Loveland, CO Landscaping Rules: Grass Height Limits (2026)

Loveland's grass and weed standard sits in Title 16 (Nuisances) of the Loveland Municipal Code, the streamlined nuisance ordinance the City Council adopted in 2020 to consolidate weed control, waste accumulation, and graffiti enforcement into a single uniform abatement policy. The substantive duty: every owner and occupier of property within the city must keep vegetation mowed to a height no greater than eight (8) inches and must remove piles of cut weeds, brush, trash or rubbish from the property. The definition of 'weeds' under Title 16 expressly excludes flower gardens, plots of shrubbery, vegetable gardens, hay crops, corn crops, small-grain plots (wheat, barley, oats, rye), turf grasses, ornamental grasses, native grasses, industrial hemp and marijuana — so xeriscape and native-grass meadows are not captured by the 8-inch rule when they qualify as ornamental or native grasses. Loveland Code Administration (Development Services) handles complaints. The owner gets a written, mailed warning and seven days to bring the property into compliance. If uncorrected, the City completes the work and assesses the property owner the cost of abatement plus a ten percent administrative fee. If the assessment goes unpaid for 30 days, an additional 10% penalty is added and the entire assessment is placed on the Larimer County tax list to be collected like a property tax. Harmful weeds listed by the Colorado Department of Agriculture (ag.colorado.gov) are also subject to mandatory removal under Title 16 and the Colorado Noxious Weed Act (CRS 35-5.5-101 et seq.).