Loveland, CO Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)
Key Facts
- Designating body
- Loveland City Council, by ordinance
- Age threshold
- 50 years, unless exceptionally significant
- Required permit
- Landmark alteration certificate
- Unauthorized demolition penalty
- 5-year permit moratorium
- Design guidelines
- Historic Residential Design Guidelines, June 2011
Summary
Loveland calls its cultural-monument program "historic landmark" designation. City Council may designate individual sites or historic districts of special historical or architectural value by ordinance under Municipal Code § 15.56.030, triggering an alteration-permit requirement.
A.Designation authorized. Pursuant to the procedures hereinafter set forth in this section, the City Council may, by ordinance:1.Designate as a historic landmark an individual structure, site, or other feature or an integrated group of structures and features on a single lot or site having a special historical or architectural value; and2.Designate as an historic district an area containing a number of structures having a special historical or architectural value.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
030: an individual structure, site, feature, or integrated group of structures on a single lot with special historical or architectural value may be designated a historic landmark, and an area containing multiple such structures may be designated a historic district. 3 must hold a public hearing within 60 days, publish notice at least 15 days ahead, and mail notice to record owners. 100 require landmarks to be at least 50 years old and meet architectural, social/cultural, or geographic/environmental significance tests, unless exceptionally important on other grounds. R. Part 68. D.
Violations & Fines
Under § 15.56.090, altering a designated landmark or contributing structure without an approved landmark alteration certificate triggers a one-year moratorium on all building permits for the property; unauthorized moving or demolition triggers a five-year moratorium on moving, demolition, or building permits, on top of the general penalties in Chapter 1.12.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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