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🔥 Fire Regulations
Smoke Detectors
Some RestrictionsFountain requires single- and multiple-station smoke alarms installed per International Fire Code section 907.2.11, the adopted 2015 model code's own alarm placement standard. The…
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Some RestrictionsFountain caps backyard recreational fires and fire pits at three feet in diameter and two feet in height under Section 9.44.010 of the Municipal Code, and Section 9.44.020's…
Outdoor Burning
Significant RestrictionsFountain bans backyard trash burning outright and lets the fire chief declare a stage-based open fire ban citywide whenever fire danger runs high, under Chapter 9.44 of the Municipal…
Wildfire Zones
Heavy RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County enforces Wildland-Urban Interface defensible space requirements following the Waldo Canyon (2012) and Black Forest (2013) fires. 2018 IWUIC adopted. Zone 1 (0-30 ft)…
Propane Storage
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County requires propane tanks and other combustible liquids storage on land in Wildland Fire Areas to conform to NFPA 30 and NFPA 58 standards plus the property's approved…
Brush Clearance
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyWhen a Wildland Fire and Hazard Mitigation Plan requires a fuel modification area, El Paso County's Land Development Code compels landowners to clear ground fuels and dead vegetation…
Fireworks
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County limits fireworks sales to May 31 through July 6 each year and requires fire department approval, a driveway permit, and warning signage under LDC § 5.2.24.
🔊 Noise Ordinances
Construction Hours
Some RestrictionsIn Fountain, Colorado, construction work is confined to set hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The city can widen or shrink those…
Decibel Limits
Some RestrictionsFountain caps steady industrial and commercial noise at 60 decibels measured at the property line, with a five-decibel spike allowed for up to 15 minutes an hour. Fountain Municipal…
Barking Dogs
Some RestrictionsFountain bans keeping a pet or hoofed animal whose "unreasonably loud and persistent barking, howling, baying, braying, yelping, crowing, crying or other utterance" disturbs the peace…
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Light RestrictionsFountain, Colorado bars anyone from running sound amplification equipment in a city park without the parks director's authorization. Even authorized amplified music must stay under the…
Vehicle Noise
Some RestrictionsFountain's Section 9.52.030 requires every motor vehicle to run a muffler in good working order at all times to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and separately bans any cut-out…
Aircraft Noise
Significant RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County requires 30 dBA of indoor noise reduction for new residential construction inside the Airport Noise Sub-Zone around the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport overlay…
🌿 Landscaping Rules
Tree Trimming
Some RestrictionsFountain requires every lot owner, lessee or occupant to remove hazardous dead or dying trees on their property and to cut back any branches that overhang public rights-of-way or block…
Weed Ordinances
Some RestrictionsFountain bars any lot owner, lessee or occupant from letting weeds or herbaceous grasses grow past nine inches, on the property itself and on the abutting alley, sidewalk, street or…
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County's land code requires required parking lot trees be shielded from vehicle damage with curbs, planters, or barriers: the only mandatory tree-protection rule in the…
Native Plants
Few RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County encourages xeriscaping and native plant landscaping for water conservation in Colorado's semi-arid Front Range climate. Colorado HB 19-1050 and SB 23-178 bar HOAs from…
Artificial Turf
Significant RestrictionsEl Paso CountyArtificial turf counts as landscape material in unincorporated El Paso County only on a case-by-case basis, not as a by-right substitute for living plants.
Composting
Few RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County's Land Development Code regulates commercial and industrial composting facilities but expressly exempts backyard composting from those standards, leaving residential…
Rainwater Harvesting
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado law universally permits residential rooftop rainwater collection up to two rain barrels totaling 110 gallons, overriding the state's strict prior-appropriation doctrine that…
🐔 Animal Ordinances
Pet Store Rules
Heavy RestrictionsFountain bans pet stores from selling, displaying for sale, or giving away dogs or cats within city limits under Section 6.08.100, exempting only pet stores that were already operating…
Beekeeping
Some RestrictionsFountain allows residential beekeeping on lots of one acre or larger. Fountain Municipal Code § 17.18.020(D) requires movable-frame hives set back at least 25 feet from any property…
Pet Limits
Some RestrictionsFountain caps household pets at a combined total of six dogs and cats over four months old, with no more than four of them dogs, under Section 6.04.050(F) of the animal code…
Chickens & Livestock
Some RestrictionsFountain, Colorado requires a city-issued chicken permit before any household in city limits keeps chicken hens. Lots of 2,500 square feet or more may keep one hen per 1,000 square…
Exotic Pets
Significant RestrictionsFountain requires a humane-society permit before anyone can own an animal that is not commonly domesticated, not native to North America, or wild or predatory by nature, under Section…
Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsFountain requires every dog, hoofed animal and barnyard fowl to be confined, leashed or haltered so it never runs at large on streets, sidewalks, alleys or parks, under Section…
Breed Restrictions
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado initially preempted breed-specific bans but the Court of Appeals upheld home-rule authority. Currently, Colorado municipalities may enact or repeal breed restrictions…
Wildlife Feeding
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado prohibits feeding big game wildlife including deer, elk, and bears under Parks and Wildlife regulations. The ban applies statewide and preempts permissive local practices.
🚗 Parking Rules
Driveway Rules
Some RestrictionsEvery off-street parking area in Fountain, Colorado must be graded for drainage and surfaced in portland cement concrete or another surface the city engineer approves, then kept free…
Abandoned Vehicles
Some RestrictionsFountain's Chapter 8.20 bans outdoor storage of any inoperable vehicle on a lot of 5,000 square feet or smaller unless it sits inside an enclosed building, and it caps outdoor storage…
RV & Boat Parking
Some RestrictionsFountain lets residents park a recreational vehicle, camper, motor home, trailer or boat trailer on their own property, but Fountain Municipal Code § 17.13.020 bars using one as a…
Overnight Parking
Some RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code § 10.12.010 lets police and code enforcement tow any vehicle left unattended on public property or a public right-of-way for 72 hours, and a vehicle parked in…
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Some RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code § 10.04.020(G) bans operating or parking a truck, defined as a vehicle over 26,000 pounds GVWR, a truck-tractor or semi-trailer, on any city right-of-way that…
Street Parking Limits
Some RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code § 10.12.020 makes it unlawful to park or leave a vehicle unattended in any of the ways listed in § 10.12.010, including blocking a driveway, obstructing…
Loading Zones
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County requires dedicated truck loading and turnaround areas for any non-residential building of 3,000 square feet or larger, designed so parked delivery trucks don't block…
EV Charging
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado law prohibits HOAs and common-interest communities from banning electric vehicle charging stations and protects owners' rights to install them on their property.
Towing & Impound Rights
Significant RestrictionsColoradoColorado'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…
🧱 Fence Regulations
Material Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsFountain bans barbed wire on ordinary fences and prohibits electrified fences citywide under Fountain Municipal Code § 17.11.020(C)-(D); barbed wire is allowed only atop a six-foot…
Height Limits
Some RestrictionsFountain caps fences at seven feet under Fountain Municipal Code § 17.11.020(C), bars any fence that blocks sightlines at a street or driveway intersection under § 17.11.020(A), and…
Retaining Walls
Some RestrictionsFountain's subdivision design standards cap grading slopes at three-to-one and require any retaining wall taller than four feet to be designed by a licensed structural engineer. The…
Fence Permit Requirements
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyFences and walls up to 7 feet tall need no permit in unincorporated El Paso County, but anything taller requires a building permit from the County Building Department.
Neighbor Fence Rules
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
💼 Home Business
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Some RestrictionsA Fountain, Colorado home-based business cannot generate more than 20 vehicle trips a day, counting every arrival and departure, and can only receive supply deliveries between 8 a.m…
Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Some RestrictionsFountain, Colorado allows home-based businesses in residential districts, but every one must occupy less than 35 percent of the home's floor area, be run by a resident family member…
Signage Rules
Some RestrictionsA licensed home-based business in Fountain gets one exempt on-premise sign under Fountain Municipal Code § 17.12.030(A)(10): four square feet maximum, three feet tall if freestanding…
Home Daycare
Some RestrictionsFountain, Colorado limits a home-based daycare to six children at a time and requires Colorado Department of Human Services licensing on top of the city's own approval. Home daycares…
Cottage Food Operations
Few RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl 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…
Home Kitchen Operations
Significant RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
🏠 Short-Term Rentals
Short-Term Rental Permits
Significant RestrictionsFountain, Colorado makes it unlawful to operate a short term rental unit without a permit issued by the zoning administrator. Chapter 17.29 of the Fountain Municipal Code ties the…
Taxes & Fees
Some RestrictionsFountain taxes short-term lodging the same as any other retail sale: the city's sales and use tax, 3.4 percent since 2020, applies to the full price charged for furnishing a room or…
Occupancy Limits
Some RestrictionsFountain, Colorado limits a property to one short term rental unit per lawful dwelling unit, up to four units total, and caps condo or common-ownership buildings at two units per…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
Shed & Carport Rules
Some RestrictionsA shed or other accessory structure in Fountain must sit at least 12 feet off the rear lot line, match the principal house's front and side setbacks, and stay at least six feet from…
ADU Rental Restrictions
Heavy RestrictionsEl Paso CountyA guest house on an unincorporated El Paso County lot can only house occasional, non-paying guests: leasing or renting it is prohibited and turns it into an illegal second dwelling.
ADU Rules
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County allows a mother-in-law apartment up to the size of the primary home, capped at 1,500 square feet, but restricts it to family members or employees and bars a separate…
Tiny Homes
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County limits unincorporated lots to one tiny house as a principal use, two in the A-35 Agricultural district, plus one more where a guest house is allowed.
🌍 Environmental Rules
Flood Zones
Some RestrictionsFountain requires a development permit from the floodplain administrator before any construction, grading, filling, dredging or other development activity begins in a mapped area of…
Stormwater Management
Significant RestrictionsFountain, Colorado's Stormwater Quality Management and Discharge Control Code bans discharging anything but stormwater into the city's municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) when…
Vehicle Idling Restrictions
Some RestrictionsFountain's Section 9.52.050 bans idling any stationary vehicle's engine, diesel or otherwise, for more than 15 consecutive minutes in any hour anywhere in the city, at any time of day…
Flood Elevation Requirements
Some RestrictionsFountain requires new and substantially improved residential structures in a mapped flood hazard area to elevate the lowest floor, including any basement, at least one foot above the…
Erosion Control
Some RestrictionsFountain, Colorado, in El Paso County requires a grading permit before any land in the city is graded, stripped, excavated, filled, or otherwise disturbed. Applicants must submit a…
Defensible Space
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County requires landowners in Wildland Fire Areas to clear and maintain defensible space around structures under Table 6.8, with maintenance standards set by Colorado State…
🗑️ Trash & Recycling
Dumpster Rules
Some RestrictionsPlacing a dumpster or roll-off container in a Fountain, Colorado public right-of-way requires a permit from the public works department, one per location. Right-of-way dumpsters can't…
Bin Placement Rules
Some RestrictionsFountain requires developed sites to enclose trash and refuse collection areas in a six-foot solid, opaque fence or wall matching the building's material, under Fountain Municipal Code…
Illegal Dumping
Heavy RestrictionsFountain's litter ordinance, Sections 9.24.080 through 9.24.120 of the Municipal Code, defines littering to include dumping, dropping, or depositing waste, and bans it on any public or…
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County requires rural mobile home park owners to arrange and maintain scheduled trash pickup for residents, with any centralized collection points screened, secured and kept to…
Recycling Requirements
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoHB22-1355 created the Colorado Producer Responsibility Program under CRS 25-17-701 requiring producers of packaging and paper to fund universal curbside recycling access for residents…
🌙 Curfew Laws
Park Curfew
Some RestrictionsCity parks in Fountain, Colorado are open to the public daily from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. unless posted otherwise. Being in a park outside those hours is unlawful for anyone but…
Juvenile Curfew
Some RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code Chapter 9.60 bars anyone under 18 from loitering or joining a disorderly assembly in any public or private place during specified nighttime hours: 10:00 p.m. to…
🎪 Special Events & Permits
Park Event Permits
Some RestrictionsReserving a Fountain, Colorado city park for a public gathering, tournament, exhibition, or other event that excludes other users requires a park permit from the parks director. The…
Street Fair Rules
Significant RestrictionsFountain regulates carnivals, circuses, bazaars, fairs and festivals as temporary land uses. Fountain Municipal Code § 17.13.030, Table 17.13.1 lets the zoning administrator permit…
Parade Permits
Significant RestrictionsFountain treats a parade as a 'special event' under its zoning code. Fountain Municipal Code § 17.13.030 lets the zoning administrator issue a temporary use permit for a special event…
🚷 Public Conduct
Public Marijuana Use
Heavy RestrictionsFountain's municipal code makes it unlawful for any person, not just minors, to openly and publicly consume marijuana anywhere in the city, under Section 9.40.030 of the…
Public Alcohol Use
Heavy RestrictionsFountain's Section 9.48.020 makes it unlawful to drink, possess or control an open or broken-seal container of beer, wine or liquor on any street, alley, park, public property, vacant…
Loitering Rules
Significant RestrictionsFountain bans loitering that warrants alarm for the safety of persons or property, loitering on or near school grounds while school is in session, and loitering with intent to beg in…
Public Urination
Heavy RestrictionsSection 9.16.030 of the Fountain Municipal Code makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place or place within public view other than a toilet facility provided for that…
Aggressive Panhandling
Some RestrictionsFountain doesn't outlaw panhandling itself, but Section 9.08.100 of the Municipal Code bans 'aggressive solicitation': touching someone without consent, blocking a pedestrian's or…
Loud Party Ordinance
Some RestrictionsFountain's Section 9.52.010 bans disturbing the peace through violent, tumultuous or offensive conduct, loud or unusual noise, or offensive language, and separately makes it unlawful…
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Light RestrictionsFountain narrows the Colorado Clean Indoor Act's mandatory outdoor smoking buffer from 15 feet to 5 feet around the entryways of the buildings the state act covers, under Municipal…
🚪 Soliciting & Door-to-Door
No-Knock Registry
Light RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code § 9.64.010 limits door-to-door sales and solicitation to the hours between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and bans it outright on Sundays and legal holidays. The…
Solicitor Permits
Some RestrictionsFountain limits door-to-door selling to 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on non-Sundays and non-holidays under Fountain Municipal Code § 9.64.010, and treats soliciting or offering goods for…
🌱 Cannabis Regulations
Dispensary Zoning
Heavy RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code Chapter 9.40 prohibits marijuana cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail marijuana stores everywhere in the…
Home Cultivation
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
🚶 Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules
Encroachment Permits
Some RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code § 12.04.060 requires anyone other than a city contractor to get a permit from the city clerk before building, cutting, trenching, paving or repairing any…
Sidewalk Repair
Some RestrictionsIn Fountain, Colorado, the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk must build, rebuild, or repair that sidewalk at their own expense when the city council orders it. If the owner…
Obstruction Rules
Some RestrictionsFountain Municipal Code § 12.04.160 bans placing or building any obstruction, such as earth fill, building materials, fences, platforms, stairs, railings or barricades, on a sidewalk…
🏪 Business Licensing & Operations
Massage Establishments
Significant RestrictionsFountain requires anyone operating a massage parlor within city limits to hold a license from a dedicated massage-parlor licensing authority under Fountain Municipal Code § 5.16.050…
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Heavy RestrictionsFountain, Colorado flatly excludes vehicle and boat repair from its home-based business program. Fountain Municipal Code § 17.19.030 lists it among uses considered incompatible with…
Adult Entertainment
Heavy RestrictionsFountain confines adult-oriented businesses to the planned industrial zoning district. Fountain Municipal Code § 17.16.010 requires at least 1,000 feet of separation from any…
Tobacco Retail License
Some RestrictionsFountain requires every tobacco product retailer, including vape and e-cigarette shops, to hold an annual city license for each fixed retail location. The Fountain Municipal Code bans…
Pawnbrokers
Significant RestrictionsAnyone doing business as a pawnbroker inside Fountain city limits must hold a city license under Fountain Municipal Code § 5.08.030, back it with a $5,000 surety bond, and stay closed…
🍔 Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors
Food Truck Permits
Significant RestrictionsEvery mobile food pushcart or truck operating in Fountain needs a city business license plus an annual mobile food vending permit under Fountain Municipal Code § 5.17.040, along with a…
Vending Zones
Significant RestrictionsFountain restricts where and when mobile food vendors can operate: Fountain Municipal Code § 5.17.050 keeps trucks and carts 150 feet from any existing restaurant and 200 feet from…
Sidewalk & Mobile Vending
Significant RestrictionsFountain bars mobile food vendors from blocking sidewalks: Fountain Municipal Code § 5.17.050(C)(4) forbids obstructing pedestrian or ADA access, setting up within a crosswalk's…
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
Structure Height Limits
Some RestrictionsFountain caps single-family homes in its R1 district at 35 feet, the same ceiling applied to the two large-lot agricultural districts. Multifamily, downtown, and most commercial…
Lot Coverage Limits
Some RestrictionsIn Fountain's R1 single-family district, impervious surface, house, garage, driveway, and other hardscape, cannot cover more than 35 percent of the lot. The limit is one line in each…
Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Fountain's R1 single-family district, houses must sit back at least 18 feet from the front lot line, 5 feet from the side lines, and 20 feet from the rear line, with a shorter…
🚜 Right to Farm
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Light RestrictionsFountain's large lot agricultural/residential (LLR) and residential agricultural (RA) districts let landowners farm crops and keep livestock by right, not as a conditional use. Both…
Farm Nuisance Protection
Few RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl 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.
🏚️ Property Maintenance
Property Blight
Significant RestrictionsUnder Chapter 8.12 of the Fountain Municipal Code, the city's code compliance officer can declare a vacant, abandoned, or substandard building and its lot a public nuisance and order…
Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado'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.
🔑 Rental Property Rules
Repairs & Habitability
Some RestrictionsFountain's Property Maintenance Code, Chapter 8.12 of the Municipal Code, applies to every non-owner occupied dwelling and rented nonresidential building in the city and makes the…
Just Cause Eviction
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl Paso County follows Colorado HB 24-1098 which requires just cause for most evictions and lease non-renewals effective April 2024. Tenants in good standing cannot be evicted without…
Eviction Notice & Process
Some RestrictionsColoradoBefore 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. §…
Late Fees & Grace Periods
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Some RestrictionsColoradoTo 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…
Rent Control
Few RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Rent Increase Notice
Some RestrictionsColoradoFor 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…
Security Deposit Rules
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
Few RestrictionsColoradoColorado'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…
🪧 Sign Regulations
Digital Billboards
Some RestrictionsFountain has no separate digital-billboard category; the operative rule is the electronic message center (EMC) standard in the zoning code. Fountain Municipal Code § 17.12.060(D)…
Holiday Displays
Light RestrictionsFountain's Fire Code caps decorative holiday lighting at 45 days of installation, extending to 90 days for apartment, condominium and other multifamily occupancies. Section 605.9.2…
Window Signs
Some RestrictionsFountain limits how much of a storefront window a sign can cover. Fountain Municipal Code § 17.12.060(K) caps any sign displayed in a window and visible from outside the lot at 50…
Garage Sale Signs
Light RestrictionsEl Paso CountyTemporary signs in El Paso County's residential zoning districts, including yard and garage sale signs, need no permit but can't exceed 7 feet in height and must come down once worn or…
Political Signs
Few RestrictionsColoradoColorado state law prohibits homeowner associations from banning political signs on member property during election periods, preempting any conflicting HOA covenants statewide.
💡 Outdoor Lighting
Light Trespass & Shielding
Some RestrictionsFountain caps spillover light from multifamily and nonresidential parking lots at one-tenth of a foot-candle measured 20 feet past the property line, under Fountain Municipal Code §…
Dark Sky Rules
Some RestrictionsFountain requires every light fixture in a multifamily or nonresidential off-street parking lot to be concealed and fully shielded with a sharp cut-off, cutting glare and up-light…
Billboard Lighting
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyElectronic 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…
🔧 Building Safety
Building Permits
Some RestrictionsFountain requires a building permit before any structure is erected, moved, or structurally altered, issued by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department under the city's adopted…
Childcare Center Rules
Some RestrictionsEl Paso CountyEl 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…
🛏️ Homelessness & Encampment Rules
💼 Employment Preemption
Minimum Wage Preemption
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado allows local governments to adopt minimum wages above the state rate under CRS 8-6-101, with statewide minimums adjusted annually for inflation.
Paid Leave Preemption
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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.
🔫 Firearms
Concealed Carry
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado requires a concealed handgun permit issued by the county sheriff to carry a concealed firearm in public, with training and background check requirements.
Local Firearms Preemption
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado repealed firearms preemption in 2021, allowing cities and counties to enact local gun regulations stricter than state law in most circumstances.
Open Carry
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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.
Firearms in Vehicles
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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.
🎰 Gambling & Gaming
Casino Zoning Districts
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoColorado'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…
Charitable Bingo and Raffles
Significant RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Social Gambling Rules
Few RestrictionsColoradoColorado'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…
Sports Betting Law
Significant RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
🏘️ HOA Rules
Assessment & Dues
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoUnder 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…
Board Procedures
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
CC&R Enforcement
Heavy RestrictionsColoradoC.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…
Clotheslines & Energy Devices
Light RestrictionsColoradoColorado bars homeowners associations from effectively prohibiting six specific energy efficiency devices: a retractable clothesline, evaporative cooler, garage or attic fan…
Drought Landscaping Rights
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Flag Display Rights
Light RestrictionsColoradoColorado'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…
HOA Fines & Enforcement
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado'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…
Lien & Foreclosure Limits
Light RestrictionsColoradoA 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…
⚖️ Know Your Rights
DUI Checkpoint Legality
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Recording Police
Few RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Stop & Identify Laws
Light RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Vehicle Search & Consent
Light RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
🛍️ Single-Use Items
Plastic Bag Rules
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado banned single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers statewide under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, fully effective in 2024.
Polystyrene Foam Rules
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado prohibits retail food establishments from using expanded polystyrene foam containers for ready-to-eat food and beverages under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act.
☀️ Solar Energy
HOA Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsColoradoThis 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…
Panel Permits
Few RestrictionsColoradoColorado caps solar permit fees and prohibits restrictions on solar access easements. The law preempts local efforts to block residential solar installations across all Colorado.
🚗 Vehicle Equipment Laws
Underglow & Auxiliary Lighting
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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. §…
Dash Cam & Windshield Mounting
Light RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Lane Splitting & Filtering
Light RestrictionsColoradoRiding 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…
Plate Covers & Obstruction
Significant RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Radar Detector Rules
Few RestrictionsColoradoA 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…
Studded Tire & Chain Rules
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…
Window Tint Limits
Some RestrictionsColoradoColorado 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…