Loveland, CO Landscaping Rules: Composting (2026)

12, Accumulations of Waste Material, and carves out a specific exception to the general prohibition on storing refuse and vegetable matter on a property. It permits an occupant of a one-unit or duplex residential property to maintain a compost pile, defined as a separated area containing alternate layers of plant refuse materials and soil maintained to facilitate decomposition and produce organic material used as a soil conditioner. Two conditions attach: the pile must be fully enclosed, and it must be maintained so it doesn't become a public nuisance by putrefying or attracting insects or animals.

020(B) otherwise places on storing manure, animal or vegetable matter, or foul liquid waste likely to become putrid or offensive. Multi-family and commercial properties aren't named in the exception, so the composting allowance is limited to occupants of one-unit and duplex residential premises. 44.