver treats residential swimming pools as structures under its adopted Building Code, so construction requires a Building Code Permit Application through Community Planning and…

Denver requires every public and limited-access swimming pool to meet minimum health and safety standards covering fencing, swimmer load, swimmer safety, bather control, disinfection…

Denver bans short-term rentals of any home that isn't the host's primary residence: investment properties and second homes can't be licensed, and operating one anyway is unlawful under…

Denver makes it unlawful for booking service providers like Airbnb or Vrbo to accept payment for an unlicensed short-term rental: a strict-liability offense that applies even without…

Denver caps short-term rentals to a host's primary residence: you can rent out your own home or a room in it, but not a second property or investment unit, and you need a city license…

Denver's zoning code explicitly exempts short-term rentals from any maximum number of guests per night, one of the few limits the city chose not to impose on hosts.

Denver requires every licensed short-term rental to carry fire, hazard, and liability insurance meeting coverage limits set by the Department of Excise and Licenses, or the operator is…

Denver charges the same 10.75% lodger's tax on short-term rentals that it charges hotels, and every licensed short-term rental host must hold a valid city lodger's tax account before…

Denver requires anyone offering a short-term rental to first obtain a license from the Department of Excise and Licenses before operating, and unlicensed booking transactions are…

Denver requires every cat over six months to be licensed, but exempts microchipped or tattooed cats from wearing the tag, while mandating spay/neuter unless the owner holds an annual…

Denver requires anyone operating a pet grooming shop to hold a license from the director of excise and licenses, with the department of public health and environment reviewing and…

Denver does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but a potentially dangerous animal permit and a pit bull breed-restricted permit both require the animal to be microchipped before…

Denver requires a livestock or fowl permit for any chickens, ducks, goats, or other livestock; a restricted license allows up to eight chickens or ducks combined and two goats, with…

Denver does not have a standalone hoarding ordinance, but DRMC chapter 8 pet limits combined with Colorado C.R.S. 18-9-202 cruelty to animals reach hoarding cases. Denver Animal…

Denver pet shops cannot sell, deliver, barter, or otherwise dispose of a dog, cat, or rabbit. Retail sales are banned outright: stores may only host approved animal adoption or humane…

Denver's zoning code classifies veterinary practices into two separate use types: clinics serving only household or domestic pets, and full-service operations that also treat, board…

Denver dog owners must prevent their dog from running at large; violators can be impounded, with an exception for supervised off-leash enclosures.

Denver bans owning or keeping a pit bull without a breed-restricted permit from Denver Animal Protection, capping households at two permitted pit bulls and requiring microchipping…

Denver outlaws owning, keeping, or selling venomous reptiles, monitor lizards, large snakes, crocodilians, venomous spiders, scorpions, and nearly all non-domestic mammals within city…

Denver limits residential lots to two honeybee hives, set in the rear third of the yard with a 5-foot setback from side and rear lines and a 6-foot screening barrier bees must clear…

Colorado prohibits feeding big game wildlife including deer, elk, and bears under Parks and Wildlife regulations. The ban applies statewide and preempts permissive local practices.

Denver allows small home daycares (up to 6 children) as a home occupation, but large child care homes (7 to 12 children) need a zoning permit requiring owner-occupancy, full-time…

Denver caps home occupations at 20% of a dwelling's floor area (300 sq ft max) and requires the operator to live on-site, per Zoning Code Division 11.9.

Denver requires several home-based businesses, limited retail/repair services, non-medical offices, and professional studios, to see clients by appointment only, banning walk-in…

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…

Denver allows one accessory dwelling unit per primary house, duplex, or multi-unit building in every zone district, but a permit applicant in a single-unit district must already occupy…

Denver requires at least one owner of the primary home to live there as a primary residence when applying for an Accessory Dwelling Unit permit, in single-unit zone districts where…

Denver requires 21 feet of vehicle maneuvering clearance in front of carport openings, or a 5-foot setback when the opening faces an alley.

Denver's zoning code treats a tiny home built to the state's chassis-based definition as a type of Manufactured Home, so it can only be sited in the Manufactured Home Community zone…

Denver requires an accessory dwelling unit to stay under the same ownership as the main house, and the owner must live on site before getting an ADU permit.

Denver's zoning code waives the normal zoning permit for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), letting homeowners and businesses install chargers without a separate zoning sign-off…

Denver authorizes police, the sheriff, and the transportation department to remove any 'vehicle junker', inoperable or extensively damaged, from public or private property, and bans…

Denver requires rented electric scooters and e-bikes to park in designated corrals within mandatory parking zones covering Union Station, the Central Business District, and parts of…

Denver bans leaving any vehicle in the same curbside spot for more than 72 consecutive hours, overnight included; the vehicle must be moved to avoid a citation and eventual tow by the…

Denver charges $120 to impound a vehicle of 6,000 pounds gross weight or less and $170 for anything heavier, with storage running $20 or $30 a day once the car has sat at the lot for…

In Denver's Protected and Master Planned residential zone districts, RVs up to 33 feet may only be stored behind the front building line, screened by a solid fence as tall as the zone…

Denver bars parking within five feet of any driveway or alley, ten feet of a fire hydrant, in intersections and crosswalks, and requires cars to park headed with, not against, traffic…

Denver caps parking of vehicles over 6,000 pounds or 22 feet long, plus unattached trailers and truck-tractors, to two cumulative hours in any seven-day period on public rights-of-way.

Denver requires a written open burning permit for backyard fires, including fire pits and chimineas, unless the device is used exclusively for noncommercial outdoor cooking: violators…

Every licensed Denver residential rental property must have a functioning smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, and fire extinguisher in each dwelling unit, enforced through the…

Denver treats fireworks as an explosive device: igniting, discharging, or detonating them anywhere in the city is unlawful unless you have valid authorization from the city, under the…

Denver prohibits open burning citywide unless the Department of Public Health and Environment issues a written burn permit, with narrow exemptions for outdoor cooking devices and…

Colorado adopts NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code by reference under CRS 8-20-232, applying uniform propane storage, container, and installation rules to all jurisdictions statewide.

Colorado's Wildfire Resiliency Code Board, created by SB23-166 and codified at C.R.S. 24-33.5-1236, adopts minimum statewide wildfire-resiliency building and defensible-space codes…

Denver folds compost material into its curbside trash service for single-family homes and small residential buildings: yard waste, food scraps and accepted paper get collected under a…

Denver requires owners and lessees to keep private property and the abutting right-of-way clear of unattended vegetation, including overgrown weeds, brush, and grasses, under DRMC…

Denver makes it a citywide offense to use water in violation of the Board of Water Commissioners' rules, and any such violation is presumed wasteful under the Revised Municipal Code.

Denver property owners must keep trees on their land and the abutting right-of-way trimmed so branches don't block signs, traffic signals, sidewalks, or streets; the city forester can…

Denver requires a city forester permit to remove any tree from the public right-of-way or other public place, and for certain established trees near street setbacks during residential…

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…

Denver caps retaining walls at 4 feet inside the Primary Street Setback but allows any height elsewhere on the zone lot under the Denver Zoning Code.

Denver caps residential fence height at 4 feet within 75% of a home's street-facing façade width along the primary street, and 6 feet everywhere else on the lot, under the Denver…

Denver fences and walls need no permit if they stay within the standard height limits, but exceeding the maximum by up to 2 feet requires a Zoning Administrator permit under strict…

Denver regulates fence materials through the Denver Zoning Code. Residential areas allow wood, vinyl, composite, ornamental metal, and masonry. Chain-link is restricted in front yards…

Colorado is a fence-out state: when two owners' agricultural or grazing lands adjoin, each must build and maintain half of the boundary line fence at joint cost. Ignore a neighbor's…

Denver prohibits sitting or lying on the public right-of-way in the Downtown Business Improvement District from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., with exceptions for disability, medical emergencies…

Denver's urban camping ban makes it unlawful to camp on public or private property without authorization, covering both sidewalks and parks and unpermitted private lots.

Denver adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code as part of its 2025 Denver Building Code, and plumbing work requires a permit reviewed by Community Planning and Development.

Denver adopts the current National Electrical Code as modified by Colorado for all wiring work, and anyone building, altering, or repairing electrical systems must pull a permit…

New buildings of 25,000+ square feet in Denver must install a cool roof plus green space, solar, or an equivalent green certification under the city's green building ordinance.

Denver requires a city license to operate any child care establishment, centers, homes, or residential facilities, with health department inspections and rules on sanitation and safety…

Denver requires every dwelling unit in a licensed residential rental property to have a functioning carbon monoxide detector, smoke detector, and fire extinguisher.

Denver's zoning code requires new buildings to step back under a sloped bulk plane rising from the side zone lot lines, preventing boxy additions and oversized houses from towering…

Denver landlords and sellers must comply with federal EPA lead paint disclosure requirements for all pre-1978 housing. Colorado Real Estate Commission forms LP46 and LP48 are used for…

Denver requires a Building Code Permit Application, reviewed by Community Planning and Development, for any alteration, enlargement, replacement or repair of a building: submitted…

Denver requires new and substantially improved residential structures in the flood storage area to elevate their lowest floor, including any basement, at least one and one-half feet…

Before Denver issues a building permit, developers must submit a detailed storm drainage plan to the manager of transportation and infrastructure showing how stormwater and groundwater…

Denver requires new construction and substantial improvements inside its regulatory floodplain to elevate the lowest floor at least 1.5 feet above the base flood elevation, and bars…

Denver caps how much you can re-grade a lot near the street or side yard: no more than a 1-foot difference between original and finished grade within 10 feet of the primary street lot…

Denver bans dumping trash anywhere except lawfully designated disposal premises and enforces it with escalating administrative citation fines up to $999 per violation.

Denver's zoning code makes multi-unit and commercial developments tuck dumpsters behind the building's street-facing wall and enclose them in a solid fence or wall at least 6 feet tall.

Starting September 1, 2026, Denver requires multi-family buildings with eight or more units, non-residential properties, and food waste producers to give tenants, employees, and…

Denver requires multi-family buildings with eight or more units and most non-residential properties to give tenants, employees, and customers on-site recycling and organic material…

The city collects trash, recycling, and compost from eligible properties under a plan set by the manager of transportation and infrastructure, with residents billed quarterly under…

Denver defines yard rubbish as tree branches, twigs, grass, shrub clippings, weeds and leaves, and collects it as compost material alongside trash and recycling under a single…

Denver's manager of transportation and infrastructure sets binding rules for trash, recycling, and compost collection, covering approved containers, storage location, and seasonal…

Denver's code doesn't print set-out clock times: it requires trash containers to sit wherever the manager of transportation and infrastructure designates, a spot vehicles can reach…

Denver requires recyclable material collection, alongside trash and compost, at every eligible property under the city's volume-based trash pricing program.

Denver requires every building, occupied or vacant, to be ratproofed and kept free of rats, with the health department able to order repairs, perform the work itself, and bill the…

Colorado C.R.S. 25-1.5-303 authorizes municipal syringe access programs. Denver Public Health operates the SHARP needle exchange providing safe syringe disposal kiosks and harm…

Denver's Zoning Code treats farming activities as Agricultural Primary Uses allowed only in specific zone districts, and requires Animal Husbandry and outdoor Plant Nursery operations…

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.

Denver permits beneficial reuse of graywater from residential, commercial, and industrial buildings under a citywide program run by the Department of Public Health and Environment…

Denver taxes every business, trade, occupation, or profession with a fixed or transitory location in the city $4 a month for the first owner, partner, manager or employee, plus $4 for…

Any structure or appendage projecting into a Denver street, alley or sidewalk needs a written permit from the manager of transportation and infrastructure, backed by a bond or…

Denver bars anyone from encumbering a sidewalk, street or alley with an article, vehicle or thing, and the manager of transportation and infrastructure can remove any encumbrance and…

Denver funds sidewalk construction, reconstruction, and repair through a citywide sidewalk service charge billed to every property owner, rather than requiring owners to personally…

Denver treats Class 1 and Class 2 electric bikes as ordinary bicycles on streets, roadways and bike paths, but carves Class 3 e-bikes out of that allowance and routes them to a…

Denver's automated cameras issue $75 tickets for red-light violations and $80 tickets for school-zone speeding, bypassing the standard traffic penalty schedule entirely.

Denver bars drivers from moving into or parking in a marked bicycle lane except to cross it for a lawful turn, and requires cyclists on ordinary roadways to ride right and no more than…

Denver requires rented e-scooters to lock into a designated corral when a trip ends inside a mandatory parking zone, and it makes rental companies equip scooters with sidewalk-riding…

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…

Denver's Landmark Preservation Commission designates structures or districts as landmarks if they retain integrity, are over 30 years old (or exceptionally important), and meet 3 of 10…

Denver requires a permit from the city forester before anyone plants a tree in the public right-of-way, with planting, spacing, and species rules set by regulation.

Before residential demolition or construction, Denver requires a city forester permit to remove any 'established tree', six inches or wider in trunk diameter, standing in a required…

Denver requires a city forester permit before removing established trees (6-inch-plus trunk diameter) in required setbacks during residential demolition or construction, and mandates…

Denver treats a car alarm audible outside the vehicle as an unlawful nuisance if it runs past fifteen minutes or trips three or more times in a week without a valid alarm permit.

Denver's noise code exempts delivery and delivery activities between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. from the sound pressure limits in Table A; overnight deliveries must still meet those…

Denver limits routine testing of emergency backup generators to 88 dB(A) measured at 25 feet or the property line, confined to 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and capped at one hour per week or two…

Denver caps commercial noise, including from bars and nightclubs, at 55 dB(A) daytime and 50 dB(A) overnight where it crosses onto a residential property line.

Denver zoning bars vehicle repair services as a home occupation, and residential lots may not store automobile parts, tools, or supplies for auto repair outdoors, even accessory to a…

Denver requires a retail tobacco store license to sell vapes, e-cigarettes, or any nicotine product, and the city must deny that license if the shop sits within 1,000 feet of a school…

Denver bans adult businesses citywide except inside its Adult Use Overlay District, where they still need 500 feet from homes, schools, and daycares.

Denver requires anyone operating a massage business to hold a license from the Department of Excise and Licenses, effective July 1, 2022, with exemptions for licensed massage…

Denver bars towing a vehicle off private property without the owner's or property owner's authorization, requires police notice within 30 minutes, and caps the drive-off fee at $15 if…

Denver requires pawnbrokers to hold a director of excise and licenses permit, post a $5,000 bond, and keep detailed transaction records for the Denver Police Department.

Denver requires a secondhand dealer license from Excise and Licenses before buying or trading used goods, with a mandatory 10-day hold and police reporting on every transaction.

Denver requires a body artist license and a separate body art establishment license from Excise and Licenses before anyone tattoos, pierces, or operates a tattoo shop, mobile unit, or…

Denver's zoning code requires all outdoor light sources to be concealed in full cutoff fixtures that direct light downward, and bans mercury vapor, low-pressure sodium, and searchlight…

Denver's zoning code requires outdoor lighting fixtures to be mounted so the cone of light stays on-site and oriented to avoid glare onto adjacent Residential Zone Districts, with a…

Denver requires design review by a nine-member, mayor-appointed Downtown Design Advisory Board before development proceeds in six specific downtown zone districts, though the board…

Denver developers who provide income-restricted units above the base requirement earn extra building height and floor area ratio under Articles 8 and 10 of the Denver Zoning Code.

Denver requires every rental property to be licensed, and multi-unit rental properties must undergo random inspection of at least 10% of their units before a license issues: a…

Denver landlords must hand tenants a city-approved notice explaining minimum housing standards and exactly how to file a complaint about violations, delivered at lease signing and…

Colorado C.R.S. 18-12-105 lets non-permit holders carry a handgun in a private vehicle for lawful protection of person or property. Long guns must be unloaded under hunting rules…

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.

Denver's design criteria table sets seismic category B, Severe weathering and three wind speeds by risk category, and notably does not require ice barrier underlayment, unlike most…

Denver sets its frost line at 36 inches below finished grade, stated both in the residential design criteria table and as a flat declaration in the commercial code.

Denver's 2025 code raised the ground snow load from 35 psf to 43 psf and, for the first time, lets designers look up a lower site-specific value instead of using the citywide default.

Denver bans loud or unusual noises and offensive conduct that disturb others' peace, and it holds a house's owner or occupant liable for permitting the disturbance whenever they had…

Denver prohibits openly and publicly displaying or consuming marijuana in public places, with civil fines starting at $150 and rising to $999 for repeat violations.

Denver pedestrians who cross outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on the roadway, shifting legal responsibility onto the walker.

Denver's panhandling ordinance bans touching, blocking, threatening gestures, provocative language, and group intimidation while soliciting in public places, plus panhandling on…

Denver makes it a Class 2 offense to urinate or defecate in any public way, publicly visible place, or place open to public view, punishable by up to 60 days in jail.

Denver allows smoking in most outdoor areas but bans it at open-air theaters, sports stadiums, zoo and botanic garden events, tennis courts, swimming pools, near hospitals, on the 16th…

Denver bars skateboards, roller-skates, coasters, and similar devices from city roadways under Sec. 54-59, except to cross a street or crosswalk, where riders take on a pedestrian's…

Denver Arts & Venues reviews and approves, conditions, or denies permit applications for filming operations on any city-owned property before production can begin.

Parades and special events on Denver streets require a permit from the manager of safety, with applications due 30 to 200 days ahead and fees starting at $50.

Denver requires a right-of-way permit before any vendor can sell goods at a street fair, festival, or similar event, and the manager of transportation and infrastructure decides case…

Denver requires a permit from the manager of parks and recreation before holding any scheduled event in a city park, with liability insurance required for amplified music, races, or…

Denver requires a mall-use permit to operate a sidewalk cafe extending an existing licensed restaurant onto the 16th Street Pedestrian and Transit Mall, reviewed by a mall use…

Denver charges a 10.75% lodger's tax on hotel, motel, and short-term lodging stays, collected by the vendor from every guest and remitted monthly to the city's manager of finance.

FAA Part 107 controls airspace around Denver International Airport (DEN) and smaller fields like Centennial and Rocky Mountain Metro. Recreational and commercial drone pilots must use…

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…

Denver bars new marijuana store licenses within 1,000 feet of any school, child care establishment, other marijuana store, or alcohol/drug treatment facility, measured in a straight…

Denver bars new marijuana stores within 1,000 feet of schools, child care centers, other dispensaries, and treatment facilities, and bans them from residential and most mixed-use MX-2…

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…

Temporary window signs in Denver can't exceed 60 percent of ground-level window area or 50 percent of the zone lot's permitted sign area, capped at 75 square feet, and must come down…

Denver's zoning code bars new LED message surfaces on outdoor advertising billboards, grandfathering only devices with LEDs installed before March 1, 2010.

Denver prohibits erecting or remodeling any billboard within 660 feet of a freeway right-of-way if its face is visible from the main-traveled way.

Denver exempts holiday decorations from outdoor advertising device permits, but only if displayed no more than 60 consecutive days and no more than 60 days total in any calendar year.

Denver treats political signs as noncommercial signs: no permit needed on residential lots, but they're capped at 15 square feet and can't be illuminated.

Denver limits yard and garage sales to 72 hours, one per half-year, and requires all signs and other external evidence of the sale to come down immediately once it ends.

Federal Tobacco 21 amendment and Colorado C.R.S. 44-7-103 bar sale of any tobacco or nicotine product to anyone under age 21. Denver retailers must verify ID for buyers appearing under…

Denver retail tobacco stores may not sell, give, barter, or furnish any flavored tobacco product or free samples to a consumer. The citywide ban covers flavored vapes and combustible…

Denver's Housing Code makes it unlawful to occupy or rent out any dwelling unit that isn't maintained in a safe and sanitary condition, with minimum standards set for equipment, light…

Denver requires every residential rental property, from single-family homes to apartment complexes, to hold a license from the Department of Excise and Licenses before being rented…

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…

Denver requires anyone who peddles goods, merchandise, or services door-to-door or at public events to hold an individual peddler's license from the Department of Excise and Licenses…

Denver bans door-to-door peddling between a half hour after sunset and 8 a.m., and peddlers must leave immediately and honor any posted no-soliciting sign or verbal refusal at a home.

Denver doesn't require a permit for yard or garage sales, but zoning caps them at one sale per half-year, 72 hours each, and bars reselling purchased goods.

Denver property owners and occupants must clear snow and ice from adjoining sidewalks immediately after every snowfall, not on a multi-day grace period.

Denver classifies a property as neglected or derelict if it is unsafe, vacant and boarded up for three months, repeatedly code-violating, tax-delinquent, or a documented neighborhood…

Denver requires every property owner, including owners of vacant and unimproved lots, to keep plantings weeded and maintained; overgrown weeds, brush or noxious vegetation counts as a…

Denver's zoning code exempts building-mounted solar panels from the zoning permit requirement, letting homeowners install rooftop systems without a separate zoning review, though…

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…

Denver requires a license from the Department of Excise and Licenses to operate a mobile retail food establishment or pushcart, with menus and routes subject to manager approval before…

Denver confines legal street vending to permitted locations on the 16th Street Pedestrian and Transit Mall: pushcarts, kiosks, and vending clusters all need a location-specific permit…

Denver requires a permit from the Manager of Transportation and Infrastructure to operate a pushcart or vending device on a public sidewalk, limited to designated business zone…

Denver closes all city parks and recreational facilities from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily; mountain parks close from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, with violations…

Denver bars minors under 18 from public places 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on school nights and 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. on weekends, with listed exceptions.

Denver law voids any HOA attempt to change or drop a declaration's required arbitration or mediation for construction defect claims without the declarant's written consent, once the…

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…

Colorado is a one-party consent state under CRS 18-9-303. Only one participant in a conversation needs to consent to recording. Eavesdropping on conversations without any party's…

Denver requires every property owner to keep private land clear of noxious weeds regulated under the Colorado Noxious Weed Act, with the city issuing notices, abating violations…

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'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 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…