Greeley, CO

Greeley requires a police-chief permit to install or operate loudspeakers or sound-amplifying equipment, and limits operation to 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., narrowing on Sundays and holidays…

Businesses in Greeley's commercial or industrial zones must obtain a police-issued permit before using any loudspeaker or amplified sound equipment for announcements, advertising or…

Greeley bars operating radios, TVs, stereos or other sound-reproduction devices between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if the sound is plainly audible at the property line or through party…

Greeley requires every registered motor vehicle to run a maintained, unmodified muffler at all times, banning cut-off or bypass devices and any exhaust change that amplifies noise…

Greeley's noise code exempts only the city's own emergency construction and street repair from noise limits: private contractors' equipment stays subject to the general unlawful-noise…

Greeley limits how long a pet can bark, howl, or make loud noise audible off the property: no more than ten minutes by day, five minutes at night, or 90 minutes total in 24 hours.

Weld County does not restrict leaf blowers. Sec. 14-9-60(J) exempts the sound made by a lawnmower, snow blower or other power or hand tool. No county time-of-day or decibel cap applies…

Weld County's noise ordinance does not regulate aircraft. Sec. 14-9-60(C) exempts noise from operating aircraft and other federally preempted activities. Aircraft and crop-duster noise…

Greeley caps backyard chickens and other livestock with a per-acre animal-unit formula in Sec. 24-403.c: up to 20 chickens or rabbits per acre in the H-A district, ten per acre…

Greeley bans keeping any 'wild animal', big cats, bears, venomous reptiles, wolves, raccoons and dozens of other named species, as a pet without a state or federal wildlife permit.

Greeley prohibits feeding wild animals or wild birds anywhere in its city-designated natural areas and trails, one of nearly thirty listed conduct restrictions in those spaces.

Greeley zones veterinary clinics as 'Animal care' uses: small offices under 5,000 square feet are permitted in most commercial and industrial districts, and any facility that boards…

Greeley bans letting any animal, including dogs, off the owner's property unless restrained by a six-foot leash, tether, or enclosure: a first offense is a misdemeanor infraction…

Greeley declares the whole city a bird sanctuary and bans frightening, shooting, trapping, poisoning or otherwise disturbing wild birds, their nests, eggs or young, absent a revocable…

Greeley cats over six months old must carry a city license tag whenever off the owner's premises, and letting a cat run unrestrained off-property is an at-large violation.

Greeley bars retail stores from selling, displaying or transferring dogs and cats; stores may only offer adoption space for animals from PACFA-licensed rescue or shelter organizations.

Weld County has no pit-bull or breed ban. Colorado state law, C.R.S. 18-9-204.5(5)(b), lets a county adopt dog-control resolutions but forbids any rule that regulates dangerous dogs…

Weld County's animal code and zoning set no beekeeping-specific standard, so hobby beekeeping is generally treated as a permitted agricultural use on rural and agricultural land…

In Weld County's Agricultural zone, household pets are limited to four of one species or seven of two-plus species per lot (eight or sixteen, plus 30 birds, on 10-plus acres). Keeping…

In Greeley, removing or trimming a tree in the parkway strip between the street and a property requires a permit from a licensed tree trimmer, and the tree must be posted for 7 days…

Property owners must keep parkway trees clear of sidewalks (8 ft) and streets (14 ft), and must trim or remove interfering branches under the city's street-tree code.

Greeley's landscape code allows artificial turf only as ground cover in areas not visible from streets or public rights-of-way, per the city's development landscaping standards.

Greeley's development code allows and actively encourages drought-tolerant, native and xeric plantings in landscape plans, including grouping water-efficient species and pollinator…

Greeley limits sprinkling to specific days and hours tied to address parity and the city's declared drought level, tightening from a three-day schedule when supply is adequate to a…

Every owner, tenant or agent of property in Greeley must keep weeds from growing on their lot, the abutting sidewalk strip and the alley behind it, citywide and with no exception for…

Colorado law lets residents collect rooftop rainwater in up to two rain barrels holding a combined 110 gallons or less, for outdoor use on the same single-family or small multi-family…

Greeley bans fireworks generally, allowing only small "permissible fireworks" for people 16 and older and permitted public displays run through the fire department.

Greeley lets you skip a burn permit for a fire pit or chiminea if it sits at least 15 feet from any structure, is constantly attended, and you keep an extinguisher ready.

Greeley's electrical code lets the city order smoke detectors and other life-safety systems in existing buildings brought up to current code whenever noncompliance poses an imminent…

Greeley adopted the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code in 2026 and must map Wildfire-Urban Interface areas and fire intensity classes citywide, updating the map at least every three…

Greeley outlaws burning refuse, weeds, tires and other flammable material anywhere in the city unless the fire department issues a burning permit for a narrow list of approved purposes.

Greeley caps home propane for grills, RVs and other recreational use at 10-gallon portable containers, with total storage or use limited to 20 gallons per dwelling unit.

Weld County has no wildfire defensible-space clearance mandate for the high plains. What state law does require is weed control: under the Colorado Noxious Weed Act every landowner…

Greeley exempts prefabricated pools under 24 inches deep from a building permit. Pools 24 inches deep or more fall under the city's standard residential building permit requirement.

Colorado's state pool code requires every public and semi-public swimming pool in unincorporated Weld County to sit behind a fence at least 60 inches high with a self-closing…

Greeley treats licensed in-home child care as a 'child care home' accessory use capped at 12 children, run as a home occupation under Sec. 24-403.c with relaxed visit limits for…

Greeley limits home occupations to one customer vehicle on site at a time and no more than ten client visits per week, under the city's accessory-use standards for residential lots.

Greeley bars any exterior change for a home occupation that alters a house's residential look, naming signs specifically alongside colors, materials, construction and lighting.

Greeley allows a home occupation as an accessory use to any residential dwelling citywide, but only dwelling residents may run it and no outside employees can work on site.

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…

Mixed-use, commercial and industrial buildings in Greeley must provide off-street loading spaces sized to gross floor area, from none under 3,000 square feet up to three-plus spaces…

Leaving any vehicle abandoned on public or private property, or unattended in a Greeley street right-of-way for 72 hours or more, is a parking infraction under Sec. 16-684 of the…

Greeley bans parking on posted snow-removal routes once public works declares a snow emergency, and can tow vehicles left on them.

Greeley bans parking vehicles over 6,000 pounds on residential street rights-of-way for more than 48 hours, and blocks owners from parking such vehicles in front of or near their own…

Greeley bans RVs, boats and trailers from residential setbacks, limits storage to one per lot in the rear, interior side, or a qualifying street side yard, and requires a paved or…

Greeley requires every off-street parking area and driveway to be graded and paved with asphalt or concrete, and a flatwork permit must be obtained before any paving is installed on…

Greeley bars parking on sidewalks, in intersections, within 5 feet of driveways or fire hydrants, and requires cars to sit within 12 inches of the curb facing the direction of traffic…

Weld County lists EV charging stations as a use allowed by right, with no zoning permit, site plan review or special hearing required. Section 23-3-20 places them among the by-right…

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…

Greeley confines barbed wire to the I-M, I-H, C-D and H-A zoning districts and leaves it off the approved list for standard residential fences; electric fences are allowed citywide but…

In Greeley, any retaining wall over 4 feet requires a building permit: the same trigger point that applies to any fence or wall over 6 feet, with taller setback walls needing separate…

Greeley requires a building permit for any fence or wall over six feet, or a retaining wall over four feet; walls above six feet in a setback need alternative-compliance approval.

Greeley caps front-yard fences at 3.5 feet, or up to 6 feet for 75%-open ornamental designs, while side and rear yard fences are allowed up to 6 feet under Municipal Code Table 24-5-5.

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…

Short-term rentals are a permitted zoning use across nearly every Greeley district, but operators still need the city's general business license under Sec. 8-58 and must collect the 3…

Weld County and Greeley set no annual cap on the number of nights a property can be rented short-term. Colorado defines a short-term rental as any stay under 30 days, so 30-plus-night…

Colorado requires short-term rental operators to collect 2.9 percent state sales tax plus any local lodging taxes, with marketplace facilitators like Airbnb collecting on behalf of…

Greeley waives the separate water tap and sanitary sewer connection required of new dwellings when an accessory dwelling unit shares its principal home's taps and meets the ADU…

Greeley allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot with a detached house or duplex, capped at 60 percent of the principal home's living area or 1,200 square feet, whichever is less…

Greeley treats a shed as a 'minor structure': 120 square feet max, 12 feet max height, and no side or rear setback unless it sits on a slab, which then requires 5 feet. Lots may have…

In unincorporated Weld County, converting a garage into living space creates an accessory dwelling unit. An ADU may be contained within a single-family dwelling, but only one ADU is…

In the unincorporated Agricultural zone, Weld County allows one single-family dwelling per legal lot. A site-built tiny home on a foundation is that dwelling (or an ADU); a tiny house…

Balloons and inflatable displays with text or graphics under 33 square feet count as temporary signs and need a city sign permit; plain balloons without text or graphics don't need one.

Window signs are allowed in Greeley but can cover no more than 25 percent of any individual window pane's glass surface that's visible from the public right-of-way.

Election, ideological, and real estate signs are the only sign types Greeley allows on vacant lots without a primary structure: otherwise treated like any other content-neutral sign.

Greeley restricts digital "EMD" signs to commercial, industrial, PUD and institutional-use sites, capping them at 50% of the sign face, static images only, no faster than one change…

Garage-sale signs in unincorporated Weld County fall under the general small-sign allowance: up to five signs of up to six square feet each per lot. Signs may not be placed in the…

Any construction or development within Greeley's mapped floodplain overlay district, from grading to new buildings, needs a floodplain development permit before work starts, reviewed…

Greeley requires permanent stormwater water-quality control measures for new development disturbing an acre or more, under Municipal Code Ch. 20-4.

In Greeley, an unattended vehicle, one that hasn't moved and has no licensed driver in it, cannot idle more than 20 minutes after the engine starts, whether started by key, remote…

Greeley requires new and substantially improved buildings in mapped flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor and all mechanical equipment one foot above the base flood elevation…

Greeley requires a city grading permit for land-disturbing work of one acre or more, smaller sites that are part of a common development plan, or any site risking harm to stormwater…

Greeley's Residential Micro-Housing (R-MH) district caps base density at 10 units per acre, but projects with more than 30% usable open space can build up to 18 units per acre.

Greeley's Downtown Overlay 1 waives density, height, setback and parking rules downtown but locks in preferred building-frontage types and right-of-way landscaping to keep new…

Greeley bans smoking in public places and common areas, including ball fields, pools, playgrounds and park pavilions, and within 25 feet of any of them in every direction.

Urinating in any Greeley street, alley, sidewalk or other public place, or on private property in public view, is a Code violation under § 14-150; the Code has no separate provision…

Greeley's traffic superintendent can post specific pedestrian areas off-limits to skateboards and similar nonmotorized vehicles; there's no blanket citywide ban.

Greeley bans possessing an open alcohol container or drinking in public, streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots, anywhere in the city outside licensed premises or a specific park…

Greeley pedestrians who cross outside a marked or intersection crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, and between two intersections with working traffic signals they may only cross in a…

Openly and publicly consuming marijuana anywhere in Greeley is a misdemeanor offense on its own, separate from any possession limits, and endangering others while using it is a…

Greeley doesn't ban loitering outright. City Code § 14-174 only makes it a violation when loitering is paired with gambling, prostitution solicitation, drug activity or interfering…

Weld County bans soliciting money, business or contributions from vehicle occupants on any publicly maintained road: Section 17-6-40 makes it unlawful to solicit from the occupant of a…

Greeley's historic preservation ordinance covers more than buildings, 'objects' reflecting the city's cultural or artistic heritage, like monuments, can be nominated for landmark…

Greeley property owners, tenants and agents may not let land become infested with prairie dogs, legally defined as more than one burrow per 900 square feet, under the city's…

Any event, gathering, festival, block party, concert and similar, held in Greeley, including on city property such as parks, needs an event permit from the city manager, filed 60 days…

Greeley allows sidewalk seating and dining as an accessory use, capped at 50 percent of interior service area, with a site plan required past 400 square feet or seven days.

Anyone leading a parade or procession on a Greeley street needs a permit from the police chief first, who can only refuse it to protect traffic flow, street order or public safety.

Greeley requires an event permit for any block party occupying public streets or right-of-way, apply to the city manager 60 days to a year ahead, since organizing one without a permit…

Vendors selling at a Greeley street fair or festival skip individual outdoor-vendor licenses once the event itself has a temporary use permit, otherwise each vendor needs its own city…

Greeley's weed ordinance excludes cultivated agricultural, herbal, ornamental and xeriscape vegetation from the legal definition of a "weed," and lets landowners seek a formal variance…

Greeley bans growing, selling, offering or knowingly allowing any noxious weed on its designated list, and the city can enter property to eradicate infestations and bill the owner for…

Greeley lets residents opt out of door-to-door sales by posting a no-solicitors sign; entering anyway after such a sign is posted is a misdemeanor.

Greeley charges a 3% lodger's tax on the purchase price of lodging within city limits, collected by every vendor renting rooms, in addition to the city's separate sales tax.

Greeley residents may set trash, garbage or refuse containers out on the public right-of-way for only one 24-hour period within any seven-day span, and only the resident who placed…

Greeley runs no city recycling program: curbside recycling is an optional subscription add-on sold by state-licensed private haulers, who must report customer participation and tonnage…

Greeley makes it unlawful to throw, scatter, deposit or bury refuse or litter on any public or private property, with fines starting at $100 and rising to $500 for repeats.

Greeley has no municipal yard-waste pickup: brush and yard trimmings collection is an optional add-on through a state-licensed private hauler, who must report tonnage collected to the…

Greeley licenses every mobile food truck as an outdoor vendor and confines truck vending to nonresidential lots or streets with parallel parking, food and nonalcoholic drinks only…

Greeley confines licensed mobile food trucks and pushcarts to nonresidential lots and streets, while only a separately licensed 'neighborhood mobile food vendor' may sell on…

Greeley requires any outdoor vendor, sidewalk sellers, carts, trucks, to hold a city license before operating, issued for a 12-month term after a licensing-officer review of location…

Bars, nightclubs and other enclosed entertainment venues in Greeley cannot run amplified sound loud enough to exceed OSHA's permissible noise-exposure limits for anyone inside the room.

Greeley makes it unlawful to sound a vehicle horn or audible signaling device, the category car alarms fall under, for any unnecessary or unreasonable length of time under the city's…

Tow companies seeking city-directed, non-consent tows in Greeley must hold a state PUC permit, all required city licenses, a Greeley business location and storage lot, and…

Greeley requires a city pawnbroker license and a separate manager's certificate before anyone may run a pawnshop, both conditioned on a police background investigation that…

Greeley bars adult businesses within 1,000 feet of schools, churches, residential zoning, parks or other adult businesses, and caps their hours to 7 a.m.–midnight, Monday through…

Greeley bans vending-machine sales of tobacco and nicotine products outright, and requires every retailer, including vape shops, to keep them behind the counter for a face-to-face sale…

Greeley confines home-based auto work to an enclosed garage or building and caps the business to one vehicle under one ton; oversized repair trucks can't park at the house.

Tattooing, piercing, branding and scarification businesses in unincorporated Weld County need a body art establishment license from the Department of Public Health and Environment…

Greeley sets front, side, corner and rear setbacks by building type in Table 24-5-1, ranging from 10 feet on small-lot homes up to 40-foot rears on row houses.

Greeley caps buildable lot coverage indirectly through Table 24-5-1's minimum "lot open space" percentage, which ranges from 30% on standard detached lots down to 10% on small-lot row…

Greeley caps residential building height by building type in Table 24-5-1, from 30 feet for standard detached houses up to 70 feet for large apartment complexes.

Greeley uses camera radar for automated speed enforcement in school zones, residential neighborhoods and near parks, not red-light cameras; the program is authorized by Sec. 16-650 of…

Greeley requires every shared e-scooter or e-bike operator to hold a city license, can cap how many operators it licenses, and lets the city manager set parking, no-ride, and reporting…

Greeley cyclists riding slower than traffic must keep to the right-hand lane, the lane that includes any striped bike lane, and may ride no more than two abreast, dropping to single…

On Greeley's city-designated natural areas and trails, Class 3 electrical assisted bicycles are banned outright, while Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes may only be excluded where the city…

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…

Owners planting trees in the street-side parkway in Greeley must space shade trees at least 35 feet apart and ornamentals 25 feet apart, keep them in line with existing trees, and get…

A tree can be formally designated a Greeley historic landmark, just like a building: owners may nominate a tree for the city's local historic register under the preservation ordinance.

Greeley requires everyone, owner, agent, or tenant, to clear snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of their property within 24 hours after a snowfall ends, and bans shoveling it into…

Owners and agents of vacant or abandoned buildings in Greeley must secure the structure and keep it looking clean and maintained, or face administrative nuisance-abatement action under…

If Greeley clears weeds on a vacant or unimproved lot itself, the owner owes the full cost within 30 days of mailed notice or faces a lien on the property.

Greeley closes every city park nightly from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; being inside during those hours is unlawful except for through traffic, adjoining residents, permitted events…

Minors under 18 may not be in public in Greeley from 11 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights and midnight-5 a.m. on weekends, with listed exceptions.

Greeley requires a permit before anyone installs, alters, or repairs electrical wiring or equipment in the city, with a separate permit required for each project under Municipal Code §…

Greeley regulates plumbing work under the adopted 2021 International Plumbing Code, covering installation, alteration, and repair of plumbing systems citywide, with local amendments…

Greeley does not require automatic fire sprinklers in one- and two-family homes: Sec. 22-95 deletes the IRC's sprinkler mandate outright, and Sec. 22-465 excepts them from the fire…

Most construction, alteration, and repair work in Greeley requires a building permit; Sec. 22-78 lists a narrow set of exemptions such as small accessory structures, low fences, and…

Greeley requires inspection and sign-off after each stage of construction before work can proceed, plus a final inspection and certificate of occupancy, under Municipal Code § 22-39.

Weld County requires any new oil and gas well, facility or location to sit at least 500 feet from the boundary of a Child Care Center under its 1041 WOGLA siting rules, Weld County…

Commercial, mixed-use and industrial sites in Greeley must use LED, International Dark-Sky Association-compliant fixtures that are shielded and aimed downward; low-pressure sodium…

Greeley caps glare and light spillage at the property line for commercial, mixed-use and industrial sites, and bars any activity within 500 feet of a residential zone from producing…

In Greeley, the property owner next to a sidewalk pays for its repair -- the city engineer orders the fix and bills the adjacent owner, with a ten percent surcharge for inspection.

Greeley code lets the city impound or remove any vehicle, item, article, or object that blocks or tends to block pedestrians' free movement on a sidewalk, under Municipal Code §…

Before building or altering a sidewalk, curb, driveway or curb cut in a Greeley public right-of-way, owners and contractors must get a permit from the director of public works.

Greeley sets its frost line depth at 30 inches in the design criteria table added to its municipal code: six inches shallower than Denver and Aurora.

Greeley fixes its ground snow load at 30 pounds per square foot by ordinance, citing the Structural Engineers Association of Colorado's 2016 design snow loads report as the basis.

Greeley does not publish a fixed roof snow load: it requires the value to be calculated under the IBC, but sets a hard floor of 20 psf that no design may fall below.

Greeley's Holding-Agriculture (H-A) zoning district preserves annexed land for agriculture, and the Development Code's use table lists Farming as a permitted, by-right use across ten…

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.

Greeley opted out of commercial marijuana entirely: cultivation, manufacturing, testing and retail marijuana stores, plus medical dispensaries, are prohibited everywhere in the city…

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…

Greeley bans camping on any public or private property citywide unless the city expressly authorizes the location, under an ordinance adopted in June 2025.

Greeley residents may hold only two garage or yard sales per calendar year, each running no more than three consecutive days, without needing a permit under the Title 24 temporary-use…

Greeley prohibits flying a drone within, into, onto, or over any city-designated natural area or trail unless a federal or state rule allows it.

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…

Landlords in Greeley must heat rented dwelling units to at least 68°F under Sec. 22-205's amendment to the Property Maintenance Code, with a narrow exception during extreme cold snaps.

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…

Greeley's riot-dispersal law exempts news reporters and anyone recording events for the public press or other media from police dispersal orders during a riot, unless they're…

Weld County bans the installation of any graywater treatment system on land or in structures anywhere in the unincorporated area. Ordinance 2025-02, codified at Code § 2-3-30…

New landscaping inside Weld County's I-25 Overlay District must favor drought-tolerant turf over thirsty bluegrass. Weld County Code § 23-5-520(A) directs landscape designers toward…

A rooftop panel needs no permit beyond ordinary building sign-off, but a ground-mounted solar farm under five acres, a "5 ACRE SEF," is a full zoning-permit project in Weld County…

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…

Using a smoker to cook is a recreational cooking fire in Weld County and needs no burn permit. It must stay attended and contained, may be limited during fire restrictions, and…

A backyard barbecue counts as a recreational cooking fire and needs no burn permit in unincorporated Weld County. Multifamily and clearance limits on propane and charcoal grills come…

Data centers get their own, stricter noise ceiling in Weld County: on top of the countywide dB(A) limits, Section 23-2-160.U.1 caps data center noise at 65 decibels on the C-scale…

Weld County lets data centers into all three of its Industrial Zone Districts, but the approval path changes by district. I-1 (Light Industrial) requires a discretionary Special Review…

Weld County oil and gas operators cannot vent or flare natural gas except during emergency or upset conditions, but Section 21-5-432 lets them route stranded gas into a beneficial use…

Any Minor Subdivision in unincorporated Weld County, a plat splitting a parcel into up to nine lots, must form a homeowners association. Section 24-5-20 makes the HOA mandatory and…

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 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.

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…